BMW 1 Series Sedan (F52) Emerges (updated with first video)

FlyAsTheFCUK · 03-20-2015, 12:24 PM

I like it! Lol

ORIGIN M. · 03-20-2015, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by e92sport

Sedan looks like a Volvo s40

NO it does not.

Go get your eyes checked!

Danyutz · 03-20-2015, 12:35 PM

When seeing the speculative render.

wdeerfield · 03-20-2015, 12:37 PM

based on the latest render, its exactly what i want. an e46 sized awd f10 5 series looking car.

where do i sign up!

Mr.SugarSkulls · 03-20-2015, 12:40 PM

misterbeemer · 03-20-2015, 12:50 PM

Rear and tail lights are sort of similar...

inFamousKicks · 03-20-2015, 01:15 PM

Even though they're just renders, it kind of reminds me of a Kia, or maybe even the new WRX. Would love to see it with an M-Sport sort front bumper to make it look a bit more agressive.

DeeKay · 03-20-2015, 01:38 PM

Can't really put a specific hand on what I don't like but something is way off here! It looks way too much like a VW and way too little like a BMW !

ORIGIN M. · 03-20-2015, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by misterbeemer

Rear and tail lights are sort of similar...

You too need an eye exam.

The shape is nothing alike.

clbmw · 03-20-2015, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by colin_e90

I think we'll be seeing some xdrive 1 series sedans being converted to rwd, kinda like how you see some Subaru guys doing so

UKL (according to someone cannot remember who on the topic of the next 2 series) can be configured FWD, 4WD or RWD.

It would be good if BMW offered some of the top models, say an M135i, in Sedan format.

RK3er · 03-20-2015, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by red-sauerkraut

You too need an eye exam.

The shape is nothing alike.

They're both red.

Zirenz2006 · 03-20-2015, 02:09 PM

the proportions look weird plus fwd ....I really never thought I'd see a fwd bmw

brocklanders · 03-20-2015, 02:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pentium

so BMW is going to ruin the 1 Series and then 2 Series and later 3 Series with this FWD drive thing?

with RWD is gone, 1 Series Sedan needs lots of work to pass Audi A3.

This makes me love my e82 all the more.

Law · 03-20-2015, 03:10 PM

Adding insult to injury is the incorporation of the Hofmeister Kink to a FWD BMW.

Previously a beautiful, subtle, and timeless piece of design detail owing to the RWD principles of all BMWs, the Kink is now nothing more than a fashion item slapped onto a shell with Mini Cooper underpinnings to justify a premium price.

ovekvam · 03-20-2015, 03:30 PM

I think these will sell well in China.

Golden Arrow · 03-20-2015, 03:52 PM

If I wanted a FWD car, I'd buy a Toyota.

aajami · 03-20-2015, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by DeeKay

Can't really put a specific hand on what I don't like but something is way off here! It looks way too much like a VW and way too little like a BMW !

It's probably the FWD proportions of having longer front overhangs than the distance from the center of the wheel to the front door.

MDIVISION · 03-20-2015, 06:36 PM

I like it ALOT

GJR · 03-20-2015, 08:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aajami

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeeKay

Can't really put a specific hand on what I don't like but something is way off here! It looks way too much like a VW and way too little like a BMW !

It's probably the FWD proportions of having longer front overhangs than the distance from the center of the wheel to the front door.

Yes. The long front overhang, but that awful position of the A-pillar being set so far forward is what really gives away the FWD mechanicals. The windshield base sits much further forward in comparison to "real" BMWs and takes away the traditional long hood proportion.

It brings to mind Dodge and their extreme "cab forward" FWD cars back in the early '90s.

ska///235i · 03-20-2015, 08:22 PM

Bimmeration · 03-20-2015, 10:48 PM

i like it.

Bimmeration · 03-20-2015, 10:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MDIVISION

I like it ALOT

+1

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