2012 BMW 1 Series F20 Press Release Highlights

Disclaimer – What we are seeing is the meat and potatoes version of the new 2012 BMW i Series, the 5 series hatch. We oasis't seen the more than sporting iii door, nor the eventual coupe and cabrio models. In improver there is only a subset of powertrain options represented hither.

No sixes, no 2.0L gas engine, and not the 123d range topping diesel. Information technology took four years (2004 – 2008) to bring the coupe and convertible E8x 1ers to market, and while I suspect that that timeframe will be compressed, I wouldn't await the coupe and convertible of the F2x 1er to be in the US market before 2013.

That being said here are the highlights from the press release:

• the car is longer than the current 1er, with a good clamper of that extended length in the wheelbase (30 mm), it would seem that rear leg room is important (every extra inch counts)
• the car is wider than before, non past much, but enough to make the interior feel more than spacious (and the interior pattern helps with that also)
• the gasoline motors seem to be a blend of former and new, they are 1.6L fours, not the new mutual 500cc per cylinder architecture,but both the 116i and 118i sport Valvetronic, Double-VANOS, Precision Direct Injection, and turbocharging
• the diesel fuel motors are ii.0L and appear to exist part of the 500cc per cylinder family discussed at Innovation Day in April of this year (which makes sense, since the diesel models in this auto are the elevation sellers)
• there are iii power grades for the diesel, the 116d, the 118d,and the 120d
• the 120d is the hot motor in this grouping, the F20 120d beats the F20 118i from 0-100 kmh by 0.2 seconds (7.2 versus 7.4)
• the car is bachelor with the eight speed automatic that BMWBLOG has highlighted in an article (and Europeans accept rate for automatics is rising)
• the 120d delivers 4.v – 4.6L per 100 km fuels economy numbers (which is outstanding), the 116d delivers 4.three – 4.4L per 100 km and nevertheless is over 3 seconds slower to 100 kmh (I know which diesel I'd purchase)
• the 118i (which is slower to 100kmh than the 120d) averages a combined 5.eight – 5.9L per 100km fuel economic system – non bad, but the 120d seems to exist the choice (a case of having your cake and eating it besides – can we imagine a Marie Antoinette commercial, "Permit them consume block!")
• in that location are plans to introduce a 116d EfficientDynamics Edition which should render combined fuel economy numbers of three.8L per 100 km (and for European market concerns nether 100 grams of CO2 per kilometre – I think that may be under my lungs product of CO2 per km at a jog).
• ConnectedDrive is Here!! A plethora of options are available nether the aegis of ConnectedDrive, lifted from the press release: "This includes high-axle assistance, Adaptive Headlights, parking assistance, reversing camera, Lane Difference Alarm including Collision Alarm, cruise control with brake function, and speed-limit and no-passing data. BMW ConnectedDrive also features Cyberspace connectivity, increased smartphone and music player integration, real-fourth dimension traffic information, and web radio, Facebook and Twitter apps."
• Two trim lines above base, Sport Line and Urban Line, which accept been individually composed to 'the last particular' according to the printing release Sport Line features sport seats, highlighting stitching on the steering cycle, high gloss balck trim with coral accents, and ambience lighting that can be switched between orangish and white, and other items
• Urban Line is for 'hipsters', I doubtable; it incorporates specific seat coverings, acrylic drinking glass trim, and other items
• of course, the F20 1er is REAR Wheel DRIVE
• but, it does utilize electrically assisted power steering

Await for additional coverage and analysis of the F20 1er on BMWBLOG.

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Source: https://www.bmwblog.com/2011/06/05/2012-bmw-1-series-f20-press-release-highlights/