BMW 3 Series Diesel
In published reviews,
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vehicle an average
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| Priced From | $45,100 |
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| MPG | 27.0 |
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 Sedan
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European Car
| Reviewed By | Critic Credibility [?] | Style Reviewed |
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| Karl Funke Karl Funke | 7.0 out of 10 | 2009 BMW 3 Series Diesel Sedan |
This could be BMW’s most well-rounded vehicle. If you are looking to increase your fuel efficiency without sacrificing a sporting drive, or if you’re even just a little bit curious about clean-diesel Euro technology, you have to get behind the wheel of a 335d.
Road & Track
| Reviewed By | Critic Credibility [?] | Style Reviewed |
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| Sam Mitani Sam Mitani | 7.4 out of 10 | 2009 BMW 3 Series Diesel Sedan |
The BMW 335d offers gobs of performance with great fuel economy, and it’ll convince anyone who gets behind its wheel that diesels are no longer dirty, noisy and slow.
Edmunds.com
| Reviewed By | Critic Credibility [?] | Style Reviewed |
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| Josh Jacquot Josh Jacquot | 7.1 out of 10 | 2009 BMW 3 Series Diesel Sedan |
If you’re shopping in this price range and have an ounce of social responsibility, then the 2009 BMW 335d is undeniably appealing. There isn’t another car that can match its strengths. And it doesn’t have many weaknesses.
Detroit News
| Reviewed By | Critic Credibility [?] | Style Reviewed |
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| Scott Burgess Scott Burgess | 9.0 out of 10 | 2009 BMW 3 Series Diesel Sedan |
The 2009 BMW 335d is the single most-fun diesel car available in the U.S. with instant power, razor-sharp driving characteristics, and a luxurious interior.
LeftLane News
| Reviewed By | Critic Credibility [?] | Style Reviewed |
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| Andrew Ganz Andrew Ganz | 5.5 out of 10 | 2009 BMW 3 Series Diesel Sedan |
BMW says the 335d is good for 0-60 sprints in 6.0 seconds – if that’s not enough to convince anyone of modern diesel performance, we don’t know what is.
Automobile Magazine
| Reviewed By | Critic Credibility [?] | Style Reviewed |
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| Jason Cammisa Jason Cammisa | 7.0 out of 10 | 2009 BMW 3 Series Diesel Sedan |
The 335d is the most fuel-efficient BMW sold in the United States since the 13-hp Isetta of the late 1950s and will whup the first- and second-generation M3s in a stoplight drag race.
About.com
| Reviewed By | Critic Credibility [?] | Style Reviewed |
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| Aaron Gold Aaron Gold | 7.1 out of 10 | 2009 BMW 3 Series Diesel Sedan |
The 335d is proof that diesel cars can do anything, and it is a 3-series through-and-through: It has the same great handling that BMW owners have come to expect.
National Post
| Reviewed By | Critic Credibility [?] | Style Reviewed |
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| Graeme Fletcher Graeme Fletcher | Score Pending | 2010 BMW 3 Series Diesel Sedan |
As good as the BMW’s 3-series gas engines are, the diesel is better. Nothing gives the driver a sense of power quite like a having a mountain-sized torque plateau at one’s right foot.
Motive Magazine
| Reviewed By | Critic Credibility [?] | Style Reviewed |
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| Bryan Joslin Bryan Joslin | Score Pending | 2009 BMW 3 Series Diesel Sedan |
The BMW 335d Diesel does offer nearly identical performance to its powerful gasoline sibling with a substantial improvement in economy.
USA Today
| Reviewed By | Critic Credibility [?] | Style Reviewed |
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| James R. Healey James R. Healey | 7.1 out of 10 | 2009 BMW 3 Series Diesel Sedan |
The BMW 335d rages in the mind as among the sweetest machines on four wheels. Not despite its diesel engine, but largely because of it.
Motor Trend
| Reviewed By | Critic Credibility [?] | Style Reviewed |
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| Angus MacKenzie Angus MacKenzie | 8.1 out of 10 | 2009 BMW 3 Series Diesel Sedan |
It sounds too good to be true — sport-sedan performance with econo-car mileage. But after our first drive of a U.S. spec 335d in Europe, it appears to deliver on the promise.
Esquire
| Reviewed By | Critic Credibility [?] | Style Reviewed |
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| Ezra Dyer Ezra Dyer | 8.4 out of 10 | 2009 BMW 3 Series Diesel Sedan |
The 335d is legitimately fast: zero to sixty in six seconds, which is quicker than the manual-transmission 328i. And \ the government will actually pay you $900 to buy this 130-mile-per-hour luxury car. Buy a Bimmer, stick it to the Man.