The BMW
1 Series was first
launched in 2004. The compact luxury car was a successor to the BMW Compact and
it has been produced in four different body styles: two-door hatch, five-door
hatch, coupe and convertible.
The
second generation F20/F21 1 Series appeared in 2011 and compared to the first
generation, it has dropped the coupe and convertible variants which are now
part of the 2 Series family.
Since
its inception, almost 1.9 million units having been sold worldwide.
Several accolades have been won
over the years. The BMW 1 Series won the “World Green Car of the Year 2008”,
for the first BMW model with a CO2 emission level of less than 100 grams per kilometre.
It also won an award for the brand’s first electric vehicle for day-to-day use
and for a BMW M automobile with 250 kW/340 hp.
Thanks
to the implementation of extensive EfficientDynamics technology, the BMW 1
Series became the leading pioneer in the consistent reduction of fuel
consumption and emission levels. It was the brand’s first series to include as
from 2007 an Auto Start Stop function, a gearshift indicator, brake energy
regeneration and electric power steering and more.
Moreover, the BMW 1 Series also
took on an exemplary role in terms of safety. In the Euro NCAP crash test, both
the first (2004) and the second model generation (2011) each received the
highest rating of 5 stars.
Runflat
tyres, adaptive headlight range control, a two-stage brake light, the
Start/Stop unit and options such as Comfort Access, the iDrive control system
as well as driver assistant systems and mobility services from BMW
ConnectedDrive using intelligent networking found their way into the compact
class with the BMW 1 Series.
The current model generation of
the BMW 1 Series (fuel consumption combined: 8.0–3.8 l/100 km; CO2 emissions
combined: 188–99 g/km) is available both in a 5-door and a 3-door version.
Furthermore, BMW emphasises the increased significance of premium compact
models for the international automotive markets by supplementing the product
range with a second series.
With
the introduction of the BMW 2 Series Coupe (fuel consumption combined: 8.1–4.3
l/100 km; CO2 emissions combined: 189–114 g/km) and the BMW 2 Series
Convertible (fuel consumption combined: 8.5–4.4 l/100 km; CO2 emissions
combined: 199–116 g/km), driving dynamics and sporty elegance have reached a
new dimension within the compact segment.
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