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      11-01-2011, 05:52 PM   #1
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F30 3-Series vs W204 C-Class - competition hotting up now

The configurator for the F30 is up on the BMW UK website, and I had a quick look at my favourite model, the 328i vs the closest equivalent C-Class.

A basic 328i SE with sat-nav added and not a lot else comes to a little over £30,500, and as standard this has the usual stuff you would expect, like Bluetooth, USB, climate, parking sensors and so on. You also get the 245bhp turbo petrol engine with 6sec 0-60 yet 40+mpg combined and 149g/km CO2.

The nearest equivalent C-Class is the C250CGI Elegance 125 Edition. Not quite the performance with 204bhp and 7sec 0-60, but economy and CO2 is much the same and you get the nice 7-spd auto as standard, plus a slightly more sumptious interior and sat-nav as standard. Price is much the same at £30,500.

Not seen any F30 reviews yet, but I suspect this is going to be a close run battle between these two, and if I were buying now I'd have a tough choice I think, at least on paper.

Will be interesting to see how the F30 is rated in reviews and by early owner experiences!
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