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BMW 330i Touring (E46) - Open the lid

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Created on July 3, 2025

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Bruno von Rotz

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BMW 330i Touring (2000) - 1,74 Meter breit

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BMW 330i Touring (2000) - Radstand 272,5 cm

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BMW 330i Touring (2000) - nicht ganz 4,5 Meter lang

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BMW 330i Touring (2000) - 1,42 Meter hoch

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BMW 330i Touring (2000) - Vieraugengesicht unter Glas

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BMW 330i Touring (2000) - die 18-Zoll-Räder passen gerade so in die Radhäuser

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BMW 330i Touring (2000) - gute Übersichtlichkeit, auch beim Rangieren

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BMW 330i Touring (2000) - hinter der Heckklappe verbergen sich 435 Liter Ladevolumen, das auf 1345 vergrössert werden kann

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BMW 330i Touring (2000) - klassischer Kombi

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BMW 330i Touring (2000) - mit Dachreling

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BMW 330i Touring (2000) - klassische Kombi-Silhouette

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BMW 330i Touring (2000) - eleganter Kombi

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BMW 330i Touring (2000) - mit Parkdistanzkontrolle

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BMW 330i Touring (2000) - durch diese Klappe kann man schnell etwas einladen

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BMW 330i Touring (2000) - Farbe Orientblau

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BMW 330i Touring (2000) - nicht nur für den Ausflug ins Grüne

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BMW 330i Touring (2000) - vor dem Facelift

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BMW 330i Touring (2000) - bereit zur Losfahrt

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BMW 330i Touring (2000) - auch mit Spiegeln keine zwei Meter breit

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BMW 330i Touring (2000) - das Lenkrad hat eine angenehme Kranzdicke

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BMW 330i Touring (2000) - gut ablesbare Hauptinstrumente

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BMW 330i Touring (2000) - mit Holzapplikationen

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BMW 330i Touring (2000) - bereits mit Bildschirm

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BMW 330i Touring (2000) - handgeschaltet, fünf Gänge, eingebautes Telefon

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BMW 330i Touring (2000) - längs eingebauter Reihensechszylinder

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BMW 330i Touring (2000) - der Reihensechszylinder sitzt weit hinten im Motorraum

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BMW 330i Touring (2000) - der Sechszylinder mit 2979 cm3 Hubraum und 231 PS

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BMW 330i Touring (2000) - versenkt angeordnete Scheinwerfer

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BMW 330i Touring (2000) - flache und breite Niere

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BMW 330i Touring (2000) - schöne 18-Zoll-Räder

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BMW 330i Touring (2000) - als Typenbezeichnungen noch einen Rückschluss auf den Hubraum zuliessen

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BMW 330i Touring (2000) - die praktische separat zu öffnende Glasklappe am Heck

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BMW 330i Touring (2000) - im Kreise seiner Vorgänger und Nachfolger - fünf Generationen 3er

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BMW 323i Compact (2002) - E46 in Kompaktversion im Kreise seiner Vorläufer und Marken-Ikonen

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BMW 323i Compact (2002) - E46 in Kompaktversion im Kreise seiner Vorläufer

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BMW 325i (1993) - die Baureihe E36 gab es zuerst nur viertürig

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BMW 325i Coupé (1994) - Baureihe E36 auch als Coupé erhältlich

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BMW 328i (1997) - Baureihe E36 als Cabriolet, Coupé und Limousine

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BMW 328i Touring (1999) - in der Werbung

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BMW 330 Xi Touring (2000) - mit Allradantrieb und Dachreling auch ideal für den Winterurlaub

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BMW 330 Xi Touring (2000) - den Kombi gab's auch mit Allradantrieb

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BMW M3 Touring (2000) - Konzeptfahrzeug, keine Serienfertigung

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BMW M3 Touring (2000) - Konzeptfahrzeug, keine Serienfertigung

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BMW M3 Touring (2000) - Konzeptfahrzeug, keine Serienfertigung

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BMW M3 Touring (2000) - Konzeptfahrzeug, keine Serienfertigung

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Sechs Generationen 3er-Reihe, vorne E21, E30, E36, es folgen E46, E90 und die neueste Version F30

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Summary

With the Touring of the E46 series, BMW wanted to do everything better than its predecessor, the E36. And it succeeded. The 330i Touring was a convincing lifestyle estate, especially when equipped with a manual gearbox. This article looks back at the history of the E46 series, describes driving impressions and shows the fast estate car in pictures and advertising.

This article contains the following chapters

Good genes
The third generation
Coupé and Touring version follow the saloon
With the practical flap
From the 2.8-liter to the 3.0-liter straight-six
A match for the competition
Gentle facelift
The end after 7+ years
Pleasure with practical benefits

Estimated reading time: 7min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Was "peak automobile" in the year 2000? Have cars really gotten any better since then? Anyone sitting in a BMW 330i Touring from the turn of the millennium might actually start to wonder. Because the ergonomics are right, the instruments are elegant and easy to read, the all-round visibility is superb and a powerful and low-vibration straight-six engine sounds from the engine compartment. It is coupled to a five-speed gearbox whose gears can be changed precisely with short hand movements. Hardly anything distracts from driving; we can safely ignore the screen for the entertainment electronics in the center console. And there's no need to pick up the huge telephone receiver in the center console, as the mobile phone network has long since been switched off. The five gears, the pedals and the steering wheel, which is comfortable to grip and neither square nor too thick, are enough for us. A driving machine without attitude and without sacrificing comfort. Driving pleasure!

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