BMW 3-series Touring · 318i · Wagon · 2001 ‐ 2005

Manufacturing version 318i touring of car models 3-series Touring was started in 2001 by BMW, and closed in 2005. This 5-door wagon has a length of 4.5 meters, weight 1.4 tons and is destined to fit 5 people including the driver.

«3-series Touring 318i touring» is a rear-wheel drive automobile with a 5-speed sequential automatic gearbox. This car can speed up for 10.5 seconds to 100 km/h, with a top speed of 209 km/h, due to a 4-cylinders petrol motor with a «multipoint injection system», which generate a peak power of 143 horsepower at 6000 rpm.

Fuel tank capacity of this auto is 63 l of petrol, thereby when normal fuel rate is 8.2 l per 100 km (6.4 l on the track, 11.4 liters in the city), accordingly allows drive roughly 769 km unrefueled.

The forward wheels of this auto have ventilated disks, 286 mm brakes and attached to the chassis with help of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped stabilizer bar. Rearward wheels have ventilated disks, 276 mm brakes and fixed to the chassis through suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Tires have the following size - 205/55VR16.

In conformity with the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of BMW 3-series Touring got the great quantity of stars - 4, which indicates that it is a reasonably safe auto. Furthermore to active safety systems (EBD, Brake assistant, ABS, Traction control, ESP), it is also equipped with passive systems of safety (driver, head/curtain, side, passenger airbags).