Test Drive BMW X1 since 2009 SUV

BMW X1. Mask Show

BMW X1. Price: not defined. On sale: since November 2009
The amazing feeling did not leave me during the first trip to the BMW X1. Still: I go to the car, which is not. Rather, he seems to be, but the series will go in a somewhat different form. The outer design and the interior will be changed, may become other suspension and steering settings. It seems that he looked into the future, because sales X1 will begin on our market only in November

Test pilot
Stanislav Pavlov, 38 years old, deputy editor-in-chief of the magazine, driving experience 20 years, personal car - Mazda6
This in my twenty-year-old practice has not yet been. In front of me stood a compact crossover BMW X1, placed with a special film with a drawing under a storm. It gives a strange effect. With one side, about understanding how the body looks like, and on the other, you can not clearly describe what they saw. The lines are blurred, the form of fuzzy surrealism, and only.
Inside still faster. The front panel of the premium car is covered with a black cloth. Under the same material hidden the upholstery of the door. Funny white plastic, which framed the KP lever, has a white color. The awake gave an unusual result. It turned out that in thickness it is not very different from the ball for ping pong. What is it? Requests the reader introduced. This is a pre-selected copy, which can already be judged by which there will be a car, but it is also impossible to make one hundred percent final conclusions. Let's say for sure the front part will change a little, because it is not for nothing that it is so thoroughly hiding under camouflage. As for the interior, the instrument panel, and in general, many decoration elements will become different. This was confirmed by BMW employees. If you remember the strange white plastic, the parts made in this material are likely to retain the current form. But the content instead of ping-pong will be expensive and solid, as is customary from the Bavarian manufacturer.
Now let's talk about specifications. They did not distribute them, as it usually happens, in the form of press releases. Figures simply dictated. I hope I recorded correctly. So, the length of the crossover is 4454 mm (less than 70 mm than in a treshka), height 1545 mm, width of 1798 mm. At a base of 2076 mm, the road clearance x1 is 194 mm. For example, X3 clearance is 9 mm more.
Engines on the smallest Bavarian crossover will set those that are already used under BMW hoods. Initially, two two-liter diesel engines will go into the series, one of which is equipped with a turbine, and a three-liter gasoline unit. Its power is 258 liters. s., which allows you to speed up a car up to 100 km / h in just 6.7 s. At the same time, the maximum speed reaches 240 km / h. There is no data in the consumption of gasoline. By the way, a similar motor is present on the BMW 330.
On the go Compact crossover produces a pleasant impression. Immediately you understand that you have a case with a small but BMW. Perfect handling, excellent dynamics and quality comfort inherent to everyone without exception models. On the Spanish Island Mallorca, where the tests were held, especially for us built a small track with light off-road. With him a car coped without the slightest problems. In the system of full drive, no mechanical blocking of differentials is provided. However, X1 received electronic brains, which in the case of slipping themselves decide how much power should be directed to a particular wheel.
Finally, I note that the test of a pre-separating pattern, the debut of which will take place only in the fall, only four Russian journalists flew to the Spanish Island of Mallorca. If you knew what was the temptation to divide with my brothers according to Peru. I am in Moscow one, the exclusive will be released only in my magazine. But the humanism and humans absorbed with Mother's milk did not allow the bloody massifice. Okay, let them write, especially since we have to solve the plas together, how the BMW X1 will turn out. In the Russian market, a novelty debuts in November 2009. It is too early to speak about the price that X1 will cost 1015% cheaper than the senior fellow X3. Wait and see.

Love not love
A large repeater of the rotation pointer on the rear view mirror will not be doubtful in your intentions. Noticeable
Despite the disguise, it is clear that the X1 will be similar to the older brothers X3 and X5. Recognizable
 
Driving
Excellent dynamics and handling in combination with magnificent brakes give the driver a feeling of one hundred percent reliability.
Salon
The internal trim of the prototype will differ significantly.

Comfort
As in other BMW models, except, perhaps, the rhodster, comfort deserves the highest marks. Focus literally not what.
Security
The smallest Bavarian crossover has not yet been tested according to the EUROnCAP method.
Price
There is no data.

Advantages and disadvantages
+ All advantages inherent in BMW: Dynamics, handling, comfort.
- Perhaps the final appearance of the BMW X1 will be quite boring, like the older brother X3.

Specifications
Brand and Model - BMW X1
Dimensions - 4454x1545x1798 mm
Engine - gasoline, 258 hp
Transmission - automatic, 6-speed gearbox
Dynamics - Max 240 km / h; 6.7 ° C. up to 100 km / h
Competitors - Audi Q5, Volvo XC60.

Our opinion
The BMW X1 crossover for the capacity of the cabin differs little from its fellow X3, which may cause internal competition between models. Nevertheless, Bavarian managers, apparently, are counting on attracting new buyers who have so far preferred other brands.

Author: Stanislav Pavlov
 
 

 

A source: Magazine 5 Wheel [July 2009]