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BMW 3 Series Gran Limousine

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The BMW 3 Series Gran Limousine brings together luxury, technology, and enhanced rear-seat comfort for Indian families who enjoy long drives with style. With its extended wheelbase, plush interiors, and refined performance, it caters to those who seek premium experiences without compromising on everyday practicality. Whether petrol or diesel, each variant delivers a smooth yet engaging drive, all while boasting BMW’s signature athletic styling and cutting-edge features.

Price: ₹ 60.60 to 62.00   lakh*

BMW 3 Series Gran Limousine – Features & Specifications:

Select Variant:

330Li M Sport Petrol

Key Specifications

Ex-showroom Price & Body Type

Price: ₹ 60.60 Lakh (approx.)
Body Type: Long Wheelbase Sedan

Engine & Performance

Mileage (ARAI): 15.39 kmpl (approx.)
Engine Type: 2.0L TwinPower Turbo Inline 4-Cylinder Petrol (B48 Turbocharged I4)
Displacement: 1998 cc
Transmission: 8-speed Steptronic Sport Automatic
Max Power: 255 bhp @ 5000 rpm
Max Torque: 400 Nm @ 1550-4400 rpm
Drive Type: Rear-Wheel Drive (RWD)
Fuel Type: Petrol
Fuel Tank Capacity: 59 litres
Emission Norm Compliance: BS6 Phase 2
Turbocharger: Yes (TwinPower Turbo)

Suspension, Brakes & Tyres

Front Suspension: Double-joint spring-strut axle in lightweight aluminium-steel construction
Rear Suspension: Five-link axle in lightweight aluminium-steel construction
Front Brakes: Ventilated Disc
Rear Brakes: Ventilated Disc
Tyre Type: Radial Tubeless (Run-Flat Tyres)
Front Tyre Size: 225/45 R18
Rear Tyre Size: 255/40 R18

Dimensions & Capacity

Length: 4823 mm
Width: 2068 mm (with mirrors) / 1827 mm (without mirrors)
Height: 1441 mm (unladen)
Wheelbase: 2961 mm
Ground Clearance: 135 mm (unladen)
Boot Space: 480 litres
Seating Capacity: 5 passengers
No. of Doors: 4
Turning Radius: 6 metres (approx.)
Body Type: Sedan

Key Features

Safety & Assistance

✔️ Airbags: Yes (6 Airbags - Driver, Front Passenger, 2 Curtain, 2 Side)
✔️ ABS with EBD: Yes
✔️ Brake Assist: Yes
✔️ Electronic Stability Control (ESC): Yes (Dynamic Stability Control - DSC)
✔️ Traction Control: Yes (Dynamic Traction Control - DTC)
✔️ Hill Hold Assist: Yes
✔️ Hill Descent Control: Yes
✔️ ISOFIX Child Seat Mounts: Yes
✔️ Child Safety Locks: Yes
✔️ Rear Parking Sensors: Yes
✔️ Rearview Camera: Yes
✔️ Tyre Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS): Yes
✔️ Front Parking Sensors: Yes
❌ Mechanical Locking Differential (MLD): No
✔️ Electronic Differential Lock (EDL): Yes
5 Star (Euro NCAP)
✔️ Seat Belt Warning: Yes
✔️ Emergency Brake Light Flashing: Yes
✔️ Rear Center Three-point Seatbelt: Yes
✔️ Cornering Brake Control: Yes
✔️ 360-Degree Surround View Camera: Yes (Parking Assistant Plus)
✔️ Level 2 ADAS: Yes (Forward Collision Warning, Lane Departure Prevention, Rear Cross-traffic Assist, Automatic Emergency Braking, Blind Spot Detection, High-beam Assist)

Braking & Traction

✔️ Front Brakes: Ventilated Disc
✔️ Rear Brakes: Ventilated Disc
❌ 4WD Transfer Case: No

