@@johnsnow5239 it's the EU surreal regulations. That's what is happening. Start buying a couple of good used cars because we won't see anything worth a damn from now on.
It's pretty amazing how many M badges, M colours, M stitching and M letters inside ( taking you past the M event horizon ) just so you know it is "sporty" when talking about it in the bar...
I do know a few people who work at BMW’s service department, whenever I asked them about the M135 or the 2 series Gran Coupe they just laughed awkwardly🤣
So.. BMW has made a car that has less features, less horsepower, less torque, is heavier than its predecessor, fakes the exhaust sounds because the real exhaust sounds are weak, lacks adaptive dampers, even as an option (and covers it up with fancy marketing BS).. AND they've raised the price? Did I get that right? Hey Carwow, wouldn't it be an interesting follow-up to actually call out BMW about this? Get hold of one of their representatives and do an interview where you present your findings and see what they have to say? I've been thinking about this for a while now, ever since Audi/BMW/Mercedes all started using cheap materials in their "premium" cars (they are only premium in price by now). Invite the companies to try to defend the shittification of their cars, while still raising prices enormously.
Carwow doesn't have the spine to do that. Like most moto "journalists" they suck up to the enshitification we see in order to keep getting cars to show off.
Absolutely all they have been doing is taking features away since the 90s, remember the little rechargeable torch that used to come in the glove compartment which is now obsolete.
Exactly! I had a manual 3dr 140 until last year and it was an almost perfect hot hatch. Extremely unable for very little money, loads of aftermarket parts and it only cost shy of £30k. Loved that car, but it did try to kill me a few times too; part of the fun 😂
£55k for that is insane! I had a M135i in 2013 and that was £33k. I now drive a M240i XDrive, fully loaded (HK, Adaptive dampers, Sunroof), and that was £53k and comes with the beautiful 3 litre 6 cylinder B58!
Yes and the M240i actually looks alright too. The design on the facelift 1 series is a bit awkward I think. You did the right thing going for the M240i I think!
@@soyeltiolucas While manufacturers like Tesla and BYD include features like full self-driving, connectivity, IoT, etc., in their cars, German car makers continue making old dinosaurs that do nothing but move from A to B and cost four times more.
@@arefkrI would prefer a good design, nice engine and knobs over self driving etc. tbh. But it seems like we are both not their target audience with this ugly thing
I’m glad isn’t holding back on his criticism. BMW needs to see this and see how far the 1 series has fallen behind. It used to be up there with RS3s. Now it’s below a golf gti
@@A-fy7vt The list price of a Golf GTI is over £40k, even the entry level Golf with no options and its horrible interior is £28k. New car prices are stupid, its no surprise why sales of new cars are falling.
@@Lukaz0r Just now looked it up, the entry level golf is 28000€, so about 23000£, a GTI starts at 45000€ or 37000£ (Clubsport 49000€ or 40000£). So cheaper here, but also not by much. The Audi A3 for example would be 31000€ or 25000£ for the base, 55000€ or for the S3 and 66000€ or 55000£ for the RS3. (All prices as "base" with no additional options. The Audi's are Sportbacks, not "Limousine" (thats the German name for sedan or however it is called in English).)
Except the M3, all other BMW products have been a total disappointment lately, I can only explain it by the theory that best engineers were hired by Chinese companies that are paying much more now, compared to the European manufacturers. Or the current BMW management’s aim is to cut costs as much as possible not caring about the products and customers at all
M140i had 340 PS then the M135i had 306 PS and this New M135 only makes 300 PS. I don’t get why BMW are decreasing the horsepower over each of performance generations of the 1 series.
There is one of these in my local dealer - it's in a sort of matt blue and looks really good down to it's quad exhausts. Now my friend looked at it and said it looked really cool and better than my M2 OG which we were there to pick up after some work. And there you go - to people who know little it has showroom appeal - it also ruins friendships...
The thing the sadly probably most of the feedback came from customers that have no passion or real feelings of cars and were just badge-hunters that like to blinded by fake materials and flashing lights on a touchscreen that's like their smartphone.
Hate the fact they got rid of the iDrive. Hate all in one touch screens with a passion. Not even sure how they can be legal when u have to take your eyes off the road to simply change the temperature.
Them getting rid of the iDrive wheel is a dealbreaker for me. I will not buy any more BMW's if they remove them on their bigger cars, like the 5 series which I'm currently driving.
You know bmw messed up when mat says you should consider it and it’s not a drivers car, what a shame a brand that used to make the best rwd handling fun cars
I’ll never buy a car where you have to control basic functional stuff through a screen! Buttons!! Stop trying to fix a problem that was never a problem in the first place.
“Yes officer I was trying to put my heating on through this massive car tablet that’s bigger than my phone but god forbid I even glance at my phone without 6 penalty points and a fine”
See the thing is. They're not doing it for the sake of it. They've got a reason for doing everything. It's just that it's not always obvious to you and I. Whether it makes it cheaper, to iterate the car to get more sales or make or to meet some obscure new regulations we don't even know about. They simply just don't change things "for the sake of it"
@@seanyboy3 I disagree, as a UX designer with some experience in the german car industry I can 100% claim that they push a lot of bad decisions just to make the car look fresh.
