SPY PHOTOS: BMW 135ti - Page 3

Harry Plopper · 08-22-2006, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by AdvEvo

Eni

when can we expect the first spy pics of 2er coupe. all we see are cabrio pics or coupe pics with cabrio fake roofs.

I hope soon - like I told you: cabrio will be launched first + more development work due different chassis / body solutions than coupe + more development work due folding roof.

Coupe will need less final development time since it will have almost identical body & chassis solutions to 3dr hatch: right now almost all the tests for coupe solutions are performed in a 3dr hatch prototypes. Coupe will get its original body panels in FEP phases.

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Lots of talk going on that the 3 door hatch will be coupe.

Wrong. There will be 3dr 1er hatch (beside 5dr) AND 2dr 2er coupe (and cabrio). I guess the rumours of upcoming small coupe, the lack of coupe prototypes on the roads, and information that 3dr hatch have coupe's chais & body solutions make some people think that 1er 3dr hatch = coupe. But this is not the case.

Most mags also have wrong info on 2er cabrio: most think it will be bagded as 1er. It won't. It will wear 2er badge. Also the unknown shift: offering cabrio before coupe also makes people believe there will be no coupe, just a 3dr 1er hatch. Also most mags are wrong about the 2er cabrio launch: it won't come in Spring 2008 like many mags says, but much earlier - in late Spring / early Summer 2007.

AdvEvo · 08-29-2006, 04:44 AM

It s so quit here or maybe it quit before the storm. Lets hope so.

Giannis · 08-29-2006, 06:13 AM

very interesting info..

BTW, it could be named M135(ti), like the first car with an M badge, the M535...

bmwownage · 09-29-2006, 07:13 AM

This is not even a Mcar, it simply has the 3.0L turbo engine with a lot of power for what it is...
I really thought the 130i would be the range topping model, BMW used to go in steps, like the 330 was top model, then 545 was top 5er model etc...
now we're having a common engine for teh 1er and 3er flagship..

Imhotep Evil · 09-29-2006, 06:11 PM

hint, 335 Si.

But a 235 Ti would be nice.

AdvEvo · 10-25-2006, 05:12 PM

Not much news lately for the 1er and 2er.

Its much to quit.

Deutsch · 10-25-2006, 05:15 PM

I'm beginning to think that the 2er coupe was just an idea to get us all jazzed about the possiblity of a 2002 predecessor...whatdoyahknow.... all we get is a girly 2er cabrio.... bah...

siko · 10-25-2006, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by klier

And I hope the 135ti will have one exhaust on each side like the 335i

Agreed... it will be dissaponting otherwise!

Tumbo · 10-25-2006, 05:16 PM

And this is exactly why Audi should put over 300hp in the S3. But now the whole world will laugh at them for putting this stupid 2.0T 265 hp engine isntead of a 3.2 or 3.6 engine. Hope that by BMW doing this 135ti, will open Audis eyes!

Deutsch · 10-25-2006, 05:23 PM

I'd like to see the 135i hatch make it here (though it probably won't), would be ULTRA sick. I'd take one over an E92 335i coupe loaded to the roof.

08-29-2006, 04:44 AM	#22 (permalink)
AdvEvo Enthusiast Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 122 Thanks: 1 Thanked 34 Times in 15 Posts	Re: SPY PHOTOS: BMW 135ti It s so quit here or maybe it quit before the storm. Lets hope so.

08-29-2006, 06:13 AM	#23 (permalink)
Giannis Devotee Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Patra, Greece Posts: 3,489 Thanks: 140 Thanked 217 Times in 165 Posts	Re: SPY PHOTOS: BMW 135ti very interesting info.. BTW, it could be named M135(ti), like the first car with an M badge, the M535...

09-29-2006, 07:13 AM	#24 (permalink)
bmwownage Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 147 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 1 Post	Re: SPY PHOTOS: BMW 135ti This is not even a Mcar, it simply has the 3.0L turbo engine with a lot of power for what it is... I really thought the 130i would be the range topping model, BMW used to go in steps, like the 330 was top model, then 545 was top 5er model etc... now we're having a common engine for teh 1er and 3er flagship..

09-29-2006, 06:11 PM	#25 (permalink)
Imhotep Evil Devotee Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 3,898 Thanks: 255 Thanked 154 Times in 116 Posts	Re: SPY PHOTOS: BMW 135ti hint, 335 Si. But a 235 Ti would be nice.

10-25-2006, 05:12 PM	#26 (permalink)
AdvEvo Enthusiast Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 122 Thanks: 1 Thanked 34 Times in 15 Posts	Re: SPY PHOTOS: BMW 135ti Not much news lately for the 1er and 2er. Its much to quit.

10-25-2006, 05:15 PM	#27 (permalink)
Deutsch Aficionado Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: L.A. Posts: 5,362 Thanks: 301 Thanked 468 Times in 240 Posts	Re: SPY PHOTOS: BMW 135ti I'm beginning to think that the 2er coupe was just an idea to get us all jazzed about the possiblity of a 2002 predecessor...whatdoyahknow.... all we get is a girly 2er cabrio.... bah...

10-25-2006, 05:16 PM	#29 (permalink)
Tumbo Contributor Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sweden Posts: 2,676 Thanks: 408 Thanked 298 Times in 144 Posts	Re: SPY PHOTOS: BMW 135ti And this is exactly why Audi should put over 300hp in the S3. But now the whole world will laugh at them for putting this stupid 2.0T 265 hp engine isntead of a 3.2 or 3.6 engine. Hope that by BMW doing this 135ti, will open Audis eyes!

10-25-2006, 05:23 PM	#30 (permalink)
Deutsch Aficionado Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: L.A. Posts: 5,362 Thanks: 301 Thanked 468 Times in 240 Posts	Re: SPY PHOTOS: BMW 135ti I'd like to see the 135i hatch make it here (though it probably won't), would be ULTRA sick. I'd take one over an E92 335i coupe loaded to the roof. Last edited by Deutsch; 10-25-2006 at 09:14 PM.

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