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ItвЂ™s just as good on the motorway, too, with impressive comfort levels and good reduction of unwanted noises trying to make their way into the cabin.

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Great steering and sweetly tuned suspension help the 3 Series plug-in hybrid a great deal in this regard. ItвЂ™s maybe not as sharp as its petrol and diesel version, but itвЂ™ll still run rings round Audi A4 and Mercedes C-Class alternatives. While its weight has increased to a portly 1.8 tonnes in this specification, the BMW 330e doesnвЂ™t feel too much like a hulking great lump on a twisty road. PHEVs very rarely have access to DC charging, you see.

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Expect a full battery after 5.5 hours on a domestic three-pin socket and more like 2.5 hours on a public charger or a 7kW wallbox. ItвЂ™s just a shame the four-cylinder engine sounds so nasal while going about its duties.Д«attery charging isnвЂ™t quite as quick as the 330eвЂ™s performance. You get 31 miles of all-electric range on a 12kWh lithium-ion battery, with 37g/km of CO2 and around 157mpg theoretically possible, but the 292hp/420Nm 330e is fast, too вЂ“ 0-62mph takes just 5.9 seconds. Power comes from a 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine and an 83kW (113hp) electric motor. This plug-in BMW does pretty much everything you want it to and to a suitably high standard Outright boot space, as on so many PHEVs, is sacrificed on the 330e, with 375 litres of capacity fully 105 litres down on any pure-combustion alternative in the line-up. Pity the BMWвЂ™s digital instrument cluster isnвЂ™t as good to look at, however. Everything is presented on the crisp, driver-angled screen and you can control the infotainment through several different methods, including touch, control wheel or even hand gestures.

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It now comes with both Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, which is great news for non-iPhone users because Android Auto wasnвЂ™t always supported before. Then thereвЂ™s the infotainment, BMWвЂ™s unbeatable iDrive. Space up front and in the back is generous, save for in the centre-rear seat where anyone sitting there will have to place their feet either side of a transmission tunnel, and the quality of all the materials and textures used is top-notch. Inside the car, the BMW 330e has one of the best interiors of any car in this class. The plug-in is only sold in glitzier M Sport specification, so it has big alloys and a strident body kit, but some people find the styling of the 3 Series in general to be too fussy. Clock the boot badge or spy the charging port on the 3 SeriesвЂ™ front wing and youвЂ™ll know what it is, but from a distance it looks like any other model in the range. Can the BMW 330e really satisfy on all fronts?Д«MW likes to underplay its PHEVs and the 330e is no exception. The BMW 330e saloon is the plug-in hybrid derivative of the long-serving 3 Series range and itвЂ™s not only a great car for business user-choosers, it could be the best bet if you are in the market for a prestige family vehicle thatвЂ™s easy on the wallet.Д«ut as the old saying goes, you can please some of the people, all of the time, but you canвЂ™t please all of the people, some of the time. Find out more about the BMW 3 Series Hybrid

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