Good review and good quality for someone just starting out! Keep it going

Great video.. I owned 2 130i's for 12 years between them. An E87 and currently an E81. Absolute belter of a car. The R32, it's dull in comparison, the noise is good but a 130i with the BMW M Performance intake and exhaust is way better.

I bought my 130i in April of 2020 and I love it. Everything you said about them in your review is correct. I do like the colour of your car better than mine, but only just. I have a white one. I actually got it by chance as they are a bit rare here in NZ. I was looking for a one series so I could run grandkids about in a 5 star rated car without spending a huge amount of money and on the day that I was heading to look at a couple of 120i's I passed a yard that had this out front. Stopped and looked and bought. Very pleased as I got the sports car I wanted as a toy, and it is a nice safe 5 door for transporting the little ones. Your comment about it being so easy to drive at slower legal speeds is also spot on. My130i is easier to drive at the legal open road, or any other, speed than my wife's X1 (3liter). And mine has 45 more horses.

Nice video! I have the 125i coupe (same engine) and I love it to pieces, still puts a smile on my face every day i drive it! Although that n52 is mighty thirsty when you put your foot down its worth every penny :)

Nice content! Great drivers cars these. Largely overlooked back in the day!

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I've got one - 130i 2006, great car - simple and fun to drive

Great video. You have a nice and relaxed way of presenting. I'll look forward to your next one. :)

excellent presentation and great post-processing, good work! Best yet, you picked 130i as the first showcase~

I still have a 2008 130i. I bought it from the 1st owner in 2012 at less than 16,000 km. It's at 108,000 km now and I just can't sell it! It's such a pleasure to drive it! 😊 The only problem with it is that I get often fined for overspeeding... 🤣

I owned a pre LCI model for 12 years. It has been a joy in London city and amazing in the Swiss mountains. This car is a must and is a bargain these days.

I would never have known this was your first go at this. Great work, you are super easy and interesting to watch and I really hope you continue with more car reviews. Subscribed in the hope that you do!

Just bought one ,,, so far Im loving it , Ill swap the boot badge for a 116 badge and no one will even look at it in car parks let alone nick it ,,, not bad for a sub 7 second hatch back.

hi Jack! well done great video you made there! congrats!... especially on the car!! ;-)

Great first effort mate. Well done!

This was a very good video. Nicely done!

Have had an '06 manual as a daily driver since 2008 and I still love it dearly - can't bring myself to sell it - the only thing you MUST add is a Quaife (or similar) LSD. Trust me here...

Really good job! No BS! You know the subject 👌. Subscribed.

Cool video and great car, congratulations!

Good video man, I need more of this 130i

This car will increase in value! Especially with the M package! Keep and maintain it well and have fun!

Most underrated car 2020

I have a 130 E81 LE and it has Birds BMW suspension and Diff it has a lot going for it. If you drive it sensibly ( I know that’s hard) I get 30 plus MPG regularly. Don’t give it the beans until it is properly warm otherwise it wears the engine dramatically. Mine has 130k still pulls well and is fun on the track.

First of all: Great making and editing. You really earned that follow :) Only thing: audio of the drive by shots could be better, but that's just a tip for the future haha. Regarding the power steering: I drive a 120i LCI and to me, it really feels a bit numb. However, I recently got to drive a 130i LCI and it was a completely different experience. I think you can really notice the engineers put some extra love in the 130i if you know what I mean :D

Sounds beautiful. 👍

Nice work. I'm subbed now 🤙

For an early electronic steering it is incredibly good. The only drawback is you do not feel the steering load up like a wrack and pinion.

Great review ! Not the most powerful engine overall, but the best atmospheric engine produced by bmw in any non-M car at the time ! (Only turbocharged/compressed engines were more powerfull if you exclude M cars). It's always a pleasure to see car fans review the 130i. This car gets rarely mentionned nowadays despite its great features. Greetings from France 🇨🇵, keep it up !! 😊

I currently have an Abarth but would love to get into one of these

I never thought to find a review of a 130i made by A.J. Soprano himself ;) Great video about a great car!

e87 m47 118d 90 (120 softed ) kw diesel was my first car 😍

Good vid buddy! Great content and good in front of the cam! Watch the audio sync tho bit out and boomy in places and is there a reason why it’s 720p 50? Happy to help if you want :) and if you want to use the Z4M or C4S more than happy 👍🏻

love this car !

Nice car!

I am glad I have one, even though is a auto. however not too many people value this car

RIP 1 series (afrer F40 release), the last bmw 1 series was F20 and F21

Nice video, I can see your heart is in the right place. That being said, there are a few things I think you could make even better: 1: Surely a similarly equipped Golf GTI would have been way way cheaper at the time, partially explaning why it was more popular? A focus probably would have been cheaper still? As I remember it, the competitive price of BMWs compared to others is a 2010 and later phenomenon? At least in my country, a 130i compared to a GTI would have been at least £10k more at the time. 2: I remember the boot space as being reasonably in line with other cars at the time. The rears seats were not very spacious though, for sure. Better than a Polo, worse than a Golf, would be my estimation. 3: Unless I misunderstood: "The most powerful engine in any non M BMW for sale at the time" ; BMW had loads of non M cars with more power, even diesels at the time... Highest power NA petrol Non M 6 cylinder, yes. But didnt you just say that? So, dont really get that one. All in all, I like your review. Had a 123d myself, which was a bit of a sleeper tuned, if you can stand diesels. Even made a little bit more power than the 130i. Thumbs up.

reduce the back ground music its way to loud, gave it a thumbs up for the rest of the show

love the 130i... looking to buy one in the near future. have you ecu tuned it? im looking to do i/h/e and remap it, and i didnt find any info about bolt ons on internet :/

3:51 what is that key hole there by the AC vent ? Pretty sure mine doesn't have that

I currently own and old 2004 120i, I'm looking out for a good 130i, are they much more to insure?

Nice car had one but electric problems where bad for me and even the brake servo broke on me at 100 thousand

"Yes."

Love these but I like the e81 shape more cause of the frame less doors and stiffer chassis but they are so rare in the UK but e87 is more practical

damn, they go for minimum of 8k in my country, maybe 6k if i import from germany

Nice car...i owned one

What turbo would i use for the 130i bmw?

Yes, unfortunately the poor room in the rear ruled this out as a company car for me in 2004.

I think the E87 130/35i are great cars, however when it comes to holding value i think the M135 and M140 will be the sought after ones in the future.

I killed my c30 t5 ,, one of these is next , but the prices are climbing.

I'm buying one I found one

Not sure if I should get this or rx8

what's the reliability like in the 130i?

This? A hot hatch? My Snatch isn't even warm yet? Wait, what?

BMW it’s always going with automatic gearbox-except maybe bmw 1 .

Great car but didn't measure up to the all round fun and performance of a Golf R32 and both of those cars are just way too thirsty to be used practically nowadays.

2:06 Turbocharge? … NA

E82 > E87 imo

Nice,but I’d have a golf r32. Looks better and sounds better. And rare. The 3 door.

The perfect hot hatch is a 147 GTA

At least make it look cool. Do some mods

Nah, 130i is a big disapointement. I used to have it, i'm a bmw boy. Yes the n52 pulls like hell. But chassis is just shit. Understeery as hell (even with M pack) Lacks so much of mechanical lsd And needs bilstein b8/eibach prokit to work proprely. But it's not an M. So you can't really moan about that. But BMW did not work proprely on it. Sad.

it's not a hatch , hatch fwd only, it's rwd compact touring car