BMW 330d vs A4 3.0TDi vs C320 CDi vs Citroen C5 HDI

I hope you’re not tired of comparison articles since I have one more for you. We have pretty much seen all the reviews that involved the 3 Series, M cars, Audi’s, MB’s, etc..What I haven’t seen so far was a review on some European only models, such as the BMW 330d or Mercedes C320CDi.

Since many of our readers live in Europe, I think it will be fair to cover some of their models as well. With that being said, the German folks at Autobild put together a comparison test drive between the previously mentioned BMW 330d, the Audi A4 3liter TDI, Mercedes Benz’s C320CDi and…..a new contestant, the C5 HDI from the French manufacturer Citroen.

For those of us that don’t master the German language, I have a Google translation for you, not 100% accurate, but it will give you an idea.

But just to spoil the conclusion a little bit, all I want to say is that the 330d takes the trophy home.

BMW 330d

245 PS @ 4,000 rpm
520 Nm (383 lb-ft) @ 1,750 – 3,000 rpm
0-62 mph in 6.1 sec
49 mpg hwy / 32 mpg city / 35 mpg combined
152 g/km CO2

1: BMW 330d (0-60 6.3 sec)
2: Audi A4 3.0TDI (0-60 6.6 sec)
3: Mercedes-Benz C320CDI (0-60 7.2 sec)
4: Citroen C5 HDI (0-60 9.6 sec)

4 Responses to “BMW 330d vs A4 3.0TDi vs C320 CDi vs Citroen C5 HDI”

Lee says:

November 3, 2008 at 3:59 pm

“Clean diesel with Bums”

Gotta love online translations.

Lance says:

November 4, 2008 at 1:36 pm

love comparisons, please have more in future. Also I think the BMW is the best looking car as well. I must say that Audi is really getting more boring by the minute.

divz says:

November 26, 2008 at 5:09 am

i prefer the c 320 cdi

Andrew says:

July 31, 2009 at 1:44 am

Audi A4 3.0 TDi is best !!!!!