120i spotted San Diego
 

Down by the border yesterday, here is a 120i side by side with my ti
http://www.318ti.org/gallery/data/50...m/NV5M2440.JPG
http://www.318ti.org/gallery/data/50...m/NV5M2437.JPG

where is the plate from? I have seen some around Detroit also when i did some work at gm they had 3 of them with manufature plates on them. I am sure that they will be crushed when they finished testing :(

It has a Baja California plate so apparently they're sold down there. The odd thing is it has a BMW San Diego dealership license frame.

I want one of those, probably too late in the production run for them to start bringing them over though :(

nice, kinda jealous of whoever that is. only thing wrong is its got two too many doors and a few too many pounds. still love it.

I love the rear on those, but dislike the front... I remember someone did a photoshop on a 1 series and replaced the front lights with something resembling a e30 or e34. Looked amazing...

It will be interesting to see what styling changes come down the pipline now that Bangle is gone...

Nice...
I'd like to go on the record as stating that BANGLE SUCKS!.... Thank God he's out!!!...:biggrin:
Lets hope BMWNA actually starts to think about bringing in some of these true euro wonders over, too bad they concentrate too much on branding BMW as a top end luxury brand... as long as that is the mentality we'll never get these cool little cars over here.:rolleyes:

Waiting patiently for the new M135i got to see the fender glimpse and it was hot.

the new m1 that they are showing bits and peices of does have a hot color on it. I use to paint cars and I've seen and painted alot of complex paint and that looks like it would rock to be spraying.... hot color. got a wicked look from the teaser that shows the rear bumper.... still want the 1series, 3 door, diesel, auto start stop function (maybe) even the slowest diesel they have, even better, and i want it for 25-27 grand. gimme wind up windows & cloth. even better.

you know, something that I have begun to notice with BMWs and actually just about all brands of car is that they [i]deliberately[/b] make the standard trim levels that little bit uglier than they need to be. It's always a couple of very subtle changes to the lines of the car, usually the side skirts will accentuate the middle of the car, and it'll be on fairly small rims for the size of the body.
Then on the 'sports' and 'luxury' versions, the side skirts are tweaked back into place making the wheel arches look bgger and more flared and they put the right size wheels on. The result is that the standard edition looks like a fat man with short legs, and the sport version looks like a guy in reasonable shape for his height.

Some cars can just about get away with this 'uglification' - the e46 3-series sedan, for example. But the 1-series, and in particular, the 5-door just looks WRONG. But I think overall the fault doesn't lie 100% with Bangle, it's also in what has been done with his original designs in order to make the top-end cars look better than the standard ones. I don't think many people would call an e90 M3 ugly, for example. The standard e91 touring is pretty homely, but again, the M-Sport pack makes all the difference, das ist ein sexywagon, Ja?

the e36 ti is the same, arguably the M-sport editions are how it is MEANT to look, the base model is how it looks once you take away all the nice bits to save money.


If you're gonna buy a 1-series hatchback though, it NEEDS to be the 3-door M-sport. Preferably in silver-grey with red leather interior. Or perhaps Avus with black.

this one is nice:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y90...630GMT2010.jpg

I´m astonished the you have a seperate sub board for the 1-series.

Is this type so seldom in the states? On my daily way to work I see dozens of this type.

The US market only got the 1series coupe & cabriolet, and only the 6cyl gas versions... No 4 cyl, no diesel, no hatch or wagon... It has not been a big seller here.

but in 10 years time it will probably be a cult car in the US, hehe

to be fair it took a long time (and a facelift or two) to become popular in this country as well, they did look REALLY different from most cars on the road and the 'visually detuned' low-end 116i and 118i didn't really win many fans with their looks.

Those cars are sold in mexico, so I it may have been brought up from down there. I never understood why they never brought them here, I always loved them.