WORSE? Refreshed 2023 BMW M340i Review
WORSE? Refreshed 2023 BMW M340i Review
2023 BMW M340i Test Drive by The Straight Pipes. The M340i is putting down 382 horsepower and 369 lb-ft of torque from a 3.0L Turbo Inline 6 Cyl. At $78,345 CAD, would you take it over an Audi or Mercedes?
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0 -> foreign
3.03 -> [Music]
7.22 -> I'm Jacob and we're going for a drive
10.56 -> [Music]
24.08 -> 2023 BMW m340i xDrive with launch
28.619 -> control
34.86 -> that was a hard shift yeah dude
42.2 -> it's quick horsepower and door 382
45.96 -> horsepower 369 pound-feet of torque from
48.84 -> a turbo inline six cylinder with a 48
51.42 -> volt mild hybrid system
54.86 -> what else is this motor in
57.36 -> basically everything including the Supra
59.78 -> m240i yeah they've thrown it in so many
62.64 -> different cars this is such a good
63.899 -> engine this is the b-58 which the s58 is
67.619 -> based on definitely watch our M4 CSL
70.32 -> video and this is a refreshed m340i so
73.56 -> the first thing I notice I'm like why
75.659 -> are the headlights upside down yeah so
77.52 -> it looks like all they did was just flip
79.38 -> them and then put them on the outsides
80.939 -> instead and then they I think they call
82.86 -> them the front and rear aprons and they
84.96 -> just made it look like black stuff so it
87.18 -> looks more like the electric models I
88.74 -> guess yeah and then the grill the
91.2 -> thickness of the Blackness Around The
93.54 -> Grille I believe has also been thickened
95.82 -> up yeah and then uh inside they got rid
98.759 -> of the good BMW infotainment as they are
100.92 -> doing with almost everything and made it
102.6 -> this big screen got rid of the one to
104.579 -> eight uh favorite buttons and all your
106.979 -> hard climate controls which I'm very
108.84 -> upset over yeah I totally agree it looks
111.299 -> impressive it does function okay but
113.82 -> it's not as good as the previous one
115.02 -> with hard buttons okay so with all that
117.299 -> intro stuff out of the way what do you
118.86 -> want to start off with cliche corner you
120.54 -> already send it halfway through
122.88 -> oh yeah
124.1 -> fantastic remember we were drifting this
126.299 -> with timu Glock yeah Tebow Glock the
128.88 -> previous gen which is this is still
130.319 -> basically the same gen because this is
131.52 -> an LCI which is a life cycle impulse AKA
134.4 -> refresh I think the last one was better
135.959 -> okay so driving Dynamics wise I still
139.319 -> think this is the Benchmark however we
141.36 -> are missing one critical option adaptive
144.239 -> dampers for one thousand dollars that
146.28 -> the person that specs this out did not
147.959 -> spec and I think that is a big Miss
149.58 -> because I find the suspension I touch
151.56 -> too harsh you can still daily it but
153.78 -> compared to the Adaptive suspension of
155.4 -> the previous generation that is the one
156.959 -> to get yeah I mean this does feel fine
158.7 -> but it might have been one of those
159.72 -> things where if they specced it out with
161.4 -> that suspension we're taking too much
162.84 -> longer yeah to get us the Press unit to
164.819 -> Canada the computer chips and the valves
166.68 -> and stuff yeah you never know
168.54 -> but definitely if you're buying one
169.92 -> option that and the next thing that they
172.2 -> updated here you dial yourself into
173.879 -> comfort for me please I push the Comfort
176.4 -> button okay now hold the left paddle
178.86 -> until you see Sprint
181.8 -> send it
183.72 -> Sprints traction no
186.78 -> Sprint drive mode so they added this
189 -> thing which automatically downshifts you
190.98 -> into the proper gear and then puts you
192.9 -> into sport mode temporarily so that
195.599 -> you're still in it right now you're kind
197.099 -> of in sport mode once Sprint disappears
199.379 -> you go back into Comfort which is kind
201.54 -> of cool hey that's uh see yeah it's
204.48 -> pretty much like
205.92 -> how normal sports cars you hold down the
208.26 -> left paddle it downshifts all the way in
210.36 -> your floor it except this needs to do
211.62 -> more stuff because it's so computerized
213.3 -> now yeah but all those other cars