Audio & Connectivity

✔️ Touchscreen Infotainment: Yes (BMW Live Cockpit Professional with 14.9-inch Control Display)
✔️ Apple CarPlay & Android Auto: Yes (Wireless)
✔️ USB Ports: Yes (Front & Rear)
✔️ Bluetooth Connectivity: Yes
✔️ Speakers: Yes (Harman Kardon Surround Sound System, 16 speakers)
✔️ Connected Car Tech: Yes (BMW ConnectedDrive)
✔️ Built-in Navigation: Yes (BMW Maps with 3D maps)
✔️ Wireless Charger: Yes

Comfort & Convenience

✔️ Cruise Control: Yes (Cruise Control with Braking Function)
❌ Manual AC: No
✔️ Automatic Climate Control: Yes (3-Zone Automatic Climate Control with rear air vents)
✔️ Power Windows (Front): Yes
✔️ Power Windows (Rear): Yes
✔️ Electrically Adjustable ORVMs: Yes (Electrically adjustable and heated, electrically foldable with automatic anti-dazzle function)
✔️ Electrically Foldable ORVMs: Yes
✔️ Keyless Entry: Yes (Comfort Access System)
✔️ Rear Wiper & Defogger: Yes (Defogger only)
✔️ Sunroof: Yes (Panorama Glass Roof)
✔️ Power Steering: Yes (Servotronic Steering Assist)
✔️ Adjustable Steering (Tilt): Yes
✔️ Adjustable Steering (Telescopic): Yes
✔️ Central Locking: Yes (Remote)
❌ Side Stepper: No
✔️ Steering-mounted Controls: Yes
✔️ Rear AC Vents: Yes
✔️ Push Button Start/Stop: Yes
✔️ Cooled Glovebox: Yes
✔️ Auto Headlamps: Yes (Automatic driving lights)
✔️ Rain-sensing Wipers: Yes
✔️ Driver Side Auto Up/Down Power Window: Yes (All windows one-touch up/down)
❌ Ventilated Front Seats: No
✔️ Ambient Lighting: Yes (Ambient lighting with Welcome Light Carpet)
✔️ Powered Tailgate: Yes (Automatic operation of tailgate)
✔️ Driver's Headrest adjustable: Yes (Electrical seat adjustment for driver and passenger with memory function for driver)
❌ Rear Door Sunblinds: No
✔️ Driving Mode Select: Yes (BMW Driving Experience Control (Modes: Comfort, ECOPRO, Sport))
❌ Dynamic Chassis Control (DCC): No (Adaptive M Suspension is available in some M Sport Pro models, but not standard on this variant)

Interior & Seating

✔️ Height Adjustable Driver Seat: Yes (Power adjustable with memory)
✔️ Rear Seat Headrests: Yes (Adjustable)
✔️ Foldable Rear Seat: Yes (40:20:40 Split)
Interior Color: Black with contrast stitching (M Sport specific)
Seat Upholstery: Sensatec/Alcantara combination (M Sport specific)
✔️ Leather Wrapped Steering Wheel: Yes (M Leather Steering Wheel)
✔️ Leather Wrapped Gear Knob: Yes
✔️ Rear Armrest with Cupholders: Yes
✔️ Digital Instrument Cluster: Yes (Fully Digital 12.3” (31.2 cm) Instrument Display - BMW Live Cockpit Professional)
✔️ Aluminium Pedals: Yes (M-specific pedals)
✔️ Decorative Inserts: Yes (Aluminium Rhombicle Anthracite M interior trim finishers)
✔️ Scuff Plates: Yes (M door sill finishers front and rear)
✔️ Badging on Seats/Dashboard: Yes (M designation on steering wheel, seats, and key)

Driver Information & Alerts

✔️ Engine Immobilizer: Yes
✔️ Low Fuel Warning: Yes
✔️ Gear Shift Indicator: Yes
✔️ Headlight-On Reminder: Yes
✔️ Door Ajar Warning: Yes
❌ Tire Direction Display: No
✔️ ADAS Alerts: Yes (Overspeed Warning, Lane Departure Warning, Front Collision Warning)

