The new BMW 1 Series Coupe

The new BMW 1 Series Coupé. Description in Brief. 2 From
Efficiency to Pure Driving Pleasure: The new BMW 1 Series Coupé.
5 Specifications. 23 Exterior and Interior Dimensions. 25 Power and
Torque Diagrams. 27 The new BMW 1 Series Coupé concentrates on
one feature in particular: pure driving pleasure. Indeed, this compact
two-door with its muscular design enhances and expands the very
successful BMW 1 Series to an even higher level than ever before.
Featuring high-performance gasoline and diesel engines, offering agile
handling and standing out through challenging, dynamic design, this new
performance model simply begs the enthusiast to enjoy the sporting
moments in everyday traffic. Conceived as a 2+2-seater with its luggage
compartment separated from the passenger compartment and with the
rear-seat backrest offering a 60 : 40 split as standard, the BMW 1
Series Coupé also ensures a high level of all-round function and
practical value right from the start. The focus on this model is
however clearly on Sheer Driving Pleasure BMW-style. For the BMW 1
Series Coupé clearly proves what kind of driving pleasure you
can enjoy in a compact car, especially when combined with truly
outstanding efficiency. This supremacy is borne out in particular by
the BMW 135i Coupé offering a unique standard of power and
performance in the compact class: This top-of-the-range model
recognisable from outside through the slightly modified M Aerodynamics
Package featured as standard and the additional spoiler lip (gurney) at
the rear is powered by BMW's 3.0-litre straight-six featuring Twin
Turbo technology and second-generation direct gasoline injection (High
Precision Injection). Maximum output of 225 kW/306 hp and peak torque of
400 Newton-metres/295 lb-ft clearly offers everything it takes to set
new standards in driving dynamics. The permanent availability of
supreme power provided by the turbocharged power unit already lauded in
two individual categories and in the overall rating as the Engine of
the Year 2007 represents sheer driving pleasure typical of BMW in every
respect. And at the same time the sporting potential of the BMW 135i
Coupé comes in an impressive balance with the car's all-round
economy: Easily standing up to competitors in higher market segments
also in terms of performance, this two-door athlete accelerates to 100
km/h in just 5.3 seconds, while at the same time limiting its average
fuel consumption in the EU test cycle to a mere 9.2 litres/100
kilometres equal to 30.7 mpg imp. The BMW 123d Coupé offers a
new dimension of efficient dynamics, at the same time presenting a new
2.0-litre four-cylinder diesel with Variable Twin Turbo technology and
common rail fuel injection making its world debut. Maximum output of
this all-aluminium power unit is 150 kW/204 hp, enough for truly
outstanding performance expressed, inter alia, by acceleration to 100
km/h in 7.0 seconds. And with average fuel consumption of just 5.2
litres/100 kilometres or 54.3 mpg imp in the EU test cycle, combined
with a CO2 emission rating of 138 grams per kilometre, the BMW 123d
Coupé ranks right at the top in its performance class. These
outstanding achievements are ensured not only by the efficiency of the
new power unit, but also by a wide range of new features now offered as
standard in optimising the energy management of the entire car. Again,
these features are the result of the BMW EfficientDynamics development
strategy applied consistently to all models and new engine variants in
combining higher power with a significant reduction of both fuel
consumption and emissions. The two top engines come together with
another diesel standing out as the most economic variant in BMW's new
sporting two-door model, the BMW 120d Coupé rounding off the
model range right from the start. Developing maximum output of 130
kW/177 hp, this four-cylinder diesel consumes just 4.8 litres/100
kilometres (equal to 58.8 mpg imp) and reduces CO2 emissions to a mere
128 grams/kilometre, setting the benchmark in this class in terms of
both efficiency and CO2 emission management.