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Originally Posted by thompson134
.... I think the best compromise would be a 330d with a manual box (but finding a good AUC under 1 year with the specs I want is impossible). .........
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These are my thoughts exactly - this is why I choose to buy a brand new 330d manual as there arnt many LCI manual's about 2nd hand.
The 330d is not the fastest 3 series - or the most economical, but I think it offers the best blend of performance and fuel ecomomy of nearly any car money can buy today.
It is a superb power unit (the LCI 245PS) and gets the fuel ecomomy that 2.0L diesel's 6-7 years ago would have been happy with.
Will be very interesting to see what happens with 6 cylinder diesels in the new F30. They surely must ditch the old 335d unit that is currently in the E9x. If so, the new engine will undoubtly be far more ecomonical and hopefully more powerful like the F10 5 series. If this will be the case, then this engine will definatley upstage the 245PS 330d and will be the one to get - but will be damn expensive, if the F10 prices are anything to go by.
