2023 BMW M340i LCI | SO GOOD!

Aug 3, 2023

2023 BMW M340i LCI | SO GOOD!

For 2023, BMW has given the M340i a refresh or (Life Cycle Impulse) featuring slight exterior changes, a massive new curved infotainment screen, and a new mild-hybrid system. The Inline 6 puts out 382 horsepower and 368 lb-ft of torque. Would you buy this over the previous model year?

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0:00 - Introduction
1:10 - 0-60 MPH + Driving
3:54 - Exterior Design
7:26 - Interior
13:15 - Rear Seats
14:20 - Trunk Space
15:05 - Driving + Conclusion
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Content

0 -> what is up internet world and welcome

1.5 -> back to accelerate I'm Mike Keys Ian and

3.6 -> today we're bringing the 2023 BMW m340i

14.92 -> [Music]

35.88 -> so this is the 2023 BMW m340i that has

39.96 -> gone through a mid-cycle refresh now

42.6 -> reviewed this car two years ago and we

44.7 -> got 350

46.44 -> 000 views and that is because this car

48.42 -> is amazing it is literally amazing if

51.42 -> you ever dreamed about buying an M3 but

54 -> did not have the pocketbook or checkbook

56.28 -> well voila this is the car for you it is

59.82 -> light it is Nimble it is quick it looks

62.399 -> relatively sporty it's family oriented

65.7 -> and it is cheap on insurance and that's

68.82 -> why people consider them

70.6 -> [Music]

74.36 -> in the 2023 BMW m340i that makes 382

80.34 -> horsepower and 369 pound-feet of torque

83.46 -> out of a turbocharged inline six Banger

86.34 -> all right put it in sport mode Let's Go

89.34 -> Sport Plus

91.08 -> this is electrified still got the eight

93.119 -> speed ZF oh more Electric in the world

97.22 -> love it let's go some power and gold

103.02 -> 4.6

107.159 -> out of proper locks this is just brake

109.86 -> boosting this bad boy and 4.62 all right

113.52 -> let's talk let's think let's get this

115.079 -> puppy with a launch

116.939 -> on how to put launch control on but uh

118.56 -> we'll figure it out

119.939 -> let's push some buttons here all right

121.259 -> launch control

122.46 -> stability program off all right so that

125.04 -> does for the ground

127.259 -> nope

128.58 -> all right

129.959 -> press sport

132.12 -> again for the ground

134.459 -> nope

135.9 -> Sport Plus okay just tried that in case

138.9 -> it doesn't happen it's coming for the

140.4 -> ground nope

141.959 -> all right BMW can you be as eat oh hello

145.5 -> BMW can you be like Mercedes-Benz and

148.62 -> make it easy to launch a car here are

150.84 -> the destinations I have found for the

152.819 -> name Mercedes-Benz which would you like

155.099 -> to select nothing all right let's try to

157.62 -> launch this bad boy foot to the ground

159.42 -> all the way up power

162.06 -> go

165.06 -> better

166.26 -> better better 4.16.

168.52 -> [Music]

172.68 -> okay

173.58 -> the ground what's the puppy and S

176.16 -> it down launch control active got it

178.2 -> baby let's go

181.02 -> [Music]