215.04 -> wouldn't change the drive mode for you
216.659 -> so that's like the one extra thing that
218.159 -> they did but I guess a lot of those
219.06 -> other ones that were like already just
220.26 -> have like a sick drive mode yeah yeah
221.94 -> because there's so much stuff in the way
223.379 -> of being in a good drive mode that it
224.819 -> has to like make that a feature yes and
226.68 -> then uh nothing was in your way when you
228.48 -> changed your drive mode because you
229.98 -> don't have a shifter selector anymore I
232.14 -> gotta use this pretty quick but uh I I
234.239 -> like shifters they're making everything
236.099 -> electric future wise so this is kind of
238.379 -> like IX style everything in here is kind
240.36 -> of going future electric style they're
242.04 -> getting you ready for it and it's I
244.26 -> don't like seeing it and noticing it
246.36 -> it's like we do have heated seats in
248.459 -> here we don't have cooled seats you
250.379 -> can't get cooled seats still which is
252.299 -> kind of a big Miss and then you can't
254.519 -> actually press a physical button for
255.959 -> heated or cooled seats because they put
258.06 -> in the infotainment and I think the
259.38 -> reason why is that so they can make that
262.019 -> a downloadable thing yeah they're
264 -> getting rid of all the hard buttons so
265.5 -> you don't see blank buttons so you don't
267.479 -> know what you're actually missing and
268.74 -> you're just like ready for everything to
270.24 -> be the digital upgrade yeah like you're
272.34 -> going to see this button it's like
273.54 -> download to heat your seats and you're
275.16 -> going to be like oh 15.99 a month but at
278.52 -> least it's not a blank switch like I
280.199 -> find in my Porsche yeah well we do have
282.419 -> one blank switch right here which you
284.04 -> can actually press which is where the
285.479 -> exhaust button used to be yeah so now
286.74 -> you have to go in through the
287.58 -> infotainment for iconic sounds which is
289.8 -> basically your exhaust okay so if I'm in
291.78 -> sport mode how do I get to uh oh dude I
294.3 -> don't know I think I swipe down I swiped
295.8 -> out oh you saved it okay so
298.86 -> then I'll swipe down iconic sound Sport
301.32 -> and this is with it on yep
303.44 -> [Music]
307.56 -> and with it off so we got crackles and
310.02 -> Pops at the end of that too
315.56 -> noticeably less and I had to use my
317.82 -> infotainment screen to not only turn
319.979 -> down the fan but also turn on the
322.44 -> exhaust yeah which iconic sounds is your
324.78 -> exhaust button because the exhaust also
326.52 -> changed hey BMW
329.22 -> turn off iconic sounds
335.639 -> fluoride
338.46 -> Grill cannot be controlled by voice
341.16 -> man I'm so glad voice uh to talk is here
345 -> I mean for the kidneys that's the whole
347.699 -> reason we get rid of the uh the hard
350.4 -> buttons is because voice control is so
352.08 -> good these days this is sarcasm hang on
354.18 -> the um the three series does not even
356.759 -> have light up kidney grills in any trim
359.22 -> look man I didn't I didn't I'm just
362.1 -> driving the car I didn't build it
363.72 -> anyways okay uh I guess I'm gonna go
366.36 -> talk about a little more infotainment
367.74 -> stuff since we're here with this big
369.84 -> screen we do get the cooler updated
371.4 -> Graphics I'll give them that it does
372.72 -> look cool I don't want the updated
374.4 -> Graphics but we got that we can change
376.08 -> the drive modes the gauge cluster
377.34 -> changes it's cool we've got
380.46 -> um a swipe down to get to your shortcuts
383.46 -> instead of the hard button so I've got
384.84 -> my driver quarter there set I've also
387.24 -> got Cirrus XM set I've got my apple
389.819 -> carplay and my iconic sound set and guys
392.88 -> we just wanted to give a big shout out
394.199 -> to SiriusXM for being with us for the
396.36 -> last six months a big shout out to our
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400.259 -> channel alive yeah it was great the last
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411.18 -> I think it should still work and if it
412.319 -> doesn't work just go to the regular
413.819 -> sites just still be there so big shout
415.56 -> out and big shout out for hooking us up
