New BMW 1-series expands

摘要

In typical BMW fashion, the second generation of the 1-series will use an evolutionary design; the big change will come on the third generation in 2018. So our image gently updates the current car, with bigger doors and a longer wheelbase. New lights and a bigger grille tie the 1-series to BMW's corporate look, developments of which have featured on the 5-series GT and 7-series. BMW will increase the reach and appeal of the 1-series with additional body styles, a range of performance variants, frugal new petrol engines and advanced fuel-saving tech when it launches the second-generation model in 2011. Depicted here in Autocar's exclusive computer-generated images, the new l-series, known internally under the codename F20, will again be underpinned by volume-selling three and five-door hatchback models.