183.739 -> what the heck

186.319 -> 4.26 it was actually a hair slower but

190.019 -> this noise in the back just sounded like

191.76 -> someone threw some Luggage in my trunk

193.26 -> but

207.62 -> the ground

209.78 -> launch control active here we go come on

211.98 -> come on come on go

218.659 -> 4.19 that's funny you actually don't

221.58 -> even need traction you guys are you

223.44 -> don't need launch control some cars are

225.42 -> vastly different this is pretty much

227.34 -> exactly the same

229.379 -> exactly the same all right that's enough

231.299 -> for that

233.54 -> now for the mid cycle refresh BMW's done

236.4 -> some strange things with this car well

238.5 -> number one they added electrification

240.84 -> number two they've got rid of all the

243.599 -> physical knobs inside number three

246 -> they've done some funny business with

247.98 -> the shifter and number four

251.34 -> at least this don't make it to the front

253.439 -> well BMW calls this LCI or life cycle

257.459 -> impulse which means basically a

259.68 -> mid-cycle refresh where they change up a

261.299 -> few things to make it sound new now

263.639 -> let's start with these headlights they

265.139 -> are completely the opposite of what they

267.24 -> used to be you see these L-shaped design

269.3 -> drls were the other way around now

271.68 -> they're opposite nothing to me feels

274.56 -> like ellipsoids when they had it back in

276.54 -> the day this kind of stuff is just kind

278.699 -> of silly if you ask me as far as the

281.04 -> grill thank God it's not the long big

282.72 -> grill it's still sort of the original

285 -> kidney girl design and it is more

287.52 -> inverted it has more bump outs when it

289.74 -> comes to this black and behind it you

291.6 -> have louvers that open up to suck air

294 -> for the engine moving down from there it

296.22 -> is more cut out these bumpers are

297.84 -> obviously different than the last Model

299.699 -> also you have the 50th Anniversary badge

302.04 -> up here and pretty much usual radar down

305.1 -> there everything else is pretty

306.3 -> straightforward BMW when you see this on

308.28 -> the road you know this is a BMW to the

311.04 -> side of the the BMW m340i so if you

314.1 -> start off with this front bumper here

315.3 -> you can see how it's been pulled back

317.46 -> and you get the visuals from the side

319.68 -> now if we move further from there you've

321.72 -> got 19 inch wheels these are M Sport

323.94 -> Wheels including M sport red brakes and

326.88 -> you can see the fancy M right behind it

329.1 -> the car sits fairly low with M sport

331.68 -> suspension more M badging and of course

334.259 -> M3 mirrors so at first glance you'd be

336.84 -> like this is very m3ish but it's kind of

339.6 -> missing the wide body as I move back

342.06 -> down it looks elongated yes it does have

346.259 -> this sporty side sill yes it does have

349.5 -> keyless remote on all four doors when

352.139 -> you touch the handle yes it does have

354.24 -> black trim yes but where is the wide

357.479 -> booty this is where the M3 shines here

361.259 -> you can see that these wheels are sort

363.36 -> of inside They Don't Really pop out like

365.82 -> BMW is always used to we want a wide

369.18 -> booty because you have a staggered setup

371.34 -> these are Michelin Pilot Sport 4S these

374.52 -> are 225 40 19 and when we go to the back

378.259 -> these are

380.12 -> 255 35 19. so yes they're staggered but

384.78 -> they don't look staggered they look

386.699 -> exactly the same they're too inward they

389.699 -> need to widen out that offset in the

392.759 -> back

393.8 -> anyways nonetheless as we move back

395.88 -> you've got this cute little spoiler

397.62 -> again they've refreshed this rear fascia

400.74 -> so the bumper looks a little bit more

402.479 -> elongated you can see that width from

404.28 -> the back other than that obviously there

406.56 -> are some differences when it comes to

407.759 -> the rear diff it's got it thumbs up

409.979 -> that's all on the Driving Experience

413.3 -> to the back of the BMW m340 so if we

416.819 -> start at the top here you can see it has

418.74 -> the shark fin it has this cool spoiler I

422.4 -> like it it's nice and matching Blacky

426 -> Blackie moving down from there it says

427.8 -> m340 on this side on that side of course

429.96 -> this is an X Drive the lights try to

432.3 -> widen the vehicle but the best part

434.34 -> about it realistically is down here I

436.919 -> like this black lower valence and of

438.78 -> course these black tipped exhausts

440.639 -> they're dual it makes the car look way

443.22 -> more sporty in black and it looks cool

447 -> front seat of the BMW

449.539 -> m340i now first things first there's a

453.24 -> bunch of changes when it comes to the

454.86 -> old model versus this one this screen

457.52 -> that's a huge upgrade

460.86 -> then there's no shifter anymore I have a

463.319 -> little toggle just like the Porsches

465.24 -> also I don't have any preset buttons

467.34 -> those are all vanished so those are the

469.319 -> three big changes I see right off the

470.88 -> cuff with this BMW m340i so if you start

473.639 -> off this door panel here it has all the

475.86 -> same features as the old one two memory

477.72 -> seats of course you can adjust your

