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Article: Cars: No ordinary saloon.(Features)
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- Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
- Article date:
- September 18, 2005
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Byline: BY JONATHAN SMITH
THIS is where you separate emotion from reason and drive a wedge between beauty and efficiency.
There are times these factors harmonise with each other - but it is much more common to find a stark divergence.
The latest 3 Series BMW is without question one of the most well-thought out medium sized cars to emerge this century.
And the 320d with its staggering performance, deft handling and miserly thirst is almost certainly the most rounded and best value model in the range.
But ...