Great review. English is your second language yet you have a wider vocabulary than most people from the UK.

Thanks for also posting the english versions of your reviews! Great job so far!

Very good review! I am going to pick up mine tomorrow (my third white BMW 1 series with M package in a row) and it's great that not everyone likes it. So I don't have to see the same car all the time when driving. I don' t care about FWD or "only" 140 hp since I drive 90% in the city.

A consumption of 8 liters..... The proof that downsizing does not work.... Great review by the way. Humor and intelligence... Top

I test drove this car and I completely disagree with some points in this review. The level of noise on a highway is lower than most other cars in this class, also the suspension is one of the best I've driven.

FWD, 3 cylinders, M-pack ... what next ? rubber woman ? non-alcoholic beer ?

Like your way of humor. The BMW 1Series is, I think, one of the least further developed cars of the last 15 years. 43.000 Euro for this one: a joke.

Never been an fan of the 1 series but this model is absolutely revolutionary!

Hi Marek, I love your video's and I really appreciate the way you form your opinion. You always manage to say the truth about negative sides of cars. Most of the time you are right. I just wish your video's become longer. Keep up the great work, grtz from Belgium! Oh and +1 for the intro!

I swear this guy is negative to all BMW cars. This I Drive is proclaimed to be the best system on the market by most of the car reviews I've read and watched but not for this guy. All I hear is complain complain complain.

Yes right. They saved a shed of money on production. But as usual we the client end up paying on average 3k per car extra over the old model which was more expensive to produce. What a surprise.

They just destroyed a legend. RIP BMW 1 series

🤩this video is rather nicely produced 👍 plus insightful and fun

People who claim that they can't tell the difference between FWD and RWD probably can't tell whether they're being pulled or pushed along by the car either...

You ended rhe review with a good point: premium brands no longer bring high end stuff to the entering segments, what do you get here that you won't get in the new Clio or 208 for example, half that price ??

Im Happy i just bought a 2014 model of this car! With rearwheel drive and bigger engine XD although i like the digital speedo, and led lights on this one

Who even care about space when you buy a 1 series anyways??

I just want the Interior, love this Design. Happy to see people dont like the overall Design gonna get it cheap soon :). Not really into Cars anyway so ill be super happy with it :)

its funny that BMW made the new 1st series with FWD as an excuse to increase the space for rear passengers and the space for legs for rear passenger are still very limited!

In the Skoda Octavia the wipers also stop with the start stop system. Many cars do. So this is definitely not just BMW thing.... A lot or road noise? Of course in a c-segment car with 18 inch wheels. I have also test driven the 118i M-Sport and it was more than quiet enough. My corolla also has 18 inch wheels and it is way louder than this one (which is one of the reasons why I am getting rid of it). If you don't like the loud road noise get 17 inch wheels or something. Most smaller cars are loud on big wheels and rougher surfaces. There is not much you can do about that. Even the Mazda 3 on the 18 inches makes a lot of road noise. And that car is known for having a relatively quiet cabin. The engine reminded me of a VW 1.0 TSI with a bit more punch and a slightly nicer sound. Which is well... I am not sure. Kind of neutral about it. The biggest mistake IMO is that they went to a dual-clutch AT. The time it needs to shift down when you floor it is pretty long. Otherwise it is smooth Overall I think the old 118i is more fun, but for everyday use this one is way better. There is just no arguing that. Unless your daily commute is composed of almost only twisty mountain/country roads and you don't care about the interior and tech.

Excellent detailed review. Very funny too. I liked it.

So they cost less to make but the price is higher. Brilliant idea from bmw. The rest of 20%... some of them know it’s a FWD don’t need a special car. They want somethig like volvo, or audi that has a bmw badge that’s all. Old fans will have to look somewhere else.

Forgot to ask, is there any chance we can see the new Jaguar XE review shortly?

I don't get it. If the platform can take XDrive. How is it saving space in FWD. You still has the transmission tunnel.

Great BMW 👌

I will never watch your reviews of the cars I love ! Your honesty is devastating !!!

Gott sei Dank You started with the driving, but likewise others you don't need to 'Mat' ur style, not even for fun: possible, but not advisable.. We all love u say what others skip, and that's it.

At Munich they should have a good look at the Mazda 3 on how a proper BMW hatch should look like.

OK for city driving but when u get on to highways and such the smaller engine really has to work extra, also smaller engine = less torque, sometimes u have to rev more to gain the same as in a larger engine, e.g 1.5 L 118i vs 2.0 L 120i, generally 120i will always drink more but only slightly so, and you can drive on highways without sacrificing as much fuel... Maybe stage 1-2 the 118i and it'll be more efficient at higher speeds, of course it has to be done correctly so the engine doesn't lose longevity

My VW Passat 1.8T Sport B5&Passat 1.9TDI 130bhp B5.5 had Longitudinal Engines even though they were FWD.

Nice design.

Love the intro! :D

Hahahaha good into ...front wheel drive - driving a bit different :) Good one :) Greetings from Slovenia.

LMAO 43 grand for a FWD 3 cylinder

Looks like a BMW X1.5

When are you testing the new clio V??

What about vibrations on 3 cylinder version?

Did you change the sound of the car ,because it’s only the 118i?

Bravo ty fajny akcent pozdrawiam

The gearbox is underneath the engine? In bmws transverse layout? Press (X) for Doubt..

BMW's should always be RWD, Audi's should always be AWD, Mustangs should always have V8's. There's just certain things in the car world that must remain sacred and not messed with.

Does Samsung Note-series phone fit to the phone charger box?

