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Offline am1w

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At last a good looking BMW 1 Series
« on: 16 January 2015, 14:49 »
Official video from BMW:

http://youtu.be/3tI4Yeg9HvA

Looks like a Golf from behind. At least in white.
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Offline ffrank

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Re: At last a good looking BMW 1 Series
« Reply #1 on: 16 January 2015, 14:57 »
That does look much improved. From the front it looks like they have swapped the headlight and side grills around in terms of size/shape!

And seriously Golfy from the back... could be a GTD with the double exhaust, light clusters and the low level reflectors.

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Offline carl1

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Re: At last a good looking BMW 1 Series
« Reply #2 on: 16 January 2015, 14:58 »
A bit better but i don't know why they don't just rip off the Golf, imagine all the potential new customers.
Not rocket science is it.
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Re: At last a good looking BMW 1 Series
« Reply #3 on: 16 January 2015, 15:30 »
I love it. Prefer it to a Golf. Great job BMW. Will be back with you in 3 years for a performance hatchback.

And the M135i will come with xDrive! Damn, I should have waited for this car.
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Re: At last a good looking BMW 1 Series
« Reply #4 on: 16 January 2015, 15:43 »
Does it still look like a bread van from the side though?

Having just been to the BMW website.... yes it does.

The problem is caused by trying to stick a traditional BMW 3/5 series style front end onto what is a boxy hatch back.

Its like someone did a cut and shut with a Ford Focus and a 3 Series.
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Re: At last a good looking BMW 1 Series
« Reply #5 on: 16 January 2015, 16:02 »
A step in the right direction, but no aggressive look on the front end and still looking like a bread van (although slightly less so) side-on, I still wouldn't be tempted.
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Re: At last a good looking BMW 1 Series
« Reply #6 on: 16 January 2015, 16:26 »
Front looks better but the back looks awful dont like the lights.
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Offline Poached

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Re: At last a good looking BMW 1 Series
« Reply #7 on: 16 January 2015, 16:45 »
A bit better but still meh.
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Offline dubber36

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Re: At last a good looking BMW 1 Series
« Reply #8 on: 16 January 2015, 16:51 »
I like it. In fact I have considered a BMW of some sorts to replace the Golf in the future. I had a look at the 2 Series Active Tourer, but wasn't overly struck on it. As it would only be a small runaround for my wife, perhaps this new 1 would do.

Is it front wheel drive or xDrive like the 2, or rear?
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Offline JBirchy

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Re: At last a good looking BMW 1 Series
« Reply #9 on: 16 January 2015, 16:58 »
I like it. But to be honest I liked the existing one. My wife has a 116i M-Sport which we got brand new in September. We were going to wait for this new model but were offered a large discount if we ordered the existing model so we took it.

I'm not totally sold on the new rear end but I would have liked the LED headlights and adaptive cruise control, we specced ours up so it has pretty much everything else!
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