Test drive BMW 1 series F20 since 2011 hatchback
Test drive of the new BMW 1 series 2011: Complete merger!
The Kolesa.ru portal fit into all the turns on the new BMW of the first series, out of several thousand combinations, I chose Sport and freely went on the Internet without a portable computer. Without knocking down a single cone The first kilometers traveled along the BMW 750 Activehybrid roads near Moscow were drove into melancholy: three new BMW 1 series with a capacity of 136, 170 and 184 horsepower dragged a column at a speed of 60 km/h, occasionally accelerating to 90.
But it was only warming up. In a calm atmosphere, journalists were given the opportunity to get used to the car, to feel it, so that, then, merging into a single whole, to ignite on a specially prepared training ground.
And there is something to get used to, especially people who are not often exerting behind the wheel of Bavarian cars. Compared to the predecessor, for a greater reduction in the center of gravity, in a new penny, the front seats became closer to the asphalt by another 3 cm: you do not get into the car, you are falling into the car, being in the very strong arms of sports seats. The lateral support is such that a person of dense physique needs to sit on inhalation.
In general, it is impossible to neglect the settings of proper landing for yourself in BMW. Compromising thoughts, like: and so normal, with active driving, can turn into the lack of a clear interaction between the driver and the controls of the car. In BMW, everything should be fitted clearly under the driver, a millimeter of a millimeter. Fortunately, the front seats of the new BMW 1 series allow you to configure even the length of the edge of the pillow.
The fact that the smallest BMW 2011 became 8 centimeters longer, 3 wider and 1 above, I am not interested. As well as the fact that the trunk now contains 30 liters more than a unit of the 2004 sample. All these pragmatic values, located behind the driver’s back, are secondary for BMW.
We go around snakes and moose
The main thing is that before the eyes: the asphalt training ground, with marked cones, a maneuver-speed highway and a long embossed hood of the aggressive-red BMW 120D with an optional system of adaptive sports steering. Despite the Sport nameplate on the front wings, the first circle of the special storage system is preparing to go in comfortable car settings.
Start! The diesel heart of the first BMW series instantly throws out 1,365-kilogram shell on the snake. Even in Comfort mode, the steering wheel is heavy. The complete feeling that there is no amplifier at all. To twist the steering wheel without interception, screwing between the cones, does not work. The second gear, I try to pass the high -speed snake under the acceleration: one hundred and twentieth should definitely be the instructions of both the steering wheel and the gas pedal. There are no delays in the work of a new 8-speed machine: the transmission that is needed is always included.
Ahead of the moose test is the main attraction of the event. Acceleration from a place. I don’t let go of gas, the speed at the entrance is about 70 km/h. The steering wheel is sharply left, and right there. The stern of the rear -wheel drive Bavarian one is instantly torn off. The steering wheel in the direction of drift under the easy discharge of traction! - Almost instinctive actions instantly stabilize the car, allowing you to accurately fit between two chips.
On the final protracted arc, first with the left, then right, the squeal of rubber, floating in the front of the turn of the BMW 120D, is perceived for granted. Only the anxiety of instructors for the safety of rubber makes the engine speed slightly, and, for one, and calm the heart pounding from the injected adrenaline.
The second circle. The button to the left of the automatic transmission handle (which, by the way, turned into a joystick, like the older models), I transfer the car to Sport mode. The steering wheel is even sharper, the accelerator is even more sensitive to the machine turns into a spring compressed between two fingers, ready to fly out on the slightest command.
Start! Obeying the recommendations of the instructors, I do not intercept the steering wheel, with the last strength, winding the steering wheel with my fingertips. I am already familiar with snake-loser exercises, I pass even faster, leaving striped cones in inviolability. Complete merger! The chair that has gone into the side, it seems, became part of my body, hands with a continuation of the steering wheel, and my legs have grown together with pedals.
Equipped with the same turbocharged four -cylinder engine 1.6 with varying degrees of forcing, the new BMW 118i and 116i sports steering are deprived of. And it is immediately felt. Against the background of a deliberately heavy steering wheel of a diesel version, a steering wheel of gasoline versions feels a balloon. Although, in the absence of information content, the steering cannot be reproached, that unity is no longer observed. The difference between a sports and comfortable regime is blurred. And the 136-horsepower version, according to the sensations, is not enough power. More precisely, the possibilities of a perfectly tuned chassis and steering are superior to the capabilities of the BMW 116i engine.
But all these shortcomings are detected only on the racing track. In the cork-city life, which is destined for the compact five-door of the BMW, completely different shortcomings will come up: people higher than average growth will break out of low seats more difficult than sitting in them; A rigid sports suspension can tire with its information content, and a sports regime of nervousness. And the beautiful sound series of the Harman Kardon option is diluted with tire noise and the howl of the wind in the front -line racks.
Always on-line
But people living on the network will be able to come off in full. The BMW optional multimedia system is not inferior to another tablet in its capabilities, using a mobile phone as a modem. True, you can only wander in the expanses of the World Wide Web only in a fixed car. But on the go, having connected to Google resources, BMW navigation is able to load photos of the passing attractions, as well as find the necessary institutions with an address and a phone through the Google search.
Fans of automotive individualization, in addition to the color of the body and the pattern of the disks, can now choose the color of the mirrors and the interior decoration in the framework of two versions: Sport and Urban. A total of more than 5,000 combinations.
But this is all pampering. Even if in the new five-door of the first series one color was available, and instead of Internet navigation there was a cassette radio, I would not care. Drive, excitement and unity with the car are three mandatory BMW options, for which you can pay extra, selecting the engine more powerful, and the steering is more precise.
Prices of the new BMW 1 series
You can join the values \u200b\u200bof the new BMW 1 series of 2011 for 875,000 rubles by choosing the basic version of 116i. More interesting in all respects, the 170-horsepower BMW 118i is available for 995,000 rubles and immediately in the distinguishing performance of Sport and Urban to choose from. The price of a diesel one hundred twentieth unit begins with 1,120,000 rubles in a conventional configuration, and 1 195,000 rubles in a sports or urban outfit.
We liked the BMW 1 Series
Diesel engine and optional sports management
We did not like the BMW 1 Series
Characteristics of a 136-horsepower engine
Competitors BMW 1 Series in the Russian market:
Audi A3
Lexus CT200H
Author: Ilya Ogorodnikov
Photo: BMW Group, Ilya Ogorodnikov
Source: Wheel magazine [September 2011]
