BMW 3-series Touring · 323i Executive · Wagon · 1996 ‐ 1998

BMW started manufacture from 1996 of automobiles model 3-series Touring, modification of 323i touring Executive and closed it in 1998. In this auto can sit 5 people including the driver, it has wagon form with 5 doors, and length 4.4 meters, weight 1.4 tons.

«3-series Touring 323i touring Executive» is a rear wheel drive automobile with a 5-speed manual gear shift. This automobile can be accelerated for 8.3 s to 100 km/h, with a peak speed of 223 km/h, owing to a 6-cylinders petrol engine with a «multipoint injection system», which generate a peak output of 170 hp at 5500 rpm.

Fuel consumption is 12.9 l in the city mode of driving, on the track 6.8 liters, and the normal fuel consumption is 9.1 l per 100 kilometers. Tank capacity is 65 liters of petrol, what lets to go about 715 km without refueling.

The front wheels of this vehicle have ventilated disks, 286 mm brakes and attached to the chassis by dint of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Rearward wheels have ventilated disks, 276 mm brakes and attached to the underframe through suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped sway bar. Tires have the following size - 205/60VR15.

In accordance with the data of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of BMW 3-series Touring gained the 1 number of stars. Furthermore to passive safety systems (passenger, driver airbags), it is also equipped with dynamic safety such as Traction control, ABS.