BMW 3-series · 318is Executive · Sedan · 1996 ‐ 1998

Manufacturing modification 318is Executive of automobile models 3-series was started in 1996 by BMW, and closed in 1998. This automobile has four doors, the body is in the form a sedan, weight 1.3 tons and length 4.4 meters, which can seat 5 person in sum.

«3-series 318is Executive» auto with a 5-speed manual transmission is fitted to the rear wheels. This auto can speed up for 10.2 s to 100 km/h, with a max speed of 213 km/h, due to a 4-cylinders petrol engine with a «multipoint injection fuel system», which produce a max output of 140 horsepower at 6000 rpm.

Fuel consumption is 11.4 liters in the urban driving mode, on the highway 6.1 l, and the medium fuel consumption is 8 l per 100 kilometers. Fuel tank volume is 65 liters of petrol, what provides to drive roughly 813 km without refueling.

The forward wheels of this vehicle have ventilated disks brakes and fixed to the chassis by dint of suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Rear wheels have disks brakes and attached to the chassis using suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Tires have the following measure - 205/60VR15.

According to the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of BMW 3-series received the 1 quantity of stars. In addition to passive safety (driver, passenger airbags), it is also has dynamic safety systems such as ABS.