F20

BMW hatchbacks and wagons have always been a bit of a forbidden fruit for the US market. The ones that do make it here – like the Z3 M Coupe and odd imported E30 or…

The word “hybrid” means different things to different people. Most of them associate it with cars that have both a combustion engine and an electric motor. Well, this BMW 1 Series F20 is also (kind…

BMW is known for updates its cars at the mid-point through their life cycles. This is known as an LCI, or Life Cycle Impulse, in BMW terms and it happens to every car about three…

2011 has been quite a busy year for Bavarian Motor Works! If anything, it was easy for us to tell given how busy the BMWBLOG staff have been. Hugo attended the US launch of the…

The 2012 BMW 1 Series coverage continues with the first wallpapers released by BMW. The new premium compact 1er was unveiled this past Saturday and it is fairly to say that the reactions from BMW…

Here comes the first video of the new and already highly controversial 2012 BMW 1 Series Hatchback. Revealed yesterday, the BMW premium compact vehicle has been not been well received by the BMW community. While…

Disclaimer – What we are seeing is the meat and potatoes version of the new 2012 BMW 1 Series, the five series hatch. We haven’t seen the more sporting 3 door, nor the eventual coupe…

The new BMW 1 Series: the second generation of this pioneering premium compact range. Still the only rear-wheel-drive model in its class. Even more sporty and fuel-efficient than before, and significantly more comfortable and spacious….

To open the proverbial can of worms, the styling of the new F20 is controversial (based on the volume of negative tweets seen after the embargo was broken on Friday). The flanks of the car…