Abzynthe
New Member
I'm not that great at reviews, so hopefully this isn't too boring lol.
As some of you may know. I recently purchased a brand new BMW 440i Gran coupe to replace my RCZ R and BMW 420d Gran Coupe. (We only need one car, so thought we would 'merge' the two.)
Here are some of the tech specs:
2017 BMW 440i Gran Coupe M Sport auto Stats:
Price: £44,495
Engine size: 2998cc twin scroll turbo petrol
Transmission: 8-speed ZF automatic
Power: 322bhp
Torque: 332lb ft
0-62mph: 5.1sec
Top speed: 155mph
Fuel economy (official combined): 41.5mpg
CO2: 159g/km
This car comes quite well equipped as standard, but misses a lot of things that some cars come with as standard. The BMW does not support speed camera locations, and Speed Limit information is an optional extra.
When we went in to order the car, I managed to get a 16% discount through car wow, plus they were offering £4,500 deposit contribution. So, all in all, I got a 99% full spec car for the price of a base spec version. Below is the spec I went for.
M Sports package
BMW LA wheel double spoke styling 704M
Steering wheel heater
M Sport brakes
Sport automatic transmission
Tire pressure display
Adaptive M suspension
Variable Sport steering
Deleted, model lettering
Comfort access
Reversing camera
Delete extra external lettering
Glass roof, electrical
Sun protection glazing
Interior/outside mirror with auto dip
Interior mirror with automatic-dip
Seat adjuster, electric, with memory
Through-loading system
Sports seat
Storage compartment package
Seat heating driver/passenger
Al carbon dark acc.pearl luster chrome
Park Distance Control (PDC)
Cruise control with brake function
Adaptive LED headlight
Light package
LED Fog lights
High-beam assistant
Lane-change warning
Driving Assistant
Surround View
Park Assistent
Navigation system Professional
Head-up display
DAB tuner
Harman/Kardon Surround Sound system
Connected Drive Services
Real-Time Traffic Information
Remote Services
Online Entertainment
Phoning with wireless charging
WLAN Hotspot
M leather steering wheel
M Aerodynamics package
High gloss shadow line
Headlining anthracite
Road sign detection
For the power and gearbox. I am in love! the engine is so smooth compared to all of the 4 cylinder engined cars I have owned. The gearbox is seemless, but can also give you that satisfying jerk in manual mode under acceleration. I love using the flappy paddles, makes me feel like an F1 driver :lol:
I took the car on a rolling road, and although it only had 800 miles on the clock, it was producing 337bhp, which is 15bhp over the quoted figure. Once the engine loosens up a bit, it should produce even more than that.
As for fuel, this engine is both really thirsty, and economical lol. Under spirited driving, it can average anything between 8-17 mpg. Under normal town driving, it will return about 22-23mpg and on the motorway it returns 38-40 mpg. My overall average is about 25ish.
After a week of ownership. Someone decided they didnt want to respect my property, so opened their car door onto mine. And it wasnt a love tap! as you can see from the pic below. No details were left, so I had to pay out £350 to get that fixed
Overall, this is a great car! It is the first high performance of the B series engines. Feel free to look up the B58 for some light reading.
My plans for the future involve getting the M Performance kit for it, so that the looks match the grunt, and also a power and sound kit, so it also has the sound lol.
Im not really sure what else to say, so if you have any questions, feel free to post
You can see some more pics on my instagram
I also have a few videos on youtube.