416.819 -> to your 6m with some Blink 182 tickets
419.16 -> all right on welcome to Toronto that'll
422.46 -> be sick
423.66 -> we'll send you Instagram videos from
425.58 -> there I'm gonna document the whole
427.139 -> concert on our stories yes for sure we
429.78 -> will Travis yo shout out
431.9 -> upside down isn't that Molly Crew I
435.18 -> think everybody does it these days
436.46 -> anyways big thanks SiriusXM for being
438.78 -> with us the last six months and then
440.639 -> back to our climate through the
442.259 -> infotainment it's not the worst you
443.58 -> click the one button that's always in
444.72 -> the bottom middle boom it is not the
447.12 -> worst Wireless Apple carplay and Android
449.52 -> auto so that's nice even though we both
451.44 -> prefer the plug-in yeah just give us the
453.3 -> option BMW no it's too late for that
455.28 -> yeah I know you're lucky you still get
457.199 -> it for free Bud exactly how much is that
460.199 -> gonna cost me next month eight dollars
462 -> eight dollars to get your check mark
463.319 -> That's the new one oh yeah that's the
464.819 -> new going rate for elon's uh Twitter
466.62 -> that's the Benchmark honestly I don't
468.3 -> even care we're not even verified on
469.5 -> Twitter though well easy way to get
471 -> verified exactly thanks Elon you see GM
475.62 -> pulse advertising on Twitter until they
477.66 -> uh they're like we're temporary pulling
478.979 -> advertising on Twitter until we see the
480.36 -> direction that the platform is going oh
482.16 -> interesting because you're you're
483.66 -> competitor yeah yeah and then there's
486.18 -> also a very large head up display in
488.46 -> this as there is in pretty much every
490.139 -> single BMW and you can set that to
491.94 -> reduce as well it's like goes it's like
493.68 -> weird shapes it's not normal it's like a
495.419 -> spoiler none of the tax and things in
497.639 -> this car are normal yeah but I guess
499.319 -> it's good if they can like come up with
501.3 -> that design ahead of everyone else then
502.56 -> in the future everyone's going to look
503.699 -> like they're copying BMW well on
505.139 -> speaking of the future like there is one
506.52 -> tack that removes the RPM numbers but
508.86 -> gives you a percentage like an electric
510.72 -> car yeah yeah hey I mean it's a good way
513.12 -> to get people like ready for this it's
515.159 -> just it's crazy seeing how ready they're
517.2 -> trying to get everybody okay now I'm
518.64 -> going to go to Eco Pro uh am I in drive
522.659 -> and just gonna floor it okay I got a
525.24 -> nice high gear okay let me get down to
527.279 -> like a nice uh six percent yeah so you
529.5 -> got my power now yeah
534.14 -> that's good power that's real that's
536.94 -> real good power kind of feels like that
539.16 -> 48 volt mild hyper is actually working
540.899 -> at that point maybe it's because it was
542.519 -> in my head and I saw the power
543.839 -> percentage Yeah I couldn't feel it
546.06 -> happening but it just felt nice so yeah
548.16 -> now your turn to launch it and do all
551.459 -> that stuff sick sick sick got to sick as
554.88 -> those Blink 182 concert's gonna be
557.779 -> quickly show a picture of our Blink 182
560.339 -> phase
561.3 -> what's our Blink-182 face I got a
563.04 -> picture of you with like long hair oh
564.42 -> yeah yeah High School yeah yeah launch
567.48 -> control
574.76 -> [Music]
576.92 -> those shifts are so hard in launch
579.36 -> control good thing this all-wheel drive
580.86 -> yes x-drive is fantastic it is rear
583.62 -> biased we have that same BMW feeling
585.66 -> from the previous generation which we
587.279 -> really liked and like I said earlier the
589.26 -> only real criticism I have in terms of
591.12 -> driving Dynamics is that the suspension
592.8 -> is a touch too harsh does it feel as
594.779 -> skinny skinny as it used to not really
596.399 -> that's what I'm laying in my head I'm
597.72 -> like this model hybrid system is
599.22 -> screwing up my vibe I don't think it's
600.959 -> that I think it's the actual attraction
602.58 -> I think they kind of dialed down the
604.68 -> Baseline for
606.6 -> um what's it called the middle traction
608.58 -> setting oh yeah yeah yeah because before
