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Improved pedestrian protection
The front of the new BMW 3-Series features various pedestrian protection systems. An impact absorber is located between the bumper supports and bumper trim, reducing leg injuries, while the bonnet ...

Menu navigation
You can use the thumbwheel and buttons 1 to navigate through the menus. ▷ Turn the thumbwheel: select a menu item. ▷ Press the arrow buttons: change between fields. ▷ Press th ...

Two additional gears mean threefold progress: quicker shifts, greater smoothness, enhanced efficiency.
The wider spread of ratios allows the engine to run at lower speeds, often in the "tallest" gear, 8th. Yet even with this wider spread, the steps between adjacent gears are reduced; in t ...