Somehow this generation does not look special or premium. It just another compact. For my taste Astra, Focus and French with Italians and Koreans looking better. It seems that now compact class left only with FWD or AWD. Is it possible to change speedometer and tachometer design through settings? For all these castration chip tuning garages will have solutions. Especially in secondhand market:)

Please review your socks!

BMW with 3 cilinders and 137 HP ??? Nonsense ! And for price over 30.000 eur ? here only price is premium and nothing else.

I [was?] looking for a car the replace my 2-Series Active Tourer 220i and did try-out this F40 but in 128ti guise as they don't sell the 120i here in the UK and i could tell the 118i would be too weedy for me. Looking back at this review you were spot-on with your findings, one of the reasons why i didn't go for the 128ti/1er F40 in general was the roof-line too low - yes i hit my head a couple of times. Suspension seemed too stiff on this version for everyday driving but at least the sport brakes work properly as my 2er has those dangerous brakes you mentioned - i was also having similar dud braking in a G21 320i recently, for a bit, when test-driving. Also i did find that iDrive 7 dash is a bit info overload, like u said - head-up-display helps. I like the old iDrive - partly analogue - 6 system, just all the info u need and easy to read, some would say it looks dated i just think it looks neat & functional. Wait till next year when it goes to iDrive 8!!!!! 😬 Good review Marek. Just to note for others: I believe this test car was the M-Sport model in which case those seats are optional on other models also the steering wheel & suspension would be different; gesture opening of boot and 40:20:40 splits seats are both optional extras on all models.

I prefer this car, due to his size, to the 3 series. The 120d x drive is my favorites

I liked your Irish accent describing the difference between front and rear wheel drive :)

Never thought that it would be possible...but they managed to make this new one look worse!

Speaking of Skoda Scala, where is the review?

From the certain angles, with that beard and mustache you look like Semir Gerkhan

80% BMW drivers think their car is front wheel drive..another 75% don't know how many wheels their car has......Marek's medication isn't working....

Chwile po włączeniu filmiku zacząłem szukać opcji zmiany języka na polski jak na netflixie :D

After watching this I don't understand why I should buy this car and after reading this even more. ⬇️ BMW plans to double luxury car sales to stabilize returns of 8-10% of sales. Employees will be reduced annual premium. ️Force build-up in Mexico will be compensated with job cuts in Germany. Dividend for Quandt / Klatten 2018: 1.1 billion €. Greetings from Germany.😏

So why do I need a rev counter in my digital dashboard ?

I would choose a car for the enjoyment of driving,rather then space,if a bmw designer,engineer does not like enjoyment of driving then his in the wrong business lol,we want rear wheel drive one series.

Wolę Honde

3 cylinder nuff said😂😂😂😂

BMW s silnikiem (protezą) trzycylindrową ! w poprzek i z napędem na przednią oś to jakieś jaja ze strony BMW . .

So tired of BMW FWD vehicles. The X3 (also FWD based) is an abomination -- was given one as a loaner. The Aisin transmission was GARBAGE in stop and go driving like rush hour -- I'd rather drive a Hyundai Accent.

118i vs 118d Who is better?

Nice👍🏻🇸🇪

A Golf is still the better car in this class

Whoever grafted that bikini grill on the front should be ashamed of themselves.

This is not a BMW.

It's looks horrible

Why are you talking like the guy from autoexpert tv?

Load of bollocks, its a fantastic car.

Cars are getting so hideously overpriced they are catching up with house prices.

Bmw 118 isn't a car for road trips???? Where??? In Poland??? Get serious dude. I guess you need a Bentley for road trips in Warchaw......

ahahahah this car takes less space in engine bay thats why they can not fit same engine like 140i in this one thats why 140i be fastest one out of all them 1 series )))))))))))) make boot bigger but not the saloon yeap makes aloot of sense )) How to find out who designed it ?

Why is he talking like someone is strangling him ?

That's a real social activist jacket #michelinman

All cars made in 2020 should all have Apple CarPlay and android auto that’s ridiculous! The future is suppose to be convenient!

IDrive is “average”? Wow

Fwd is not BMW!!!!!!

yeah just drive backwards so what. that was the first daddy joke i had done when i first heard about that it is gonna be fwd. :) thank you for making that joke into reality :) i think this is the second bmw in bmw history is not a real bmw since 3 series compact. i want to be wrong so bad.

Very Lexus like rear and not clean interior, otherwise not bad car And yes very ugly instruments cluster here is the weakest point not the 3 cylinder engine Corolla best compact hatch these days

FWD? 💩🖓⚰

43 000 EUROS ... utterly nosense

front is ugly rear good but this car looks exactly like ford focus/ ' dont like this car alot and i never buy bmw

A, no i co to za 6-7l/100km... jak na 2020 to lipaaaaa Panie uważam, lipa! Jak by to auto piło 3-4l/100 noooo to jeszcze by to miało jakiś myślę sens, żeby takie małe badziewie z FWD kupować. Tyle, po co wtenczas BMW, prócz bycia fanem marki?

to difficult listen it's killing car promo better silence

Anyone paying 43 grand for this fu##in hairdryer needs a labotamy

Bahaha love the intro! What a junk car BMW made this. It's an overpriced Mini now. Talk about sekking your soul. I'll pass

GOLF GTI!!!!!!!!Fuc. b m w

This works 👍🏻 but any new *M* 1 series or 2 series are shite, look & sound crap .. I would *Never* buy 1

ahahhahaha sales not going to drop whit FWD 1 series nah i like many others buy it only because of rear wheel drive lol ))))))))))))))

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