In 2018 you could get a brand new (not pre-reg) M140i shadow line for £28k manual or £29.5k auto. They were even offering it on a deal of £500 down and £500 per month - though I forget what the mileage and years were on that. Ticking all the good options got it to around £32.5k and if you went mad you could get it to around £38k. Rwd, 340hp and 1450kg. Now its front based 4wd, 300hp and 1625kg. For at least £45k and you need to tick expensive boxes just to get what really should be standard on anything with an M badge - M stitching for example. A very average spec on this wil be over £50k and for that you're getting an emissions strangled version of an engine thats been around since what - 2014? - in a chassis thats still based around a Mini chassis from about 2012. My last small BMW was an M135i but the 6-pot version. I almost took one of those M140i shadow lines home but it wasn't a big enough jump up for me at the time so passed on it. I'm yet to see any other small BMW that I want. BMW are losing the plot in a lot of places and the general centiment seems to be eat all the pies then get the customer to pay for them in high sticker prices and everything being an option. The 2021 M5 will be my last BMW for a while unless they sort it out.
Nearly all of today’s cars are boring. I own a car without a screen - it’s a six speed manual, has double wishbones front & rear, a stiff galvanised body, real dials, perfect sears, great handling and … it’s nineteen years old this month with 200k on the odometer. But I’m 71, so I don’t know shite.
@@placetectonics Strange, according to Wikipedia BMW is selling the F70 platform (in sedan form nameed F78) in China, with the same front design. Also since you mention Europe's fall, I am curious what cars will be coming from these countries, especially India, that will compete with BMWs offer in the luxury segment.
@@placetectonicsif you think racism has took place anywhere in this thread or original post then you need a good random wh000ping. Honestly if you called anyone that out in the street for nothing you would get wh000ped. So why punt that word about online?
As a massive VW/Audi fanboy, I never thought we'd see the day where a Golf was considered a better drivers car than a 1 Series. BMW have somehow managed to completely dilute the performance brand down to the point where it's barely discernable from the garden variety models. They started off by turning the base models into FWD and now the M135 is just an expensive GTI-esque model. It's sad because I loved the rivalry with the different marques as the Golf R was always the car that did fast things, and the M135/140 did the turning things and there'd be big arguments about what's more important. I really hope there's an M140(i) that makes up for this shit show.
"As a massive VW/Audi fanboy, I never thought we'd see the day where a Golf was considered a better drivers car than a 1 Series." That day was 5 years ago already when the F20 went out of production.
@@MadDaCube The F20 fucking off didn't automatically make the Golf better. I had a 2020 Mk7.5 R that I tuned to over 500hp but it wasn't the same game as an N55 M135i with similar power on twisties. I'd fuck it on anything remotely traction based but the N55 was a far more engaging car to play with. The Mk8/8.5R was the turning point for Golf power:driver ratio. The new rear diff really transformed the car but hearing the motoring press agree is something as I always attributed my thoughts to brand bias. It's just a terrible shame that this will be the last ICE Golf to turn up for the game and now we're all going electric based. Better late than never, I suppose.
Wouldn't buy anything German for me it's grossly over rated grossly over priced and all your really paying for is the Badge daughter had two vw golf cost me a fortune never again German junk
It's fairly clear that BMW don't want you to buy their petrol engined cars [because they'll get fined if too many of them are sold]. There was a time when BMW made fantastic sports saloons and fortunately I have one of them. I'll be keeping it.
@@dlevi67what are you on about? Its EU regulations nothing to do with the UK. Labour will be gone soon and Farage will be next PM so what this mob do now is irrelevant
yeah, BMW obviously used touch sensitive buttons, because it's cheaper, but wanted to keep the tactility, so made the entire panel a mechanical button. It's quite common these days (VW) and it's terrible. What makes it even more terrible is the fact that even though manufacturers are finding more and more ways to make things cheaper, the cars get more expensive with every generation. This is why EU car manufacturers are dying, there's just no added value for the extra price.
So you need to buy a 'pack' for £3k to get a stiffer chassis and suspension and better brakes? When you buy an M car you think you would get all that anyway! Same engine they use in all their other cars too, so whats the point of just paying for a badge? just buy a 120i, map it, and stick an M badge on it yourself. Its pretty much the same car
If it was a KIA; and it was the little brother to the Stinger (which is what it actually looks like) and the price tag was 65% of what it is now, it wouldve been praised.
I have been a BMW fan for 20+ years, it’s all I have bought and driven in that time and I have enjoyed every one I have had. I am not sure what BMW are doing with their car design. What’s happened to a proper BMW M? When accountants control car design then its never going to be a good outcome!
The Kia is far better looking. For me its astonishing that Bmw designers were obviously so much inspired by the Ceed that even the 5 series has its headlights
Just swapped all of my last ETH and swapped it into XAI320. Already up a little bit. Unfortunately I have some other junk staked which won’t free up for a while. Still now I am on the train!
Kind of reminds me of what happened to the Impreza Turbo. Its first iteration (at the time) was wild, it was raw, great to drive and, at the time, rapid. What followed (some may disagree!) was a softer, less powerful (considering power to weight) version that slowly diluted the brand until almost all hot hatches were more powerful, had better performance and were a better drive. Eventually, everyone gave up on it, including Subaru. Also, the base model M135 now costs £43k, but they want more money for everything, including damn folding rear seats come on BMW, that's a terrible joke and I hope people aren't daft enough to buy it.
