Swift GT

Scrap this, take it back to the drawing board, and keep making 1-series M's in the meantime. Please.

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It will sell. People these days like to buy cars for the name brands that they can make monthly payments. I don't think many buy them for the performance. That's why these entry models from BMW, Mercedes will sell to these type of buyers.

beanseff

i don't see whats wrong with it, sure it's homely, but then again it's a hatchback....i love hideous hatchbacks

rjohnstonstl

Is this the new FWD model BMW is supposedly working on or is that car still in development?

cacophony82

Thats not a 2012 1 Series --


Thats a euro version of the 1 series thats been out for several years. I saw a bunch of those in Portugal in 2010

JonBoy

That's the 2012 1-Series hatchback and we probably won't get it in the USA/Canada. However, the front end will be the same for the 1-Series we get, I'm sure (they always shared the front end before).

I really liked the current-generation 1-Series hatchback when I saw it in Argentina. With the right wheel package, it looked pretty cool to me. This new one looks horrendous.

North Star

Built to take some market from the A3's?

itsnoe30

At first I was upset that we still won't be getting the hatch, but after seeing it I'm kind of fine with it, really. And this is coming from someone who has always liked the 1er's designs.

CosmosMpower

Actually the 1 series started off as a hatch in Europe, they added the coupe later.

Saki GT

Apparently going after the blind drivers market...