Just_me

Anyone with larger pics and info?

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That looks really slick!

warot

Looks like a future 1er coupe. I like it a lot fromw hat I can tell, that is a really slick silhouette... add the 3.5 NA/FI engine and we are looking at one cool car. Hope to hear more.

Just_me

M 135i coupé: in the M-gmbh, there are considerations to put on a M-version on basis of the future 1er-Coupés. As an Antriebsquelle, the 3,2-Liter-Sechszylinder of the current M3 with 343 HP in question would come. Yet M1 not probably will be named the extreme Sportgefährt

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Harry Plopper

Nothing new here. M version of 1er Coupe & possibly Cabrio will definitely come. But there will be no M1 hatch. "Si" variants are planned for hatch.
BMW is in dilema: M1 already exists, so M1 name can not be used. Therefore it's more likely 1er Coupe & Cabrio will be named 2-series -> M2. No decision has been made yet though.

The other dilema: S54 engine is too heavy for E87 platform. Puting this engine in M2 will compromise handling - not an option for M. BMW are developing I4 VTT engine which will likely to end in M-GmbH hands and consequntly in the new M2. But it's a turbo: a dilema here is that turbo will brake M rule.

There is also a dilema whether to put N54 I6 VTT 330HP engine in 1er/2er: making 135i / 235i. But this would kill M horsepower dominance.

I guess BMW will have to chose between 135i/235i and M2. But in the 2002i in mind I guess heavy 135i/235i will be put on ice. And much agiler "si" and M versions will come instead: bringing new truly drivers BMW - a pure BMW. But all depends on US markets conditions since US is a largest market for high-end models.

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