2004 BMW 330Ci Road Test

According to BMW, "the whole is more than the sum of its parts, provided the parts are perfect." This is the credo the German auto manufacturer applies to every vehicle rolling forth from its many assembly lines. For most the well-known axiom, modified somewhat by BMW, has no greater meaning than the inane slogans offered up by various fast food chains or the nauseating prattle of daytime TV. But spend a little seat time piloting a 330Ci and the true meaning of the words crystallize somewhere deep within the cerebral cortex.