The G20 BMW 330e plug-in hybrid has made
its market debut in Thailand, the car going on sale in locally-assembled form
as an M Sport version, priced at 2.769 million baht. It replaces
the petrol 330i – which debuted in February 2019, priced at 3.329 million baht – in the local model range, and joins the 320d M Sport diesel as
the available G20 offerings in line-up, The Bangkok Post reports.
The G20 330e uses an updated version of
the B48 2.0 litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine, which offers 184 hp and
300 Nm. The mill is paired with a 68 PS electric motor and a ZF
eight-speed automatic gearbox, and combined system output is 248 hp and 420 Nm of torque, with an XtraBoost feature providing an extra 40 hp temporarily under acceleration.
A larger 12 kWh lithium-ion battery has
nearly doubled the all-electric range, which now sits at up to 60 km.
Performance figures include a zero-to-100 km/h sprint time of 6.0 seconds and a
top speed of 230 km/h, a slight increase over the F30 version.
