BMW 116i

Audi A3 Sportback 1,4T FSI S tronic vs. BMW 116i Steptronic vs. Mercedes-Benz A180 BE 7G-DCT

THE phone call from an Audi representative to their superiors in Ingolstadt at the 2011 New York Auto Show moments after the covers were drawn from Mercedes-Benz’s A-Class concept would have been a nervous one. Certainly, there would have been a similar call made in 2004 when BMW launched its first-generation ...

BMW 116i

REAR-wheel drive, a longitudinally mounted engine and its subsequent 50:50 weight distribution; while these are the essential tenets of BMW’s cars, they were considered novelties when first applied to the premium compact-hatch segment with the introduction of the first-generation 1 Series. They were ...

BMW 116i Sport Line 5-door

JOHANNESBURG: Make what you will of its appearance, but the new BMW 1 Series, which has just undergone its local launch in 5-door hatchback guise, has successfully micronised the big car values of its brethren and looks set to emulate the success of its predecessor.Styling: give it some time…I think ...

New BMW 1 Series is now in SA

BMW has just launched its new 1 Series hatchback in South Africa.The engine line-up includes a 1,6-litre four-cylinder petrol unit in that pushes out 100 kW at 4 400 r/min in the 116i, as well as a 125 kW 1,6-litre petrol engine with 250 N.m in the 118i. Both feature TwinPower turbocharging. The 2,0-litre ...