You search for the right car has been an arduous and time consuming one. Your extremely particular about details like safety, performance while still being able to find a car that reflects a sense of your personality. The fact that there are so many cars available and the choices are varied makes the decision making process that much difficult. We’ve narrowed down the choices for you with the BMW 3 series and Audi A4. Both cars are champions in their respective right, but which of the two should you choose as your ride. Lets see which comes out ahead.
The BMW 3 Series has long been the best-selling entry-level luxury car, and it generally bests the sales numbers of the Audi A4 by a 3-to-1 margin. Given the 3 Series model lineup greater complexity, the fact that it offers five different engine choices compared to Audi's relatively simple powertrain approach, and the BMW's three different body styles to the A4's single sedan model, perhaps this isn't much of a mystery. After all, people like to have choices.
The Audi on the other hand has oodles of charm—demonstrated well with its smart, thorough styling and faux pas interiors. The A4 is the brand's bread-and-butter model. On the outside, it can seem understated where the BMW 3-Series is bold. Inside, the A4 is an entry-level tailored suit, perhaps a half-step behind what you can get in the latest 3-Series, if you pay quite a bit extra. But behind the wheel, the A4 is poised, and satisfyingly capable, landing somewhere between plush and focused. It's this balance that gives the A4 its charm, and it's that balance that makes it a serious rival to the 3-Series.
At the end, people have different choices regarding the car models, but does their choice make BMW a better car in terms of safety and comfort? That’s something which is yet to be revealed in this blog. This is the great tug-of-war between two of the best luxury saloons in the market today.
The Tug of war
Horsepower
The BMW series 3 seems a more suitable car, when it comes to its features, the front seats of the 3 series are more spacious and comfortable as compared to A4. As far as Audi A4 is concerned, it lags behind a bit as compared to the BMW sedan as it grows an inch when it comes to wheelbase. Although, the A4 gives a slight bump in terms of its horsepower rating while adding Bluetooth connectivity and few cosmetic changes to the model.
Consistency
According to J.D Power, a global market research company, it is clear that the Audi A4 is expected to be more reliable than BMW series in terms of quality and reliability. On the other hand, BMW earns average ratings from global market research companies. So, there is clear win-win situation for Audi in this particular area.
Fuel-efficient
BMW 3 series is equipped with the latest technology of an automatic start/stop system that automatically turns off the engine when a car idles in traffic or at intersections. This simply leads to BMW’s models to be impressively great fuel-efficient cars along with the fact that the 3 series lineup offers a turbo-diesel engine with a hybrid model and three gasoline engines. Consequently, the mileage ratings spread from a low of 20 miles per gallon in the city for a 335i xDrive model to a high of 45 mpg on the highway for the 328d turbo-diesel with rear-wheel drive. Comparing to what Audi has offered with the A4 lineup, only the A4 2.0T quattro with an automatic transmission gets 20 mpg city and most of the fuel efficient A4 has front-wheel drive and a variable transmission.
So, there is a clear victory for BMW when it comes to fuel-efficient cars. Therefore, BMW is a clear winner.
Safety
Both the models get the highest overall rating of five stars from NHTSA( National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) when it comes to protection. The BMW 3 series gets a 4-star rating for driver protection in a frontal impact, whereas, the A4 has managed to earn a 4-star rating for driver protection in a side-impact collision. So all-in all, both gets good star rating.
Though, this year, BMW comes up with new sport wagon and Gran Turismo 5-door hatchback body styles to BMW 3 series lineup, introduces a fuel-efficient new turbo diesel engine in the recent 328d model, apart from these also installs new iDrive 4. 2 technology with a touchpad controller to makes it an advanced machine.
If you go bit deeper into your research on the both luxury models, you will come to know that 3 series actually beats the sales number of A4 by a straight ratio of 3:1. At the end, it won’t be incorrect saying that BMW has successfully pulls it off and thrashed Audi A4 in the race of features. However, Audi A4 is not so far behind in the race of sales and features.
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