478.919 -> windows all the good stuff that every

481.02 -> car has you have one cup holder as well

484.02 -> as a little bit of space for some chips

486.18 -> and your Harman Kardon sound system

487.44 -> which is pretty much standard across the

488.639 -> board but there's one thing I want to

490.199 -> talk about and that isn't comparing this

492.06 -> to a Mercedes-Benz when it comes to

493.56 -> ambient lighting if you like ambient

495.66 -> lighting Mercedes-Benz has it dominated

497.58 -> they just love ambient lighting BMW is a

500.22 -> lot more subdued it's just a lot more I

502.8 -> wouldn't say basic but it's just more

504.479 -> plain it's in the right spots but it's a

506.699 -> very small strip it's just like a accent

509.28 -> piece as opposed to taking over your

511.199 -> life like Mercedes-Benz does and moving

513.779 -> on onto the dash you have a heads up

515.58 -> display but the big feature here is

517.8 -> these curved screens you have a 14.9

521 -> infotainment Center that runs on BMW's

524.039 -> latest operating 8 System you have a

526.26 -> 12.3 inch driver's display but if we

529.2 -> focus back to this fancy curved screen

532.32 -> for the infotainment the issue is that

534.959 -> everything runs through it if I want to

536.279 -> put on my heated seats I have to go

537.54 -> through it it's two or three buttons I

538.92 -> have to press to get into it it's not

540.779 -> that it's complicated it takes a while

542.279 -> to learn but there's no hard buttons

544.26 -> anymore there's still a volume knob on

546.48 -> this strip down here you can skip tracks

548.76 -> go back you have your defrost but

551.16 -> everything else is done in the screen

552.959 -> which is a little bit tricky now BMW

555.66 -> says what they've done is they've left

557.279 -> this rotary knob that they introduced 20

559.5 -> years ago in the 7 Series that's still

561.3 -> here so you have buttons down here to

562.92 -> control so when you're driving you don't

564.42 -> necessarily have to touch the screen but

566.399 -> it's still a little bit of an extra

567.66 -> process especially for those that like

569.519 -> to have their presets so one to eight

571.44 -> presets are gone now don't have it

573.6 -> anymore your HVAC controls like there's

575.16 -> 13 buttons they got rid of physical

577.019 -> buttons and now it's simply all done by

579.3 -> the infotainment and this little cursor

581.459 -> or Knob down here and then there's no

583.68 -> more shifter so you actually have this

585.3 -> little toggle but again Porsche is doing

587.04 -> it so this is what it is as far as

589.56 -> different Drive modes it's also down

591.18 -> here you have sport comfort and then now

593.1 -> the new Eco Pro you have your cameras

595.5 -> your stability program and then of

597.18 -> course your automatic handbrake core

598.92 -> parking brake then the other thing is

601.38 -> this texture I'm glad it's not piano

603.72 -> black it's sort of this like matted sort

607.08 -> of I don't know what you'd call it it's

608.58 -> some sort of like

610.2 -> um

611.339 -> you tell me then you have a panel that

613.56 -> opens up to your cup holders you have a

615.6 -> wireless charger that does a really good

616.98 -> job easy to use you just slide your

619.08 -> phone in slide your phone out and you do

621.06 -> have a USB in case that doesn't work for

623.519 -> you and you have a cigarette plug

625.08 -> lighter as well and moving back from

627.48 -> there you have your armrest that has

629.399 -> decent amount of padding it is wide and

631.92 -> long enough so it should work for every

633.72 -> elbow out there when I lift up this

635.82 -> center console I do have a USBC and a

638.16 -> little bit of storage not a ton of

639.54 -> storage but you know fair enough

642.24 -> seats that is the key these are sporty

645.66 -> the leather is durable that is for sure

648.3 -> these things will not wear down so if

650.579 -> you're worried about keeping your BMW

652.14 -> for 10 years or 15 years and you want

654.42 -> the seats to hold form these seats will

656.339 -> do so it does have a manual leg

658.14 -> extensions and of course it does have

660.36 -> cool Bowl string so it tightens me up

662.82 -> and holds me in around the corners as

665.22 -> far as the steering wheel goes this is a

666.6 -> pretty straightforward M steering wheel

667.98 -> it has soft cushioning when I cushy it

670.86 -> or I squeeze it it has cruise control on

673.32 -> the left and on the right it has all

675 -> your audio controls as well as your

676.38 -> phone controls we are in Canada here so

678.36 -> we have a fancy heated steering wheel

679.98 -> and underneath that you have a cool M

681.779 -> badge it's not as like it's m there but

685.26 -> it's not as you know sexy as the M3 now

689.88 -> the layout of the system is very very

691.5 -> clear and easy to see but to use you

694.32 -> have to click more buttons and that's

695.76 -> probably the point of people that have

697.14 -> older BMWs that may be upset about

699.24 -> something like this but they've tried to

701.04 -> negate that with audio controls or voice

703.26 -> control so check this out I hit this

705.18 -> button and this is what I say

707.279 -> BMW Play Hip Hop

710.94 -> could you repeat that please

713.279 -> BMW PlayStation 52.

