Finally got chance to watch the video. Good to see that BMW have managed to come up with something wrong wheel drive, that's slower, uglier but has better iphonepodpad functionality.
Oh and it's more expensive than its predecessor. Such progress.
I honestly haven't read a good word yet about the exterior design of the new 1 series, apart from owners of 140i's as it has just made their car more desirable.
It's like the designer is deliberately trying to morph it in to a Kia/Hyundai style vehicle.
Also, what the hell are they doing with the model numbers, the 330ie is a 2.0 4 pot, the 530e is a 2.0 4 pot with additional electric motors and they appear to have dropped their best petrol engine, the straight six.
At the moment they still do the far superior straight six diesel, but if they stick that hideous grill on the other models they will be driving more people away.