It used to be with beemers that if you optioned next to nothing you could get a new car with a decent engine for a reasonable price. Now the START prices are ridiculous and if you option anything useful they become insane. And the engine has gone from 6 to 4 cylinders just to add insult to injury. Who the feck would buy this car?
@@melaniezimmermann-jv7th I appreciate that but the lease payments also increase with the insanely expensive shopping car. I mean who can sensibly say a 1 series base car is a reasonable price at £43k? BMW have lost the plot.
As a owner of an ‘not so old’ F40 M135i, thanks god I didn’t wait for the release of this car. I’ve never thought the new one would make the old (and hated) still be a far better choice than this one. I’m pretty sure this review will create some concerns on the bmw offices…
Talking about hot hatches, I still can't find one with a better looking REAL rear diffuser than that of my Megane R.S. Trophy 💛 Not to mention the sound of the just as beautiful central exhaust
So, this facelift has made the F40 M135's styling look worse (IMO), has made the interior less user friendly (and look cheaper), has lowered the quality of some of the interior materials, has added significantly more weight, has reduced the power, has reduced some optional features and has made the car less fun to drive. This is seemingly a very rare example of a mid-life refresh that has made a car worse.
Personally i think it looks way better, ive always hated how the F40 looked. But its no BMW, its a KIA. You could literally remove the BMW badges, put KIA badges on it and no one would notice.
So the M badge has been diluted for over a decade, and we had to relearn that _30s are 2.0 4-cyls and _40s are 3.0 6-cyls. So now _35s are 2.0 4-cyls, and the 6-cyls will be, let me guess: _45s? Stupid af.
Time to grow... TikTok gen doesnt care whether its a 3, 4 or 6 cyl BMW. I, as a millenial, don't care anymore too. It still a better, faster car then you Kia shitbox
@@bafanamachika5495 I was... After the S3 and Curpa Formentor, each with 310 Hp, I got tired of this shitty gas engines and bought an iX2... best car so far!
I've got the previous gen M135i and I am shocked with how much BMW dropped the ball with this one. I know people moan about the previous M135i having the B48 and the way it looked but at least it was instantly recognisable as a BMW with the kidney grill and angel lights coupled with 450Nm of torque it was nippy but this......this is awful!
You said the same about the last 135i I bought and love it I'd imagine the new one is even better I'll wait for the 27 version and make my mind up about changing then Great Great car though
I think he meant compared to the base 120, this would've been a good bmw 3 generations ago but competition has moved on massively and the 1 series has become a shell of what it once was
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in the Verdict you say a Car Fast in Straight Line ... that's Mean Only in Straight Line !!!!!!!??????
Ну, как какуля?
@@ZM-333well the car supposed to travel 225kph.
We need a bugatti chiron vs koneggseng jesko drag race
We need a bugatti chiron vs koneggseng jesko drag race
Prime example of a car made by the accountants at BMW.....there's no M engineer who would in good conscience put an m badge on this.
Same engineers puting an M badge on the front of an actual M3/4... 😢
@@melaniezimmermann-jv7th and what's wrong with that?????
@@sylvaind.6786It's really fast, but also really ugly 😂
And what wrong ?
@@johnsnow5239 it's the EU surreal regulations. That's what is happening. Start buying a couple of good used cars because we won't see anything worth a damn from now on.
I highly doubt BMW M engineers even like this car.
Designed by management and sales...
I doubt my M engineers were involved in this car at all.
It's pretty amazing how many M badges, M colours, M stitching and M letters inside ( taking you past the M event horizon ) just so you know it is "sporty" when talking about it in the bar...
whats wrong with it?
I do know a few people who work at BMW’s service department, whenever I asked them about the M135 or the 2 series Gran Coupe they just laughed awkwardly🤣
So.. BMW has made a car that has less features, less horsepower, less torque, is heavier than its predecessor, fakes the exhaust sounds because the real exhaust sounds are weak, lacks adaptive dampers, even as an option (and covers it up with fancy marketing BS).. AND they've raised the price? Did I get that right?
Hey Carwow, wouldn't it be an interesting follow-up to actually call out BMW about this? Get hold of one of their representatives and do an interview where you present your findings and see what they have to say?
I've been thinking about this for a while now, ever since Audi/BMW/Mercedes all started using cheap materials in their "premium" cars (they are only premium in price by now). Invite the companies to try to defend the shittification of their cars, while still raising prices enormously.
Carwow will never do that. They suck up to any and ever manufacture that will give them a car to review.
Carwow doesn't have the spine to do that. Like most moto "journalists" they suck up to the enshitification we see in order to keep getting cars to show off.
@@AB-80X Yup - they'd just get cut off from getting cars to review. BMW especially seem to be getting increasingly thin skinned in that respect..
Even if they did it would change nothing and will still be the most sold BMW """M""" car worldwide for the next 3-5 years
Absolutely all they have been doing is taking features away since the 90s, remember the little rechargeable torch that used to come in the glove compartment which is now obsolete.
Beautiful Kia Ceed
Or maybe hyundai i 30
Was going to say that or a focus lol
Kia hired bmw designer.. not bmw kia desinger 😂
Cringe comment
I think the same when i first saw it
How they went from an M140 with a B58 to this...... Then have the audacity to charge a whole lot more money.
