It doesn't matter why BMW chose to use this suspension setup, I'm perfectly happy with it and I just don't think it's fair to call it inferior. Sure there's things they could've done better. 17" wheels, vented brakes and a M series powerplant from the factory would've been nice, but then everyone would have a ti in their garage lol. In all fairness to the OP's question, yeah you can be the first to retrofit a multi-link suspension setup onto the ti. I suppose you can also weld the hatch shut and add a trunk lid if that's what you're into, but I'd just buy a 318i or 318is instead of wasting your time on an inferior car built with leftover parts and compromised safety. I don't know what they were thinking when they designed these things, must of been trying to save money because the windows don't roll all the way down on their other cars
It's not like their headliners sag, windows fall off track or plastic cooling system parts break after 150k miles, that would be insane
