More details on the new BMW 1 Series Sedan have been revealed by Chinese site Auto Home. The China-only model was first previewed by the Concept Compact Sedan during the 2015 Guangzhou Auto Show, and was first revealed to the world back in July this year.
For China, three variants will be made available – 125i Sport (blue car), 120i Luxury (grey car) and a base 118i (white car). A turbocharged 2.0 litre petrol engine will make its way into the 120i and 125i, providing 192 hp on the former and 231 hp on the latter. The base 118i meanwhile, will pack a 1.5 litre turbo mill with 136 hp on tap.
Interestingly, the power figures seen here are nearly identical to the B38 1.5 litre three-cylinder and B48 2.0 litre four-cylinder engines fitted to other cars built on the UKL platform, such as the 2 Series Active Tourer/Gran Tourer that are available in 218i, 220i and 225i variants.
Power will be sent to the front wheels, making it the first BMW sedan to do so. Transmission options for all three engines will likely include a six-speed automatic, and possibly a six-speed manual.
The source also provided information on the car’s dimensions, where the 1 Series Sedan measures 4,456 mm long, 1,803 mm wide and 1,446 mm tall. The wheelbase is stated to be 2,670 mm in length, making it 20 mm shorter compared to the rear-wheel drive F20 1 Series hatch sold in Malaysia.
As you can see in the photos, there’s a wide selection of alloy wheels ranging from 16 to 18 inches in size. Additionally, the visual and equipment differences between the variants are detailed as well. According to the site, halogen headlamps will come as standard, with LED units likely reserved for higher variants.
Other items such as the front fog lamps, heads-up display, safety sensors, door handle illumination, reverse camera and exterior chrome trim are also part of the equipment list, and will likely be dependant on the variant/option chosen.
Even though the 1 Series Sedan has already made its debut, it will only be officially launched in China in early 2017. The model will be manufactured in the country by the BMW-Brilliance Auto joint venture alongside the X1 and 2 Series Active Tourer.
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Why does China get all the good stuff? It is longer than a Honda City and wider than a Honda Civic while lower than both. Can you imagine how many of these would be snapped up by the young urbanites if made available here?
Am I the only who thinks the 1-series sedan is what BMW Malaysia need to beat MBM? Price it below 150k here, even the Honda Civic will be threatened.
CLA > all
Front wheel drive garbage.
China has a huge market that is still growing. Their economy is big and is in a good state. All these means is Chinese people are bloody rich!
Moreover, China has the manufacturing and R&D capability to produce a version of BMW design for the local market needs.
Simple!
Jilaka…. only for china.. wtf!
suddenly Proton Pesona looks so handsome !
Can I have this car for free?
Why should they give it to you for free?
Bmw is seriously making all kinds of ironic garbage just to push sales. Sad
That is what Marsily done so successful, CLA, A class, B class, GLA……all are garbage Marsily..
Looks like a baby 5 series and definitely better than current design language whereby they are adamant to connect the headlights to the grill. You can laugh at how ‘improper’ BMW this is being a front wheel drive but they are willing to swallow their pride for China market.
Bring to Msia.
CKD here, sell $130k
same money. still VW Jetta better
Totally agree…this is like low cost cars made for other asian countries…in the mould of vios, city, avanza, innova…the car does look pretty…even better looking than most bmw sedans…bring it in…
Proper BMWs have 50/50 weight distribution, and all torque go to the rear half, or in Xdrive models, majority of torque to the rear. Also, I think the Mercedes CLA looks sexier. In the end, the 1 series sedan is handsome, but lacks the Merc’s style. But hey, if BMW makes money selling FWD cars, then uses that money to make their RWD cars better, than why not!
Come to malaysia Please, this will sell like a hot cake. Because many big head with so little salary also want to pretend that they are rich and own a luxury car.
Same idea as AMG A45, those owner think they r driving a super car and forgot it is a hot hatch.
Jealous much?
Beemers version of bezza?
mehhhh, bored of Bimmer design language
come out with something fresh like the Merc/Audi did.
last time I love is the E46 & E60.
others just mehhhh,
FWD beemer?! What heresy is this?!
Looks like a decent offering from Bimmer. They should consider to introduce it around the other Asian region because judging by the looks of the overall package, this car is a worthy opponent to the Merc CLA & Audi A1 sedan.Bring it on!!
Wahh better than our audi A3 1.4 tfsi which only downgrade to 125hp from 150hp.
Dear Proton, pls collaborate with BMW to rebadge this car as next generation proton waja
Dunwan. Later after warranty, spare parts price macam cilaka and need to wait 2 months to get. Then after 6th year electronics all fail one by one.
But please no triple front lips, fake body coloured exhausts and other tacky stick-on parts. Try to learn about elegance, class and good taste in body styling.
The 1 series hatch already has horrible rear legroom. With an even shorter wheelbase you can just imagine how spacious the sedan will be
Nice comment…accept missing a few things.
The Sedan will very much likely have way better interior space…yes..despite the shorter wheelbase.
The hatch is RWD with a longitudinally mounted engine with a rear differential, while the sedan is FWD with a transversely mounted engine. That in itself makes for a huge difference in interior packaging.
This would sell like hot cakes here but sadly since its a JV with Chinese engineers this 1er sedan will not be available outside China. Can imagine the 118i going against the A3 1.4TFSI, 125i going against the 1.8TFSI and finally add on M-Sport to go against the Sportline variant.
Is this coded F21, to fit in between the F20 1 series and F22 2 series coupe? If so, it’ll probably be sold around RM180k to RM220k depending on equipment levels if introduced into our market. But as it is there is some overlap in pricing between the BMW 1, 2, 3, X1 and X3 models which may be confusing to some but considered as plenty of choice for others.
Now this is a peculiar one….. Y make it China only??? Its a good looking car this, and you can see a huge market for one of these even here in Malaysia. Not that I’d be able to afford one if it is anyway. But yeah, should make it a global car.
utterly horrible horrible car