Exactly! I had a manual 3dr 140 until last year and it was an almost perfect hot hatch. Extremely unable for very little money, loads of aftermarket parts and it only cost shy of £30k. Loved that car, but it did try to kill me a few times too; part of the fun 😂
The Instagram generation of car owners, that is why BMW can charge so much. Car tastes have become horrible.
@@nomustacheguy5249even though their designs are awful the price increase is all due to inflation. Not only BMW went up in price.
I used to love my old M140i. Was such a GoKart with a silky 6 pot. This replacement is rubbish - is it any wonder new car sales are down
@@nomustacheguy5249People care about the badge and spec more than anything. A generation of narcissists
As a die hard BMW fan boy with a proper full fat M car. Giving this car a quad tailpipe should be a crime. Quad is for Ms ONLY!
M badge on i4 engine is a farce
Agree, should be a dual. However, at least its all real unlike the quads on Mercs and VW of the same category type
WE DEFINITELY NOW NEED A "all generations of BMW M135i Drag Race" !!!
Put an m140i in there aswell to show people what they're missing haha
£55k for that is insane! I had a M135i in 2013 and that was £33k. I now drive a M240i XDrive, fully loaded (HK, Adaptive dampers, Sunroof), and that was £53k and comes with the beautiful 3 litre 6 cylinder B58!
Yes and the M240i actually looks alright too. The design on the facelift 1 series is a bit awkward I think. You did the right thing going for the M240i I think!
Should replace the M badge with an L one for Lame. Stop giving less power on performance models and more weight
The M2 has the S58 right?
Me too. I bought a new M135i in 2013.
£33k is £48k in todays money - can’t justify the price of the new 1 series, but it’s not a million miles away when you adjust for inflation
The way the centre console flexes when you push a button 😍
Hmmm pure quality😅
Very cheap and nasty 🤮
😂😂😂😂😂
This car makes an AMG A35 and S3 look like a bargain!
Steady on old chap
S3 starts at £47k, AMG is £46k
The new S3 is in another league compared to this shameful disgrace from BMW 😀
@@gypsyemperor7535 AMG is currently 5.5k off list price and 4.2% financing. It's a lot cheaper right now
@@gypsyemperor7535 still are bargains
No wonder why the German car industry is struggling...
@@soyeltiolucas While manufacturers like Tesla and BYD include features like full self-driving, connectivity, IoT, etc., in their cars, German car makers continue making old dinosaurs that do nothing but move from A to B and cost four times more.
@@arefkrI would prefer a good design, nice engine and knobs over self driving etc. tbh. But it seems like we are both not their target audience with this ugly thing
German Leyland
This car is garbage, but BMW isn't by any means struggling. It is the number one luxury auto manufacturer in terms of sales.
@hassanger8128 utter drivel. BMW do sales forecasting. Its common knowledge in the UK that bmw lie about sales.
Sticking to my 2014 M135i N55 all day long
I’m glad isn’t holding back on his criticism. BMW needs to see this and see how far the 1 series has fallen behind. It used to be up there with RS3s. Now it’s below a golf gti
I'd probably get a Golf GTI over that at a local dealer, because you don't pay that much (the list price of Volkswagens isn't cheap either)
@@A-fy7vt The list price of a Golf GTI is over £40k, even the entry level Golf with no options and its horrible interior is £28k. New car prices are stupid, its no surprise why sales of new cars are falling.
@@Lukaz0r True, although I don't understand the currency £ (gotta look it up)
@@Lukaz0r Just now looked it up, the entry level golf is 28000€, so about 23000£, a GTI starts at 45000€ or 37000£ (Clubsport 49000€ or 40000£). So cheaper here, but also not by much. The Audi A3 for example would be 31000€ or 25000£ for the base, 55000€ or for the S3 and 66000€ or 55000£ for the RS3. (All prices as "base" with no additional options. The Audi's are Sportbacks, not "Limousine" (thats the German name for sedan or however it is called in English).)
@@A-fy7vtplus all the options
I guess i'll never sell my F20 M140i
F20 40i is the best 1series ever made
I think it is excellent news, after this release your car is worth double the money 😂
@@itsarpee8738 amen, 1M Coupé is epic aswell though
@@frits8986 haha true, i own this car for 4 years now. And i can sell it for the same price i bought it
F20 the best last «1»! 😏👍🔥
Except the M3, all other BMW products have been a total disappointment lately, I can only explain it by the theory that best engineers were hired by Chinese companies that are paying much more now, compared to the European manufacturers. Or the current BMW management’s aim is to cut costs as much as possible not caring about the products and customers at all
Not theory, ur right, look at all the Hyundai+ Kia car designers
nice theory simpler would be high energy costs not buying from Russia and funding Ukraine
@@lemcakes32422 Didn't realise BMW were funding Ukraine 🤡
The way the whole panel flexed when you pressed the My Modes button :O
It's meant to do that, the whole panel is one big button but you press wherever for whatever function you want
@@manoz6194no kidding but that looks and feels cheap.
@@markus8484 yeah, hate this trend
Or even the phone book button.😅
Thihi 😋
The M is now for Mistake😅
This made me laugh 😂
M is for "meh"
Best comment here 😂
I think it fits the best.
💯
M140i had 340 PS then the M135i had 306 PS and this New M135 only makes 300 PS. I don’t get why BMW are decreasing the horsepower over each of performance generations of the 1 series.