610.44 -> it was MDM I think or no you only get
612.42 -> that on m models anyways the bait the
614.339 -> middle traction I feel like has been
616.14 -> dumbed down where it intervenes a little
617.94 -> sooner so I feel like I actually have to
619.92 -> drive this car with traction off and the
621.839 -> next thing I don't like about that part
623.22 -> is that if you press or hold the
625.5 -> traction physical button nothing happens
627.839 -> it just enables you to then press a menu
629.88 -> option on the screen you have to go
631.68 -> through the screen to then change your
633.18 -> traction at least off still not a cost
635.459 -> option yeah yeah who knows well who
637.8 -> knows if it's really really off let's
639.839 -> send it through cliche corner and yeah
641.88 -> still definitely rear by still really
643.92 -> fun to drive this is It's just missing
646.62 -> those adaptive dampers just that little
648.18 -> extra Edge and yeah you can still get
650.339 -> the back end not not as much as like
652.2 -> yeah I feel like they toned it down
654.18 -> since that sweet one we drove in
655.62 -> Portugal yeah I think they toned down
657.48 -> the whole car really like maybe they
659.7 -> realized they could because maybe the
661.079 -> first battles before they introduced all
662.399 -> the new M3s and of course yeah some
664.2 -> excitement I feel like we keep trying to
666.779 -> subliminally sell you on the previous
669.74 -> non-upgraded m340i and if you're looking
672 -> for one new one or the old one
674 -> tsp.truecar.com discounted price offers
676.26 -> I would still highly recommend
677.88 -> purchasing this one but I actually would
679.8 -> recommend purchasing the previous
681.24 -> generation over this 100 and it looks
683.22 -> better inside's better we still got more
684.6 -> talk about but like yeah like yeah
687.36 -> let's go this has ambient lighting yes
689.76 -> how much did you pay for that I don't
691.86 -> know let me check the spec sheets I put
694.5 -> in the glove box
695.519 -> hey BMW
697.32 -> ambient light purple
704.839 -> oh okay they told me to the screen it
706.98 -> didn't actually change the color yeah
708.3 -> I'm surprised you didn't send me to
709.44 -> Alabama yeah exactly well one of the
711.06 -> BMWs did that to me this morning like
712.56 -> asked for a radio station
714.5 -> and another thing I'm not the biggest
716.64 -> fan of is the steering I feel like it's
718.74 -> just artificially really heavy they just
721.26 -> kind of had to do that to make you feel
723.3 -> like you're in a really sporty car I
725.399 -> feel like the m550 is the perfect Middle
729.24 -> Ground BMW where you still get a lot of
731.339 -> sportiness but still comfort and
734.1 -> everything inside and everything it's
735.6 -> just it's a really good car whereas I
737.279 -> felt like the previous gen of this was
738.899 -> kind of the same but in this new
740.64 -> generation I don't feel like that about
742.62 -> this new m340i by the time you're buying
745.26 -> an m550i they're not messing with you
747.12 -> but when you're buying an m340i they'll
748.56 -> still mess with you a bit at the
749.519 -> dealership yeah the car you'll get
751.32 -> exactly yeah the heavy steering and race
753.54 -> cars I was like yeah yeah yeah the m550i
756.839 -> and I think all new BMWs of the M sport
760.14 -> variety uh get like the split exhaust
762.42 -> tips this one has the older are just
764.519 -> wide opening exhaust tips which I'm not
766.32 -> a big fan of let's listen to it from the
768.839 -> outside
769.8 -> [Music]
774 -> still sounds good still an inline six
775.8 -> it's b58 everybody loves it
778.56 -> it's pretty good in here so we still
780.72 -> have our iconic sounds I'm going to turn
782.459 -> them back on there we go oh yeah oh pump
785.88 -> it in baby pump it in
788.61 -> [Music]
792 -> brakes are good brakes are good early
794.279 -> days
796.459 -> oh turbo brakes much bigger yeah
800.94 -> yeah but back to these seats briefly I
802.8 -> don't find them that comfortable even
804.42 -> with the all the lumbar adjustments like
806.279 -> I just can't get that comfortable it's
808.139 -> like when you have that feeling in many
809.639 -> other cars I don't I can't get
811.079 -> comfortable in these seats yeah I've
