The new 1 Series Coupé.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: EMBARGO FOR THIS PRESSKIT IS SUNDAY; 1 JULY 2007; 00:00 h CEST !!!! The new BMW 1 Series Coupé. Description in Brief. (page 2) From Efficiency to Pure Driving Pleasure: The new BMW 1 Series Coupé. (page 5) Specifications. (page 23) Exterior and Interior Dimensions. (page 25) Power and Torque Diagrams. (page 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.