Maybe hot hatches have no market share..people doesnt need these kind of cars..Kinda sad tho
Because of carbon tax. In France they had to stop the Megane RS because the tax would be over 50k €
£43,000 ENTRY price WITHOUT any options
What a joke
The sad part is, that the people responsible for designing the car will keep their job and the ones building it in the factory will get fired.
Tacky to say the least
Beutifull car
And in Denmark it costs £80.000 with no options. £43k is a steal lol
8:58 best vacuum cleaner with 4 pipes
Does it have 5 pipes?
Killed
There is one of these in my local dealer - it's in a sort of matt blue and looks really good down to it's quad exhausts. Now my friend looked at it and said it looked really cool and better than my M2 OG which we were there to pick up after some work. And there you go - to people who know little it has showroom appeal - it also ruins friendships...
BMW listens to its customers’ feedback and does the opposite 😅
You left out, ‘then charges them a fuckload for it’
Maybe we could try telling bmw the opposite of what we want 😅
They listened to chinese customers, otherwise there is no explanation for all the horrific design almost every new modell has..
The thing the sadly probably most of the feedback came from customers that have no passion or real feelings of cars and were just badge-hunters that like to blinded by fake materials and flashing lights on a touchscreen that's like their smartphone.
Hate the fact they got rid of the iDrive. Hate all in one touch screens with a passion. Not even sure how they can be legal when u have to take your eyes off the road to simply change the temperature.
You don’t have to. You say „hey bmw. Set temperature to….“.
But you’re right.
Yes, exactly this ☝️
@@Bimmer_i4_M50 But I don't want to speak to my car to set the frickin temperature! I want to be able to do it quick and in silence. Grrr...
Them getting rid of the iDrive wheel is a dealbreaker for me. I will not buy any more BMW's if they remove them on their bigger cars, like the 5 series which I'm currently driving.
@@Bimmer_i4_M50 So it is just like a car from the early 2000s, only with a stupid touchscreen?
You know bmw messed up when mat says you should consider it and it’s not a drivers car, what a shame a brand that used to make the best rwd handling fun cars
I’ll never buy a car where you have to control basic functional stuff through a screen! Buttons!! Stop trying to fix a problem that was never a problem in the first place.
Good luck with your Ford T model then 😂
It was a problem, for the car makers. Putting everything on a screen makes it cheaper
Its not ideal but all cars are going that way just something you have to put up with if you want a newer car
This guy still driving a horse
“Yes officer I was trying to put my heating on through this massive car tablet that’s bigger than my phone but god forbid I even glance at my phone without 6 penalty points and a fine”
"This is a new BMW M135i" ❌
This is a new Kia Ceed ✔️
Kia Ceed *S*
Says guy who never drive BMW in his life lol.
@@supernotnatural the comment isn't about how the bmw drives, but how is looks. I'm sorry but it does look like a Kia.
Kia looks way better than this
@@PlumGrum they absolutely do not 🤣🤣
Would have preferred the 8 speed torque converter transmission. There's a reason it is used in cars like the M3.
Mat Watson has an uncanny ability to make me watch reviews of cars I couldn't be less interested in.
Car industry urgently needs to stop changing stuff just for the sake of change
See the thing is. They're not doing it for the sake of it.
They've got a reason for doing everything. It's just that it's not always obvious to you and I.
Whether it makes it cheaper, to iterate the car to get more sales or make or to meet some obscure new regulations we don't even know about. They simply just don't change things "for the sake of it"
@@seanyboy3oh please be quiet with your yap. The previous statement is absolutely spot on. These changes don't help em
Tesla.
@@seanyboy3 I disagree, as a UX designer with some experience in the german car industry I can 100% claim that they push a lot of bad decisions just to make the car look fresh.
you are practically justifing this with your comment so please think harder :)
I've never heard of a car been described as Fisted. Anyway onwards , Matt , i love your description
Ford Fiesta mixed with Kia Ceed, as a massive 1 Series fan this is a massive let down from BMW.
Ford Fiesta 2004 alone has better handling than 2024 Fiesta and Kia Ceed.
BMW are a let down. You need to get real here they havent made a decent car since E30 even E46 is over rated junk
Ford Fiesta mixed with Kia Ceed, for 50.000 euros 💀
Bring back the M140i
trust me
Bring back the 1M Coupe........
@@pb5x5The 1M. 😉
Or 110d?
@@pb5x5 It's called G42 now
First review of the year ... Happy new year Mat ! Greetings from France
Why would anyone buy this over a Golf R
Why would anyone buy a Golf R or a BMW 135’, unless you are a hairdresser, both hairdressers cars, especially the Golf R
@@GreaterManchester1 The Oracle has spoken…
BMWankers
Teenagers and BMW dk riders.
maybe massive head trauma? lol
Bring back the old m140i
Yes. Old M140i has 10bhp more than M135.
peak 1 series (1M aside)
@@purwantiallan5089 It has 40 more actually
@@purwantiallan5089it has 40hp and 100nm more than this M135. And it has the B58 engine
Said a guy with a plastic stang as the profile pic 😂
In 2018 you could get a brand new (not pre-reg) M140i shadow line for £28k manual or £29.5k auto.
They were even offering it on a deal of £500 down and £500 per month - though I forget what the mileage and years were on that. Ticking all the good options got it to around £32.5k and if you went mad you could get it to around £38k.