812.279 -> tried to dial down everything like just
815.04 -> open it up and I just can't get that
816.66 -> comfortable how about the back seats is
818.22 -> there room for your tall ass my tall ass
821.339 -> yes my tall legs not so much it's it's
823.8 -> decent but my head does touch the roof
826.62 -> okay we got a trunk there's a good
828.54 -> amount of trunk room yeah nothing to
830.399 -> complain about there hey a little
831.839 -> sunroof that's cool yeah it generally
834 -> looks wise it does look pretty decent
836.279 -> not as good as the previous generation
838.079 -> not nope not in my opinion but these
840.6 -> wheels not everyone's opinion these
842.22 -> wheels they're all right yeah they're
844.079 -> just all right not memorable exactly I
846.3 -> feel like they should have just sized
847.26 -> them one size up but you know what would
848.639 -> be memorable the Continental recommended
850.56 -> tire yeah yeah that's some Viking
851.82 -> context sevens for winter what's the
853.2 -> Continental recommended tire for the
854.639 -> m340i the extreme contact sport for the
857.339 -> summer let us know which Continental
859.62 -> winter tires you got in the comments
861.36 -> below if you didn't get Continental
863.519 -> winter tires don't write anything
866.399 -> and
870.12 -> and this ZF 8-speed transmission shifts
872.519 -> nice and smoothly it's just like every
874.62 -> other BMW except the M4 CSL where they
877.68 -> tune the hell out of that transmission
879 -> which is the same one review coming soon
881.459 -> and there's no real gloss black in here
883.8 -> there's like a little bit around the
885.18 -> climb events which that's about it which
887.1 -> is really nice it's not on the steering
888.899 -> wheel but on steering wheel we do have
889.86 -> all our lane keeping stuff which is
891.18 -> really cool yeah and it can
892.74 -> automatically Lane change for you and
894.36 -> look they didn't even put this into the
896.22 -> infotainment for the heated steering
897.54 -> wheel so that is not until they mid
899.16 -> cycle refresh the steering wheel yeah
901.199 -> it's gonna be screens on the steering
903 -> wheel like the new 7 Series or whatever
904.62 -> yeah exactly all right and then uh visor
908.22 -> test yes
909.3 -> three two one oh it goes but a little
912.72 -> bit that's a still a full pass I feel
914.579 -> like BMW no
916.92 -> I don't remember if it's cups just fine
918.839 -> in front of the shifter now you don't
920.22 -> have to get it around the shifter
921.6 -> because there is no shifter that's
922.74 -> that's pretty good and our USB port is
924.48 -> right by our cups and there's water
926.399 -> resistant we were told theoretical yes
928.5 -> do you like the color of this interior
930.959 -> yeah what is it I don't know cognac no
934.079 -> cognac was the Supra and it's a BMW so
937.139 -> that's wine wine this is a wine lips
939.66 -> wine lips wine lips yeah yeah all right
942.24 -> with all that out of the way I think
943.32 -> it's time we get the price uh it starts
945.66 -> at a reasonable price 66 000 Canadian
949.019 -> with nickel and diming 78 345 dollars
953.459 -> I'll call him nickel and die that's just
955.019 -> like it is though like BMW charges for
958.139 -> options they do but I still can't get
960.6 -> cooled seats that you can get in like a
962.82 -> Genesis g70 yeah but that's what those
964.92 -> brands have to offer to compete with the
967.5 -> kings of BMW and Mercedes yeah yeah and
971.22 -> I mean like driving Dynamics wise this
973.019 -> is still my favorite regardless of the
974.639 -> suspension this still drives incredibly
976.019 -> well yeah I would suggest if you're
977.76 -> looking at the m340i go with the
980.519 -> non-updated version I like that one just
982.56 -> a little bit more looks wise driving
984.12 -> wise and infotainment wise I would as
986.279 -> well I feel like none of the
988.019 -> improvements that they made are actually
990.839 -> that good yes no offense view don't you
993.92 -> all right let us know what you think of
996.12 -> the new m340i uh what are you taking it
999.3 -> over yeah let us know I still really
1001.16 -> like it by the way and don't forget to
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