This is what they say according to an internet-translator:
That was not able to please BMW at all: Next to the new Audi A4, also the Mercedes C class with clearly angeschärfter sportsmanship presses now into the segment of the Premium middle class and makes there the dynamics place deer of BMW, the 3, orderly competition. In addition the cool, angular design of the E90 – so the internal BMW series code – applied a few as an open door to the vigorously lectured attacks of the German contestants: A large, sporting Audi A4, the Mercedes C class appearing with sensual elegance – in this background, the BMW counted polarizing 3 always as that choice.
With the current Facelift, BMW wants to moderate however not only this point of criticism, but rather wants to go also with further supplements and improvements into a successful second game half.
More dynamics
Already on the first view, the variations fall at the front of the new Bavaria into the eye: The hood gets taken in a Powerdome through the strong Pfeilung there to the BMW Logo nearly, that forth look floodlight including new LED blinker now yet more aggressively under strong eyebrows.
Moreover the kidney was enlarged, and while in the previous E90 the upper kidney edge – a small Schnauzbart similarly – was positioned at the hood, the kidney edge harmoniously is gotten through now. Rounded off become the optical corrections at the front through the more dynamically drawn lower air entrances. Previously the front apron such as a badly insulted sulk mouth presented themselves.
Also at the stern, coarser changes are noticeable: Cut stern lamps with LED lamp rods and a stern apron with until into the sides of gotten through, double light edge provide together with a verbreiterten trace for a bulligeres appearance.
The Mercedes C class on the other hand must stand such taste discussions far fewer: In comparison with the bulligen BMW, she presents herself also further as a typical Mercedes – harmoniously and with comfortable balance between sportsmanship and lightness nearly nobly drawn.
In the Cockpit, the C class on the other hand not entirely can redeem this predicate: Especially the lid over the navigation monitor causes make somewhat awkwardly, in comparison with the BMW also the related materials partially no so high-value impression. The seat position in the Mercedes is quite high, sporting
Natures could miss here the direct contact to the ground sheet metal. Komfortinteressierte normally sizes will prefer the Mercedes to be sure the BMW: The high seat position promotes causes the overview, the room feeling in the Stuttgarter more lightly.
Comfort or sport?
Entirely rational observed the BMW of however more aces in the sleeve has: In it, sports enthusiasts find accommodation nearly ideally, and comfort drivers must accept no all too large losses – the 3 has through it simply the larger bandwidth. Its cut is subjective somewhat narrower than that of the Mercedes, but nevertheless still gymshoe-like suitably.
Above all however if that – in this class of frequently usual – Top navigation systems to the use come, the BMW can keep up recently: In the facegelifteten 3, the radically revised iDrive-Infotainment-system celebrates its debut. On a 80-Gigabyte-Festplatte 80-Gigabyte-Festplatte GIGABYTE 80-Gigabyte-Festplatte HARD DISK, all navigation data, the user store can in addition a satisfied package
Of music data also discard on the Harddisk. The highly dissolving 8,8-Zoll-Breitbildschirm offers is a brilliant representation, that of that – in the first test of correctly speedily calculating – navigation system (for long-range driver now also with automatic route overview adapted in the card standard) up to data finite up to the seamless iPhone involvement to function variety.
New iDrive
With the new slag heap Kipp- /Dreh-Steller including directly access keys arranged directly on that, also the criticism of the predecessor system extensively is cleared. Through the freely programmable function keys, 3er-Fahrer can be tailor-made itself the system in addition for its personal utilization profile, uses the current iDrive moreover a list representation to be grasped substantially more easily, combines with there and here leafing sides.
Mercedes is set up with the optional Comand system to be sure also outstanding: The operation results, causes cleaned up similar to in BMW, over a central trick Dreh- /Drück-Steller, the interface chiefly and quite intuitive. To be sure the Comand system offers only a seven-inch large monitor and four gigabytes festival disk storage.
BMW can comfortable
Next to the application of the all-wheel drive system, xDrive for the bestseller diesel 320d is the essential technology novelty in the 3 the completely new three liter-row sixth cylinder-diesel. The new 330d can pull out here power package of strong with this 245 HP and 520 New tone meters vis-à-vis its bärig of pushing competitor an easy advantage.
The C 320 CDI – to the first comparison was the better accelerating, but somewhat thirstier automatic control mechanism version begun – causes compare to in that the engine of the citizen of Munich to be sure not only more roughly, but rather also less trick joyful. The 330d can both: Zutreten such as a brewery nag and lively turn (almost) like an athlete. In addition the 330d fulfills already the EU-5-Norm and is prepared even for EU 6.
Typically BMW: That directly and with knackiger balance on the street lying 3 noticeably more purposefully more exact goes. The C class causes carrier, pushes strongly over the front wheels, the series control cannot keep up also with the sensitive, direct control of the rival. Sportingly interested Mercedes drivers should grasp on all cases to the outstanding parameter control (load dynamics package for 1118 Euro).
Is remarkable however that the BMW correctly is depended not once under comfort viewpoints by the Mercedes. The new 330d rolls balanced out so on its 17-Zoll-Serienbereifung that the C class with its stronger car body movements and the hardly better unroll behavior only the second place remains.
Result - Johannes Riegsinger
The update BMW of the 3er succeeded. Optically more harmoniously, in equipment and technology with still larger range, the middle class Bavarian celebrates a successful comeback.
The C-class of Mercedes works a trace in the direct comparison more behäbiger, without being able to present itself by clear a more at comfort than alternative. And also on the driving side it has C 320 CDI against the new 330d heavily:
The 3er is more temperful, run-calmer and cleaner. We are already strained on the first hard test. Then with third in the alliance: the AUDI A4.
My real choice would be the Alpina D3 Biturbo 
, and remeber when driving you look at it a lot. That is why I opted for the M sport steering wheel 