Rwd, 340hp and 1450kg.
Now its front based 4wd, 300hp and 1625kg. For at least £45k and you need to tick expensive boxes just to get what really should be standard on anything with an M badge - M stitching for example.
A very average spec on this wil be over £50k and for that you're getting an emissions strangled version of an engine thats been around since what - 2014? - in a chassis thats still based around a Mini chassis from about 2012.
My last small BMW was an M135i but the 6-pot version. I almost took one of those M140i shadow lines home but it wasn't a big enough jump up for me at the time so passed on it.
I'm yet to see any other small BMW that I want. BMW are losing the plot in a lot of places and the general centiment seems to be eat all the pies then get the customer to pay for them in high sticker prices and everything being an option.
The 2021 M5 will be my last BMW for a while unless they sort it out.
Nearly all of today’s cars are boring. I own a car without a screen - it’s a six speed manual, has double wishbones front & rear, a stiff galvanised body, real dials, perfect sears, great handling and … it’s nineteen years old this month with 200k on the odometer.
But I’m 71, so I don’t know shite.
Those headlights are despicable. BMW messes up their car designs so bad...
I am pretty sure this car is primary designed for countries like China, India or other Asian markets.
BMW is not selling this 1 series in both China and India! So, casual racism is not enough to hide Europe's fall anymore.
@@placetectonics Strange, according to Wikipedia BMW is selling the F70 platform (in sedan form nameed F78) in China, with the same front design. Also since you mention Europe's fall, I am curious what cars will be coming from these countries, especially India, that will compete with BMWs offer in the luxury segment.
@@PTMC2008 do you remember what Hyundai was until like 15-20 years ago?
@@placetectonicsif you think racism has took place anywhere in this thread or original post then you need a good random wh000ping. Honestly if you called anyone that out in the street for nothing you would get wh000ped. So why punt that word about online?
The accountants must had fun with this. The engineers didnt 😂
As a massive VW/Audi fanboy, I never thought we'd see the day where a Golf was considered a better drivers car than a 1 Series. BMW have somehow managed to completely dilute the performance brand down to the point where it's barely discernable from the garden variety models. They started off by turning the base models into FWD and now the M135 is just an expensive GTI-esque model. It's sad because I loved the rivalry with the different marques as the Golf R was always the car that did fast things, and the M135/140 did the turning things and there'd be big arguments about what's more important. I really hope there's an M140(i) that makes up for this shit show.
"As a massive VW/Audi fanboy, I never thought we'd see the day where a Golf was considered a better drivers car than a 1 Series."
That day was 5 years ago already when the F20 went out of production.
@@MadDaCube The F20 fucking off didn't automatically make the Golf better. I had a 2020 Mk7.5 R that I tuned to over 500hp but it wasn't the same game as an N55 M135i with similar power on twisties. I'd fuck it on anything remotely traction based but the N55 was a far more engaging car to play with. The Mk8/8.5R was the turning point for Golf power:driver ratio. The new rear diff really transformed the car but hearing the motoring press agree is something as I always attributed my thoughts to brand bias. It's just a terrible shame that this will be the last ICE Golf to turn up for the game and now we're all going electric based. Better late than never, I suppose.
Never. Audi is a glossy VW. A BMW is a BMW.
Wouldn't buy anything German for me it's grossly over rated grossly over priced and all your really paying for is the Badge daughter had two vw golf cost me a fortune never again German junk
Golf made 50’ 1 series will never… let that sink in…
You have to adjust the headlights via the screen? This is peak cost-saving.
Good looking kia ceed
7:29 The flex in that control panel.
unbelivable lol
It is intended due to haptic feedback. I mean this for real.
The fact that it's supposed to do that makes it worse
It's look so cheap😢
WTF!?
@@emilioklisurov8077 Not as cheap as your Lada does 🤣
I believe that you were contractually obliged to not give this car "Avoid" status at the end. Which it definitely deserves. 😂
💯
This is the most "Avoid" worthy car I have ever seen Carwow review, and it still didn't get the avoid stamp. Do they even use "Avoid"?
Great looking Ford Focus!
Totally agree.....nearly indistinguishable from a Ford focus when viewed from the side. Sad timed 😂
It's fairly clear that BMW don't want you to buy their petrol engined cars [because they'll get fined if too many of them are sold]. There was a time when BMW made fantastic sports saloons and fortunately I have one of them. I'll be keeping it.
Are you serious that they'll be fined
@@tahahaider5836 Very likely, unless the UK government changes something at the last minute.
@@dlevi67what are you on about? Its EU regulations nothing to do with the UK. Labour will be gone soon and Farage will be next PM so what this mob do now is irrelevant
Their EVs are worse made 😂
@@dlevi67 german cars should be banned
BMW used to make such great cars... but hey, at least they aren't Jaguar yet.
Indeed. Yet.
there turning into VW with there interior Quality and Design
I'd rather be seen in a Jag these days than one of these abominations.
Yep BMW are no longer the BMW we all knew....
What’s your problem with jaguar?
The Name is the only BMW thing about this car Mate😏
Most of the owners approved it.
BMW make this sort of junk regularly now..This is who BMW are now 😂
@@purwantiallan5089tf ypu on about you weirdo? do one
7:03 look at the whole panel flex when he presses the drive mode button, gross
I thought thats because the whole panel is a button?