718.38 -> which station would you like to listen

720.42 -> to diplo's Revolution

724.94 -> unfortunately the vehicle is not

727.5 -> equipped with that function so as you

730.38 -> can see it works perfectly but

731.76 -> realistically you have to use this

733.14 -> screen I mean it's got a lot of data so

735 -> it's amazing that it's in depth but to

737.279 -> use it easily you have to preset and get

739.62 -> everything ready just the way you like

741 -> it and not have a bunch of changing

742.98 -> drivers a lot of cars like we do we jump

744.839 -> in a lot of different cars it takes time

747.18 -> to know exactly what you're touching to

748.74 -> figure it out however the quality of the

750.899 -> screen is very good take for example the

752.94 -> 360 or backup camera when I put the

755.04 -> vehicle in Reverse this is what I see I

756.839 -> can have different views by hitting this

758.339 -> 3D view button and different camera

760.14 -> points as I go along and it gives me a

762.48 -> display of what the car is and the color

764.76 -> is pretty much bang on

768.36 -> but I do want to point out that

770.22 -> sometimes things are just over

771.24 -> engineered take for example the HVAC

773.399 -> controls now I'm an automatic program

775.079 -> and I want to turn the system off well I

777.48 -> can't do that because it can't be

778.86 -> deactivated in the automatic program so

780.779 -> I have to press one extra button right

782.399 -> here for automatic program and then

784.2 -> switch it off so something as simple as

786.3 -> just turning it off because the fan is

788.16 -> either too much in your face or it's too

789.72 -> loud and you're trying to film a YouTube

791.399 -> video this is something small but it's

794.04 -> kind of an annoyance all right let's see

796.32 -> what room we have back here in the three

799.139 -> series sedan with some power and some

801.779 -> Flair well

803.519 -> good enough for a guy that's five foot

805.2 -> nine and probably good enough for a guy

806.82 -> that's six foot lots of Headroom here

808.68 -> lots of leg space decent cushioning I

812.22 -> think they've got this stuff kind of

813.36 -> mastered most manufacturers do I just

815.399 -> want to point out something small you

817.32 -> see when you're in the trunk and you

818.339 -> pull the two handles you get a 60 40

820.26 -> split but you have some options when

822.18 -> you're in here you actually have a 40 40

824.639 -> and 20 split because you can move this

827.04 -> down so if you want to put your skis in

828.48 -> you can do it and then you have

830.7 -> obviously a cup holder you push this

832.26 -> button come on and they open up one by

834.779 -> one you got two of them that's pretty

836.339 -> straightforward stuff you also have map

838.44 -> Pockets behind both seats you have your

841.32 -> HVAC controls you have two h2h2 usbcs

845.519 -> and you have a nice soft thing for your

848.22 -> arms and you have two cup holders that

850.32 -> are designed for you because they're not

853.2 -> flat see a lot of cars are flat when you

855.54 -> look at the door panel and how you have

856.92 -> the cups but in this specific case it's

858.6 -> angled towards me so my bottle I just

860.22 -> lift it up put it back in now this is a

863.04 -> 3 Series so the fact that it comes with

865.019 -> this

867.18 -> a power trunk is pretty cool I was

870.42 -> expecting that to be only on a 5 Series

871.98 -> so that is nice how much room do we have

874.139 -> we have 41 inches of length come on

877.32 -> measuring tape come on out

880.44 -> and then we have

882.5 -> 41 inches of width but it's getting

885.899 -> stuff in is always the issue so you have

888.3 -> about 16 inches of actual clearance to

891.36 -> get stuff into the trunk and if you want

892.98 -> to put the seats down when you're back

894.06 -> here you do have two handles one for

896.339 -> each side to do the 60 40 split and when

900 -> I want to close the trunk I simply hit

901.68 -> this button boom boom boom

904.79 -> [Music]

916.45 -> [Music]

