LATEST BMW CAR INFORMATION

Latest BMW is producing a compact class automobile. The latest BMW 1 Series with five doors and a length of 4.23 meters, making this new model series 24 centimeters shorter than a 3 Series saloon.

The latest BMW car drive concept, powerful engines, high-grade equipment and the experience of driving offer a unique alternative in this particular market segment.

Unique Agility and Steering Precision

Whether loaded or not, the 1 Series is always sheer pleasure to drive: The seating position offering long-distance and driving become comfort and the exemplary, clearly structured cockpit provide the driver with perfect ergonomics during his “driving experience”. After starting the engine at the push of a button, one immediately senses that typical driving pleasure only a latest BMW can induce. Thanks to its agility and steering precision unique in the compact class, the latest BMW 1 Series not only ensures sporty but smooth handling of winding country roads, but also facilitates effortless urban driving pleasure. This is because - like all other BMW automobiles - the latest BMW car Series 1has a front-mounted engine and rear wheel drive. Even in the tightest of bends there is no torque steers to be felt, the rear wheels having optimal traction when transferring the engine’s power onto the tarmac.

Moreover, this concept offers an ideal balance of weight between the technically elaborate aluminum front axle and the five-link rear suspension. Together all of these characteristics facilitate further advantages such as optimal traction even when fully loaded and on hills. The drive and suspension concept is further enhanced by a particularly stiff body and excellent aerodynamics with a drag coefficient of just 0.29.

On the whole no other vehicle in the compact class offers such a distinctively harmonious symbiosis of sporty driving characteristics and suitability for long-distance travel as the BMW 1 Series.

Active and Passive Safety at the Highest Level

Robust, large disc brakes provide supreme stopping power in any situation. By means of two-stage brake light clusters the BMW 1 Series indicates to vehicles behind whether the brakes are being applied normally or hard. And the extensive range of standard safety equipment, which includes DSC Dynamic Stability Control, DBC Dynamic Brake Control, Electronic Differential Lock as well as a complete airbag system comprising head airbags for all seats, complies with the most stringent safety requirements. These safety features and an exemplary protective body structure are the best prerequisites for achieving five stars in the Euro NCAP crash test.

Made In Germany

The BMW 1 Series is manufactured at the ultra-modern Regensburg plant, utilizing production facilities which provide some of the highest possible levels of flexibility and model diversity in the automotive industry, but which at the same time offer the best possible standard of present-day workplace ergonomics.

Options Normally Associated With More Luxurious Classes

In addition to the wide range of basic equipment, there are a myriad of possibilities to individualize the BMW 1 Series with optional equipment available in the usual high BMW quality. Many of these have previously only been seen in higher vehicle segments. These include:

• Convenient keyless access
• sports seats with backrest width adjustment,
• Bi-Xenon headlights and
• a choice of high-performance audio and navigation systems,

The audio and navigation systems can be operated centrally or by voice control utilizing the latest BMW car state-of-the-art drive operating concept.

With its unique concept, the BMW 1 Series is intended to target customers who have always appreciated the practical aspects of previously available compact vehicles but have, until now, searched in vain for an automobile that takes into consideration their increased demands in terms of driving pleasure and individuality. Whilst fully meeting these customer requirements, the BMW 1 Series offers in addition high-quality product substance wrapped up in a modern and attractive design.