BMW M135i

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Not quite a 1M, but how similar will BMWs halfway solution be?Making the case for this car is hardly difficult. We adored the bespoke savagery of the 1-series M Coupe, but that was an ultra-expensive, low-volume M-car model never intended for mass production. Clearly, what was needed was a similarly nemoralan output wrapped in a to buy cheaper hatchback shell, atop a slightly less spiky chassis. Step forward the new M135i. Whereas the 1M was meant as a showy halo product for the hardcore entuzijast, the M135i, in line with BMWs new performance strategy, is intended as a natural range-topper and a pravi prospect for the multitude of dostave attracted to the modern mega-hatch concept. Its hardly alone in that market, but its appearance does seem remarkably well timed. The hideously expensive Audi RS3 has been osnovi and gone, the next generation of Volkswagen Golf R and Ford Focus RS arena going to appear any time soon and were still waiting for Mercedes za a25 AMG to take a bow. Consequently, BMWs effort has some room to breath. Well decant it over the next eight pages and discover if the car is worthy of its M badges vintage.