Exterior Styling

✔️ Hard Top: Yes
❌ Convertible Soft Top: No
✔️ Alloy Wheels: Yes (18-inch M light alloy wheels)
✔️ LED DRLs: Yes
✔️ Front Fog Lights: Yes (LED Fog Lights)
✔️ Body-coloured Bumpers: Yes (M Aerodynamics package)
✔️ Chrome Exhaust Tip: Yes (Dual exhaust tailpipes)
❌ Black Cladding: No
✔️ Antenna: Yes (Shark Fin)
❌ Roof Rails: No
✔️ Chrome Door Handles: Yes (Body-coloured)
✔️ Full LED Headlamps: Yes (LED headlights with extended contents)
✔️ Integrated Roof Spoiler: Yes
❌ Rear Skid Plate: No
✔️ Electrically Operated Tailgate: Yes
✔️ Chrome Grille Frame: Yes (BMW Kidney Grille with exclusively designed vertical slats in Black High-Gloss and Chrome frame)
✔️ Badging: Yes (M designation on front side panels)

Key Specifications

Ex-showroom Price & Body Type

Price: ₹ 62.00 Lakh (approx.)
Body Type: Long Wheelbase Sedan

Engine & Performance

Mileage (ARAI): 19.61 kmpl (approx.)
Engine Type: 2.0L TwinPower Turbo Inline 4-Cylinder Diesel (B47 Turbocharged I4)
Displacement: 1995 cc
Transmission: 8-speed Steptronic Sport Automatic
Max Power: 188 bhp @ 4000 rpm
Max Torque: 400 Nm @ 1750-2500 rpm
Drive Type: Rear-Wheel Drive (RWD)
Fuel Type: Diesel
Fuel Tank Capacity: 59 litres
Emission Norm Compliance: BS6 Phase 2
Turbocharger: Yes (TwinPower Turbo)

Suspension, Brakes & Tyres

Front Suspension: Double-joint spring-strut axle in lightweight aluminium-steel construction
Rear Suspension: Five-link axle in lightweight aluminium-steel construction
Front Brakes: Ventilated Disc
Rear Brakes: Ventilated Disc
Tyre Type: Radial Tubeless (Run-Flat Tyres)
Front Tyre Size: 225/45 R18
Rear Tyre Size: 255/40 R18

Dimensions & Capacity

Length: 4823 mm
Width: 2068 mm (with mirrors) / 1827 mm (without mirrors)
Height: 1441 mm (unladen)
Wheelbase: 2961 mm
Ground Clearance: 135 mm (unladen)
Boot Space: 480 litres
Seating Capacity: 5 passengers
No. of Doors: 4
Turning Radius: 6 metres (approx.)
Body Type: Sedan

Key Features

Safety & Assistance

✔️ Airbags: Yes (6 Airbags - Driver, Front Passenger, 2 Curtain, 2 Side)
✔️ ABS with EBD: Yes
✔️ Brake Assist: Yes
✔️ Electronic Stability Control (ESC): Yes (Dynamic Stability Control - DSC)
✔️ Traction Control: Yes (Dynamic Traction Control - DTC)
✔️ Hill Hold Assist: Yes
✔️ Hill Descent Control: Yes
✔️ ISOFIX Child Seat Mounts: Yes
✔️ Child Safety Locks: Yes
✔️ Rear Parking Sensors: Yes
✔️ Rearview Camera: Yes
✔️ Tyre Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS): Yes
✔️ Front Parking Sensors: Yes
❌ Mechanical Locking Differential (MLD): No
✔️ Electronic Differential Lock (EDL): Yes
5 Star (Euro NCAP)
✔️ Seat Belt Warning: Yes
✔️ Emergency Brake Light Flashing: Yes
✔️ Rear Center Three-point Seatbelt: Yes
✔️ Cornering Brake Control: Yes
✔️ 360-Degree Surround View Camera: Yes (Parking Assistant Plus)
✔️ Level 2 ADAS: Yes (Forward Collision Warning, Lane Departure Prevention, Rear Cross-traffic Assist, Automatic Emergency Braking, Blind Spot Detection, High-beam Assist)