@@xili0966it is, but that doesn’t make it less terrible
yeah, BMW obviously used touch sensitive buttons, because it's cheaper, but wanted to keep the tactility, so made the entire panel a mechanical button.
It's quite common these days (VW) and it's terrible. What makes it even more terrible is the fact that even though manufacturers are finding more and more ways to make things cheaper, the cars get more expensive with every generation.
This is why EU car manufacturers are dying, there's just no added value for the extra price.
Just make a Simply fucking button whats wrong with car industry
i recently bought a Mazda 3 fastback for my daughter. I was really impressed by the workmanship. Everything feel very worthy.
So you need to buy a 'pack' for £3k to get a stiffer chassis and suspension and better brakes? When you buy an M car you think you would get all that anyway!
Same engine they use in all their other cars too, so whats the point of just paying for a badge? just buy a 120i, map it, and stick an M badge on it yourself. Its pretty much the same car
Sadly the 120i only has a 3 cylinder engine:(
this car would be a lot better if it wasn't bmw branded
And bmw priced
Yes !!!!
It would be much cheaper, so yes 👍
If it was a KIA; and it was the little brother to the Stinger (which is what it actually looks like) and the price tag was 65% of what it is now, it wouldve been praised.
every car BMW have made since E30 has been junk even the E46.. so what are you on about?
😂 i was okay with the first introduction
0:23 Matt so proud of himself!!! :D Awesome!
Cars like these makes the price of the old stuff we all like SKYROCKET
I have been a BMW fan for 20+ years, it’s all I have bought and driven in that time and I have enjoyed every one I have had. I am not sure what BMW are doing with their car design. What’s happened to a proper BMW M? When accountants control car design then its never going to be a good outcome!
40 grand for a one series is INSANE
Have you seen how much other stuff costs? 50k for a type r, 40k for an ST. You sound poor.
Is it? Do you even know how much new cars cost?
this one is 55
Just stupid
A beautiful Peugeot
It looks like a kia ceed 😂😂
Fiesta
more like i30N
The Kia is far better looking. For me its astonishing that Bmw designers were obviously so much inspired by the Ceed that even the 5 series has its headlights
And sounds like one too :)
BMW needs to release a new M140i.
I know next vid is gonna be this M135i Vs New Golf and new S3😂
Mat doesn't play when it comes to BMW😂
Already done see his page
This is getting smashed by the S3 and Golf
@@jplusab i know 😒🥴 BMW let the 1 series down
@@yashofficial___ why did they reduce the power? Makes no sense
@@jplusab I think because the ZF transmission they use now is rated for less torque than the Aisin on the F40.
That whole panel moved when you pressed that mode button 😬
Chinese build better screwed together cars than BMW does these days. BMW have gone from Quality to Kwality.
@@drzej3k794🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 sure they do paid c….c….p….shill troll
@@drzej3k794 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 deleted comment? see see pee 🤡
The thumbnail says it all man
@6:08 BMW is regressing backwards.
You can't really regress forwards
That’s an oxymoron 😂
This table shows pretty good, what's going wrong with BMW...
bmw have been churning out junk since e30 so why are you acting suprised?
No it isnt😂@@cadwellkid1672
I don't like those new Chinese-market BMWs.
Please then go ahead and buy your south korean shitboxes such as the Hyundai or Kia
Just swapped all of my last ETH and swapped it into XAI320. Already up a little bit. Unfortunately I have some other junk staked which won’t free up for a while. Still now I am on the train!
That goofy ride height makes it look like a X1
More like a "Why?" One 😂
Kind of reminds me of what happened to the Impreza Turbo. Its first iteration (at the time) was wild, it was raw, great to drive and, at the time, rapid. What followed (some may disagree!) was a softer, less powerful (considering power to weight) version that slowly diluted the brand until almost all hot hatches were more powerful, had better performance and were a better drive. Eventually, everyone gave up on it, including Subaru.
Also, the base model M135 now costs £43k, but they want more money for everything, including damn folding rear seats come on BMW, that's a terrible joke and I hope people aren't daft enough to buy it.
Lease, no buy anymore (or a very little percentage).
It used to be with beemers that if you optioned next to nothing you could get a new car with a decent engine for a reasonable price. Now the START prices are ridiculous and if you option anything useful they become insane. And the engine has gone from 6 to 4 cylinders just to add insult to injury. Who the feck would buy this car?
It's a very dark time for car enthusiast in Europe, but rear seat in 3 ways have been optional for a long time with BMWs
@@melaniezimmermann-jv7th I appreciate that but the lease payments also increase with the insanely expensive shopping car. I mean who can sensibly say a 1 series base car is a reasonable price at £43k? BMW have lost the plot.
a freaking toyota corolla has 300hp and awd, and subaru has nothing to match it. subaru has given up on life.
I had the old 2015 m135i and it was awesome to drive, loads of fun. I hate what they’ve done to them
the cost of even a hatchbacks nowadays is just insane
ikr, wages havent even moved but prices have for everything
Good review. Nice to see some honesty on a RUclips car review.
Heck I’d pick the M140i over this.
