New 320d makes peak power at 5,500rpm

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LexyLex said:

Are you ever going to stop pontificating about a the merits of a small BMW with a small diesel engine in it?

Not on a thread specifically about it no.

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JimSuperSix said:

I've tried to read this post a few times, it seems like mostly total gibberish.
As far as I can understand - you lied about having a car, and people called you out on it?

7/8 years and counting oddly and some PM me still abouti t which is very creepy

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BathyThermo said:

Welshbeef said:

7/8 years and counting oddly and some PM me still abouti t which is very creepy

And yet 2 pages ago, you confused me with someone else, and had a crazy go, demanding that I post up the V5 for my Elise, videos of it, proof of insurance etc.

So which is it? Acceptable behaviour or not? Or is it just ok for you to do it, but bullying if anyone else does it?

No you kept asking for me for the video of my car which no one /specifically me had stated would be given.



Also I know your new here but you may hear the term custard thrown about it’s the request for evidence of birds custard powder with the said vehicle (came about as Jason Plato was posting on here no one believed it so he started the custard selfie him custard and the webpage in the background. ).

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Fastdruid said:

You insist that your car revs to 5.5k despite all the evidence that it doesn't. Hence the calls for you to prove it with a video.

Requests don’t mean your given the ask does it.

Lots said this 320d doesn’t rev to 5,500rpm and many said beyond 4K revs the rev counter is there for the sake of it you cannot rev it to the redline as it will change up.... well Autocar have maximum achieved speeds at 5,200rpm in all gears where it could pull that all but 7/8th I believe

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Fastdruid said:

Welshbeef said:

Fastdruid said:

You insist that your car revs to 5.5k despite all the evidence that it doesn't. Hence the calls for you to prove it with a video.

Requests don’t mean your given the ask does it.

Lots said this 320d doesn’t rev to 5,500rpm and many said beyond 4K revs the rev counter is there for the sake of it you cannot rev it to the redline as it will change up.... well Autocar have maximum achieved speeds at 5,200rpm in all gears where it could pull that all but 7/8th I believe

So it doesn't rev to 5500 then does it.

No the 320d G30 doesn’t as verified earlier in the thread it was sloppy jurnolism by Autocar (seeing far more of this these days).

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Fastdruid said:

And nether does your 535d, does it?

VBH and Fifth Gear states otherwise + the rev range is different in those cars look at the 313bhp version or 320bhp version for example.


Plus stop digging

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Wills2 said:

Welshbeef said:

VBH and Fifth Gear states otherwise + the rev range is different in those cars look at the 313bhp version or 320bhp version for example.


Plus stop digging

I've got the B57 320hp version in my 740d it's a nonsense to say the engine will rev usefully to 5500rpm it would be dying a death up there, feels natural to change up at 4.5k even when your foot is to the floor in fact if you use LC it does just that.

Diesels to their best work from 2-4k maximum power is at 4k in the B57

But it physically can rev - what ms the most you can rev the motor to?

As for how I drive mine I’m as you 1,800-4,500 rpm that’s clearly when having some progress whereas in D comfort it’s possibly never going above 2k - I don’t tend to look at the EV counter when pootling about.

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Fastdruid said:

Welshbeef said:

Mine revs beyond the redline - the limited/cutout is not where it goes red but into it.

Yep

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Fastdruid said:

It doesn't rev to >5500. It doesn't even rev to 5000. It just doesn't, the most the auto will rev to is 4750 despite your claims that it revs well beyond the redline.

It does.

Wills2 also verified it does rev to 5,50 on this very page in his old 335d and his curren 740d.

Why do you keep disbelieving the reality?

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Why would anyone want degrees of handbrake application? It’s either on or it’s not on.

Unless your coasting and gently applying the handbrake to clean up the brake shoes.


Handbrake for anything apart from parking is used for emergencies when the footbrake fails ie it is the secondary brakes. You don’t want to be faffing about with feel you just want it to work along with changing down hard on the gearbox for engine braking before using a hedge to stop you instead of hitting dorris

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Why would anyone want degrees of handbrake application? It’s either on or it’s not on.

Unless your coasting and gently applying the handbrake to clean up the brake shoes.


Handbrake for anything apart from parking is used for emergencies when the footbrake fails ie it is the secondary brakes. You don’t want to be faffing about with feel you just want it to work along with changing down hard on the gearbox for engine braking before using a hedge to stop you instead of hitting dorris

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Mr Tidy said:

I'm sure it is a great car, but I had a 123d from 2008 to 2014 and while it was pretty impressive, the red-line was set at 5,000 rpm - but it died at about 4,500 rpm!

Now I've got an E90 330i as a daily, and my 123d wouldn't know which way it went!

Peak power at 6,600 rpm and a 7,000 rpm red-line as a bonus - economy, well who cares.

Edited by Mr Tidy on Wednesday 22 May 03:24

Does it die 6,600-7,000 rpm

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Wills2 said:

aidan2.0 said:

The 2015-2019 and 2019-present BMW 320d makes peak power at 4000rpm and peak torque at 1750-2500rpm. The title is wrong. (The 320d currently uses the BMW B47 Diesel engine)

That was settled within a few post of this thread starting, nearly 3 years ago.

Correct Autocar got its detail wrong in the article - it appears 3 years later it’s still incorrect.