2012 BMW 1-Series picture leaks here

[FTM]

M'sport trim has been 'leaked'

presumably to show its not quite so hideous

http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle/AllCars/257586/

 

[HEADRAT]

Nope still hideous, you can't make a silk purse from a sows ear no matter how much plastic you stick to it.

 

[OllyM]

I think it looks pretty good in M Sport trim!

 

[BananaDunka]

I think it looks pretty good in M Sport trim!

You like the current 1 series anyway so that says a lot

I think the M Sport version isn't sure what it wants to be. In some ways it looks like a flatter x6/x3 hybrid. The wheels look odd and ride height...high!

Still ugly :/

 

[Cosimo]

A brief look:

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[Duke]

Looks terrible.

 

[Steedie]

I love it even more than I did the first time I looked at it

So much so I'm almost tempted to keep my car for another year and a bit and get one end of next year Or wait and see what engines are added later on

 

[Myshra]

I'd much rather the render on page 4. It just looks slightly off to me in stock layout.

 

[HEADRAT]

I guess "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" but to my eye it "looks like it lived in the top of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down"

HEADRAT

 

[Cosimo]

The official video. Would you buy one from these two:

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[Participant]

Hardly any bum shots in that vid (although those two look like they've given their fair share of 'bumshots'). I think it looks *ok* from the front, poor from the back, and very good inside. It'll obviously sell in droves.

 

[Kol]

Not keen, but then quite often some BMWs haven't appealed to me when released, only for over time for me to really like them.

I guess I'm an exception to the norm as I like the previous 1-series.

 

[Captain_Slick]

It's not that bad. I think it's a design that'll grow on me.

 

[Robbo]

I love it even more than I did the first time I looked at it

So much so I'm almost tempted to keep my car for another year and a bit and get one end of next year Or wait and see what engines are added later on

You 'love' it, really?

 

[Steedie]

I really do, I think it's a very nice looking car. But then if I like the current 1er, which a lot don't, my taste must already be pretty 'special'

I just think it's a big step up, the interior looks a lot nicer, and the front of the car is just awesome

 

[Robbo]

The current 1 series is nice if its a certain model in the right colour, the 'standard' one looks a bit bland I find.

 

[mjt]

Interior looks like a massive improvement, although I'll wait until I get up-close and personal with one.

Looks-wise, I'm not a massive fan, but again I'll reserve judgement until I've seen it in person.

 

[BigglesPiP]

So; direct injection, variable valve timing on both camshafts, variable lift on the intake camshaft, dual scroll turbo.

Not the most advanced valve strategy, but more advanced injection and turbo.

There are other manufacturers developing similar 1.6 turbo engines. Ford 1.6 Ecoboost, Hyundai have one due out next year and Honda are supposed to be working on one I believe

Alfa has a 1.7 turbo with over 230bhp, but there's absolutely nothing eco about it.

 

[Peerzy]

Alfa has a 1.7 turbo with over 230bhp, but there's absolutely nothing eco about it.

Isn't it a 1.8? The 1.8Tjet?

 

[DM]

If BMW stuck a badge on a diesel powered corn flake box it would still sell, this things going to be no different.

Kellogs and BMW, new design partners for 2012!