The BMW 1-Series hatchback was facelifted together with the introduction of a 3-door body back in 2007, but the Coupe and the Convertible bodies are newer than the hatch bodies so it’s time for a mid-life facelift for the ‘booted’ 1-ers. For next year, the 1-Series Coupe and Convertible gets a few subtle updates.
The headlamps have been updated and the tail laps now get LED light strips. The front bumper has also received some modifications that result in an airflow path similar to the aerodynamic “air curtain” effect that BMW has shouted about as a key feature on the 1-Series M Coupe. According to BMW, it significantly reduces drag around the front wheels.
Air ducts that are about 100mm by 30mm in the front bumper channels air to openings at the front of each wheel arch, where it is discharged through a very narrow opening at high speed. This ‘curtain’ of air flowing across the side of the front wheels act as a curtain, reducing aerodynamically unfavorable turbulence around the rotating wheels.
According to BMW, the first example of an Air Curtain application was on the concept study BMW Vision EfficientDynamics in 2009, and now it comes to a production model. If that’s not enough, special Aero Wheels can be specified on the model to further reduce turbulence.
There’s also a newly developed rear differential which runs at a lower operating temperature than the one it replaces, thanks to double-helical ball bearings used in the internals.
Look after the jump for high-resolution galleries of both bodytypes.
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interestingly most BMW car sold in malaysia r the cheapest in ASEAN except indon maybe
eg BMW 3 Series 320i sedan
singapore – $203,800(RM487k)
brunei – $64,000(RM396k)
thailand – B2,599,000(RM271k)
malaysia – RM237,000
indonesia – Rp519,000,000(RM180k)
where do u got that?
http://www.bruneistars.com/Magazine/?p=14174
http://www.oneshift.com/pdb/car_overview.php?pid=654
http://www.bmw.com.my/com/en/general/downloads/pdf/modelpricelist.pdf
http://www.autocarprices.com/bmw_car_price.php
http://www.bmw.co.th/th/en/newvehicles/3series/sedan/2008/introduction.html
http://www.thaicar.com/demo/new_car/detail_all.php?sType=4&band_id=band_id&p1=&p2=&h1=&h2=&type=1
sorry for the conversion error for B$64000(RM155k)
interestingly most European car sell in Thailand r costly than Malaysia
since when brunei dollar is bigger than sterling pound?
sorry conversion error suppose RM154763
KZM…this is not the way to convert the price la….
convert everything to USD to compare….failed your Econ?
No he wasn’t wrong cause our money is on international market also.
don’t understand why ppl thumb you up….the way of converting is wrong la bro…failed your Econ?
people here tend to do convert like that from source currency to RM not source current to dollar to RM
Why must u convert into USD? You can convert anything into any currency if you want what. Its only the preference of choice. WTF, don’t act smart la tiu!!
wow.
you cant compare it like that,
compare apples to apples lah.
for the same amount of our money, say RM5 you can get a decent nasi ayam and drink. same goes for SGD5, you can still get a nasi ayam and drink.
simple.
but when you convert it, then the tables are turned.
the value of the currency as well as buying power plays a vital role, not to mention the taxes imposed.
/end
wohoo…don mad-mad…i just want to show that european car cheaper in malaysia as compare to thai…at the end i end up putting other country too i think it a waste not putting all of it after 4-5 hr reading, translate, convert, browsing and etc…my goal only to compare euro /jap car in thai n euro/jap car in malaysia..n clearly most if not all european car is cheaper in malaysia..there good source of info for thai car review from “bangkokpost”
Mercedes-Benz C 200 CGI
Indonesia – Rp539,000,000(RM187k)
Malaysia – RM256,000
Thailand – B2,499,000(RM260k)
Singapore – $204,000(RM487k)
omg… how come singapore de tax higher than malaysia??
nt malaysia is highest ah??
not the tax high but other thing make it very high2..still they not overthrow their gov
omg.. if u earn in Singapore, buying a car is never a hassle.. only to maintain it…
bear in mind, all ur branded wears are cheaper by half~ while u earning the same in the same position in both island~
You cant imagine how much do they pay the COE. That is why a manager in spore averagely can afford only altis where in msia can easily drive camry
Depends if it includes COE which fluctuates as it is a bidding process. Singapore does not have any local natural resource. All of the GDP comes from high value added manufacturing, retail, trade, tourism, financial services and tourism. I don’t know whether to put gaming in tourism or financial services :)
Plus the value of a car goes down to its scrap value after 10 years and taxes on it is higher after that limit. Pay ERP when you go to certain parts of the island. Pay for your own HDB parking space. So you end in a perpetual financing of cars throughout your lifetime.
They’ve also got GST on any thing that is sold for local consumption. In the end, it sort of balances out.
1 thing that make me x puas hati is that how the hell indonesia get cheaper beemer n silver arrow…that make me conclude that indonesia is big market after china n india plus they hav many rich people(even more poor people)
Indonesia sells cheap cars but no road to drive them on…
Huh? You’ve obviously think that they are backwards? Try going Jakarta-Bandung on the weekends. Or Jogja – Solo. Go open Google Map for goodness sake.
Kzm : please use dollar to dollar as comparison and not after converting it..
i don know..malaysian like to convert like that
The product is a foreign product in all countries mentioned. What KZM did was right. Small fluctuations could be neglected such as freight and insurance. Take out all that, you’d get the cost of doing business.
By far Indonesia is the most populated in the region. It also has an alarming level of disparity. But that is the nature of a free market. The one that has the biggest difference between poor and rich has the most growth.
Sebab tu dlm rezeki kita ada hak org miskin.
The front now looks like 6 series…. NICE.
Why so fuss about the convertion the different is hardly 1% or less than 3K
Of all the bmw’s, this 1 n the X3…..a lot of room for external appearance improvement.
pointless car…
might as well get a Scirocco, SLK, TT or 370Z Roadster……
well..its all about preference dude.. you got yours..
why all my comments appeared to be empty post??
Looks like a poor man’s sport car……… everything seems to be so cramped up in this 1 coupe…