917.54 -> so let's talk about the mild hybrid

919.92 -> because that's way easier for me to say

921.48 -> than electrification so they have a

923.699 -> starter generator connected the engine's

925.38 -> crankshaft and that basically sits in

926.88 -> the transmission and it gives you about

928.26 -> 147 pound-feet of torque and about like

931.079 -> 13 or 14 horsepower and it's really just

932.76 -> designed to help you when you're

934.92 -> coasting that's what it's designed to be

936.72 -> not when you're hammering around

939.139 -> now when you put into sport it's

941.339 -> everything you want your sport sedan to

943.199 -> be the throttle response sharpens up

945.36 -> like crazy the exhaust valves open up so

947.459 -> you can hear it and obviously the

949.199 -> transmission just goes down a couple of

950.88 -> gears and just gets more raspier and

952.44 -> everything kind of combines together to

954.36 -> make your m340i exactly what you want

957.66 -> when you cut the check for it

960.38 -> just listen to this thing

962.94 -> I got these cool shift gauges makes you

966.24 -> feel young again oh it's amazing I love

968.76 -> it I love it I love it I love it it

970.62 -> could be a hair louder though for some

972.72 -> reason I just remembered the free

974.459 -> facelift or cleaned up or mid-cycle

977.04 -> refresh that were reviewed just a little

978.959 -> bit more raspier I felt a little bit

981.72 -> more tossable I don't know if these

983.639 -> batteries have made the difference but

985.019 -> it's still possible but it just feels a

987.3 -> little bit heavier

991.62 -> all right

993.48 -> maybe that was just broken in better but

995.459 -> it still rips like crazy no doubt but

997.86 -> it's just on the cusp of like having too

1000.74 -> much and having just not enough it's

1003.44 -> like right there it's like you have to

1005.54 -> work it for it to move but then when

1007.459 -> you're working it you're not like

1008.66 -> breaking all kinds of speed limits it's

1010.459 -> still fun it's still like enjoyable that

1013.279 -> it requires this you know I wouldn't say

1016.1 -> beating but just requires this sort of

1018.92 -> yeah my God this thing is tossful oh my

1020.72 -> God so much fun

1022.759 -> oh

1023.99 -> [Music]

1025.9 -> it's a joy it's a joy this is exactly

1029.059 -> what I remembered so fun so fun

1034.579 -> people really don't put enough value

1036.38 -> into the X drive system like comparing

1039.319 -> this and I know I'm comparing against

1040.52 -> the M2 the M2 makes like 50 or 60

1043.339 -> horsepower more than this and this thing

1045.439 -> just totally sticks the M2 with cup twos

1049.7 -> don't even stick now branded this does

1051.86 -> have pilot four s's doesn't have run

1054.2 -> Flats which is a thumbs up on BMW for

1056 -> putting actual good tires on this

1058.54 -> [Music]

1063.76 -> but the grip on this thing is amazing

1066.2 -> it's really really good obviously I'm

1068.179 -> comparing against the M2 because we had

1069.559 -> that last week and that thing would like

1070.88 -> go sideways on demand every time all the

1073.46 -> time and this thing just hooks really

1075.02 -> really well anyways we're getting the

1076.76 -> Stinger

1077.78 -> tribute Edition next week and it's the

1079.82 -> last of the Stingers there's no more

1083.059 -> I'm not car is not anywhere close more

1086.299 -> luxurious in terms of weight and

1088.16 -> heaviness and maybe more Highway Theory

1092.12 -> tuned but

1093.44 -> for the North American Market but this

1095.48 -> thing is just fun around corners man

1098.299 -> wants to be tossed

1100.16 -> and the visibility is excellent I love

1101.66 -> the small skinny a-pillar

1105.5 -> amazing chassis I love it

1111.02 -> so the question is would you buy this

1113 -> version that has more boxy skinnier

1115.82 -> headlights they're trying to obviously

1117.5 -> do something because they have to and

1119.059 -> obviously this interior with these

1120.74 -> curved screens thumbs up on the tech or

1123.14 -> would you buy last year's version that's

1126.02 -> soft on the outside crappier Tech but

1129.14 -> feels a hair more tossable doesn't have

1132.98 -> the electrification a little bit worse

1134.78 -> on fuel for this one you guys let me

1136.82 -> know in the comments below what you guys

1138.02 -> would pick which one you guys would pick

1139.28 -> honestly they're both pretty awesome if

1141.26 -> you can get a deal on last year's

1142.52 -> version that's what I would probably buy

1144.02 -> but if you're leasing it well you got no

1145.76 -> choice this is what you got to buy

1146.96 -> nonetheless but it's great because it

1149.059 -> gives you everything the M3 has on a

1153.2 -> you know

1154.58 -> teaspoon versus tablespoon version so

1157.28 -> let me know in the comments below thanks

1158.6 -> as always for watching for supporting us

1160.46 -> we love you guys we're on the road to a

1163.039 -> million Subs we're almost at 200k we'll

1165.26 -> probably have 200 camera to watch this

1166.52 -> video fingers crossed if not

1168.799 -> help us get there thanks again and we'll

1171.02 -> catch in the next one

1172.59 -> [Music]

1185.78 -> foreign

1193.86 -> [Music]

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