Who wouldn't
You're not alone... Have a look at the market values. 😉
I think most people would
@@melaniezimmermann-jv7thanyone buying ANY bmw in 2025 has no clue about cars whatsoever. Even the b58 was junk
HAPPY NEW YEAR CARWOW FANS 🎉
When you press the buttons next to the gear box the whole panel moves like all of those button are connected to 1 button lol terrible
New emissions and regulations just simply killing majority of new cars released..
the b48 is quite a peppy and capable engine sadly its underutelized in this overweight "hothatch" with fake awd
@@daize4743 True, the engine is actually nice. The issue is high end model lacking any 6 cyl, coupled with that FWD platform, it's all wrong
We have these stupid green politician who ruin the car industry
@@TheSkyline35 Volvo (and British Leyland, amazingly) managed to transversely mount a straight-six - BMW has no excuse
As a M140i driver, it is sad to watch this.
Yours is wayyyyy uglier ! Looks Like a Polo
Same here, our M140i's are the last good 1 series.
HODL
Why? Yours will be sought after more and go up in price. See it as a win in that sense provided you look after it.
As a owner of an ‘not so old’ F40 M135i, thanks god I didn’t wait for the release of this car. I’ve never thought the new one would make the old (and hated) still be a far better choice than this one. I’m pretty sure this review will create some concerns on the bmw offices…
Looks like a focus 😂
Kia focus
focus looks nicer tbh
you must be blind
@@Torben-u8uand is better
I was thinking the exact same thing 😂😂😂
Talking about hot hatches, I still can't find one with a better looking REAL rear diffuser than that of my Megane R.S. Trophy 💛
Not to mention the sound of the just as beautiful central exhaust
The potential of XAI320 is unreal! Excited to see where this goes after watching your video!
08:48, Who are they trying to fool with those pops and bangs..?😅
This is one of the most horrible things I've ever seen (heard) in a car!
WTF is going wrong with people? Fake Pops & Bangs??? Seriously???
@@tobias6115bmw guys love this sort of stuff. Its embarrassing
Yeah this is truly terrible tbh
After a quick conversion:
A 35 (306HP) ~ 42K
S3 (333HP) ~ 40K
Golf R (333HP) ~ 36K
What are they thinking at BMW???
Ford Focus mk4 ST M330 (326HP 515NM)
Golf R is not 36K pounds, that’s the GTI price. And they definitely have 350-360PS in reality. Car is almost as fast as previous gen M3.
@@Mav86asian oh but it is
Did he just say "Semi Fistable" lmao
So, this facelift has made the F40 M135's styling look worse (IMO), has made the interior less user friendly (and look cheaper), has lowered the quality of some of the interior materials, has added significantly more weight, has reduced the power, has reduced some optional features and has made the car less fun to drive. This is seemingly a very rare example of a mid-life refresh that has made a car worse.
I'm genuinely confused as to how they managed to add 100 more kilos
@ It might be due to the new dual clutch gearbox. But even then, 100kg seems a lot for a new gearbox!
Personally i think it looks way better, ive always hated how the F40 looked. But its no BMW, its a KIA. You could literally remove the BMW badges, put KIA badges on it and no one would notice.
I feel like that the only example of a car’s top model that kept losing power over generations M140i>M135i>M135
Thanks for the XAI320 update! I am loving my XAI320!
Winter is coming for BMW
And VW..and Audi...and well, most car manufacturers.
@@oskar6661but specifically for these brands
So the M badge has been diluted for over a decade, and we had to relearn that _30s are 2.0 4-cyls and _40s are 3.0 6-cyls. So now _35s are 2.0 4-cyls, and the 6-cyls will be, let me guess: _45s? Stupid af.
Time to grow... TikTok gen doesnt care whether its a 3, 4 or 6 cyl BMW. I, as a millenial, don't care anymore too. It still a better, faster car then you Kia shitbox
@Dan-e6r7s you not a real petrolhead lmao
@@bafanamachika5495 I was... After the S3 and Curpa Formentor, each with 310 Hp, I got tired of this shitty gas engines and bought an iX2... best car so far!
I've got the previous gen M135i and I am shocked with how much BMW dropped the ball with this one. I know people moan about the previous M135i having the B48 and the way it looked but at least it was instantly recognisable as a BMW with the kidney grill and angel lights coupled with 450Nm of torque it was nippy but this......this is awful!
Couldn't agree more!
i had one, sold it after 6 months, it so boring, didnt feel like a bmw at all.
It looks like a Kia Ceed now.
Had my M135i F40 for 4 years now and totally agree. The interior quality of this F70 has fallen off a cliff and the price increase is ridiculous.
It's not ugly it's just not a typical recognizable Bimmer anymore sadly.
You said the same about the last 135i I bought and love it I'd imagine the new one is even better I'll wait for the 27 version and make my mind up about changing then Great Great car though
For the money you can buy fully loaded Audi S3 that is better in every way.
Looks like an A-Class copy just with a bit more edges and chips
14:51 you can get these lovely seats on the 120
2034 M135: 125 bhp, 2.1 tonnes, 120.000 pounds...
You have the most attention-getting intros ever hahaha keep up the good work :)
KIA Ceed, i think this video has the wrong title.
Why do you say more power?? Its down on power it only has 300hp 😂😂
I think he meant compared to the base 120, this would've been a good bmw 3 generations ago but competition has moved on massively and the 1 series has become a shell of what it once was
Good to hear you're on the correct side of XAI320.
Looks like a focus
you must be blind, how does that look like a Focus?