Braking & Traction

✔️ Front Brakes: Ventilated Disc
✔️ Rear Brakes: Ventilated Disc
❌ 4WD Transfer Case: No

Audio & Connectivity

✔️ Touchscreen Infotainment: Yes (BMW Live Cockpit Professional with 14.9-inch Control Display)
✔️ Apple CarPlay & Android Auto: Yes (Wireless)
✔️ USB Ports: Yes (Front & Rear)
✔️ Bluetooth Connectivity: Yes
✔️ Speakers: Yes (Harman Kardon Surround Sound System, 16 speakers)
✔️ Connected Car Tech: Yes (BMW ConnectedDrive)
✔️ Built-in Navigation: Yes (BMW Maps with 3D maps)
✔️ Wireless Charger: Yes

Comfort & Convenience

✔️ Cruise Control: Yes (Cruise Control with Braking Function)
❌ Manual AC: No
✔️ Automatic Climate Control: Yes (3-Zone Automatic Climate Control with rear air vents)
✔️ Power Windows (Front): Yes
✔️ Power Windows (Rear): Yes
✔️ Electrically Adjustable ORVMs: Yes (Electrically adjustable and heated, electrically foldable with automatic anti-dazzle function)
✔️ Electrically Foldable ORVMs: Yes
✔️ Keyless Entry: Yes (Comfort Access System)
✔️ Rear Wiper & Defogger: Yes (Defogger only)
✔️ Sunroof: Yes (Panorama Glass Roof)
✔️ Power Steering: Yes (Servotronic Steering Assist)
✔️ Adjustable Steering (Tilt): Yes
✔️ Adjustable Steering (Telescopic): Yes
✔️ Central Locking: Yes (Remote)
❌ Side Stepper: No
✔️ Steering-mounted Controls: Yes
✔️ Rear AC Vents: Yes
✔️ Push Button Start/Stop: Yes
✔️ Cooled Glovebox: Yes
✔️ Auto Headlamps: Yes (Automatic driving lights)
✔️ Rain-sensing Wipers: Yes
✔️ Driver Side Auto Up/Down Power Window: Yes (All windows one-touch up/down)
❌ Ventilated Front Seats: No
✔️ Ambient Lighting: Yes (Ambient lighting with Welcome Light Carpet)
✔️ Powered Tailgate: Yes (Automatic operation of tailgate)
✔️ Driver's Headrest adjustable: Yes (Electrical seat adjustment for driver and passenger with memory function for driver)
❌ Rear Door Sunblinds: No
✔️ Driving Mode Select: Yes (BMW Driving Experience Control (Modes: Comfort, ECOPRO, Sport))
❌ Dynamic Chassis Control (DCC): No (Adaptive M Suspension is available in some M Sport Pro models, but not standard on this variant)

Interior & Seating

✔️ Height Adjustable Driver Seat: Yes (Power adjustable with memory)
✔️ Rear Seat Headrests: Yes (Adjustable)
✔️ Foldable Rear Seat: Yes (40:20:40 Split)
Interior Color: Black with contrast stitching (M Sport specific)
Seat Upholstery: Sensatec/Alcantara combination (M Sport specific)
✔️ Leather Wrapped Steering Wheel: Yes (M Leather Steering Wheel)
✔️ Leather Wrapped Gear Knob: Yes
✔️ Rear Armrest with Cupholders: Yes
✔️ Digital Instrument Cluster: Yes (Fully Digital 12.3” (31.2 cm) Instrument Display - BMW Live Cockpit Professional)
✔️ Aluminium Pedals: Yes (M-specific pedals)
✔️ Decorative Inserts: Yes (Aluminium Rhombicle Anthracite M interior trim finishers)
✔️ Scuff Plates: Yes (M door sill finishers front and rear)
✔️ Badging on Seats/Dashboard: Yes (M designation on steering wheel, seats, and key)

Driver Information & Alerts

✔️ Engine Immobilizer: Yes
✔️ Low Fuel Warning: Yes
✔️ Gear Shift Indicator: Yes
✔️ Headlight-On Reminder: Yes
✔️ Door Ajar Warning: Yes
❌ Tire Direction Display: No
✔️ ADAS Alerts: Yes (Overspeed Warning, Lane Departure Warning, Front Collision Warning)

Exterior Styling

✔️ Hard Top: Yes
❌ Convertible Soft Top: No
✔️ Alloy Wheels: Yes (18-inch M light alloy wheels)
✔️ LED DRLs: Yes
✔️ Front Fog Lights: Yes (LED Fog Lights)
✔️ Body-coloured Bumpers: Yes (M Aerodynamics package)
✔️ Chrome Exhaust Tip: Yes (Dual exhaust tailpipes)
❌ Black Cladding: No
✔️ Antenna: Yes (Shark Fin)
❌ Roof Rails: No
✔️ Chrome Door Handles: Yes (Body-coloured)
✔️ Full LED Headlamps: Yes (LED headlights with extended contents)
✔️ Integrated Roof Spoiler: Yes
❌ Rear Skid Plate: No
✔️ Electrically Operated Tailgate: Yes
✔️ Chrome Grille Frame: Yes (BMW Kidney Grille with exclusively designed vertical slats in Black High-Gloss and Chrome frame)
✔️ Badging: Yes (M designation on front side panels)

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BMW 3 Series Gran Limousine – Luxury Redefined with Extra Space:

The 3 Series Gran Limousine stands out in its segment with a longer wheelbase that offers class-leading rear legroom, making it ideal for chauffeur-driven owners. Inside, the cabin is lined with high-quality materials, dual digital displays, and ambient lighting that accentuates the luxury ambiance. The M Sport variants add a sporty flair with exclusive trims and design touches, appealing to younger premium buyers.

Powering this elegant sedan is a choice of refined petrol and diesel engines, tuned for both performance and fuel efficiency. The 330Li delivers brisk acceleration with its turbocharged petrol engine, while the 320Ld diesel variant offers torque-rich driving and excellent highway range. An 8-speed automatic gearbox and BMW’s fine-tuned suspension setup ensure smooth handling and confident cruising.

BMW has equipped the Gran Limousine with a wide range of comfort and safety features, including a panoramic sunroof, 3-zone climate control, 6 airbags, and the latest iDrive infotainment system. It also includes parking assist, rear-view camera, and driver assistance tech, ensuring peace of mind on every journey.

In essence, the BMW 3 Series Gran Limousine is designed for those who appreciate a blend of sporty elegance, extra space, and German engineering — a smart luxury upgrade tailored for Indian roads and preferences.

Pros
Extended Wheelbase Comfort: Offers class-leading rear legroom and enhanced comfort, ideal for chauffeur-driven buyers.
Refined Engine Options: Powerful and smooth petrol and diesel engines with excellent performance balance.
Premium Interiors: Plush cabin with high-quality materials, ambient lighting, and spacious layout.
Advanced Tech: Equipped with BMW’s latest iDrive system, dual displays, and connected car features.
Luxury Ride Quality: Soft suspension setup tuned for comfort on Indian roads.
Sporty M Sport Trim: Adds dynamic exterior and interior design elements for performance enthusiasts.
Strong Safety Suite: Includes 6 airbags, ABS, ESP, TPMS, parking assist, and more.

Cons
High Price Tag: Costs more than standard 3 Series models due to added features and space.
No AWD Option: Rear-wheel drive only; lacks xDrive all-wheel drive for better grip.
Not Meant for Spirited Drivers: Comfort-oriented suspension limits sporty handling in corners.
Limited Boot Space: Slight compromise in boot volume due to extended cabin layout.
Service Costs: Maintenance and service packages can be expensive compared to rivals.