The second generation of the BMW 1 Series is just effectually the corner and for the compact model, BMW will offer new powerplant choices, including a mod four-cylinder gasoline engine with turbocharging and direct injection.

Side by side generation one Series volition launch in 2011, first in a hatchback form, followed a twelvemonth later by the Coupe and Convertible models. Along with the redesigned bodystyle, the new 1er family unit will offering a broad range of engines, including turbo-petrol engines with three or four cylinders.

The 1er will remain a rear-wheel drive vehicle and shares the same L7 compages as the next 3 serial. At the same time, the L7 has the flexible firewall location geometry that volition permit it to arrange FWD, RWD, or AWD models.

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First, a couple 2.0-liter four-cylinder volition be introduced, producing 204 and 238 horsepower. But this is only the offset step, because the engineers accept set themselves the goal to integrate diesel and gasoline more than closely together.

Despite the college evolution costs, the long term savings from mass production volition offset any initial investments. For at present, BMW has scrapped any plans to offer an electric and hybrid drive for the new i Series. The decision to move forward with the highly-efficient N57 1.5 liter diesel engine was driven by the results obtained in testing the Vision EfficientDynamics vehicle. The horsepower range for the three-cylinder powerplants goes from 95 to 177 horsepower.

The gasoline version, dubbed N30, comes in displacements of 1.ii and 1.v liters with power output of ranging from 70 to 184 horsepower.

At the high-end of the line-up, information technology is expect that BMW will go on to offer the half dozen-cylinder N55 Twin-Coil engine for its 135i Coupe model.

The new BMW 1 Series Hatchback Concept will exist unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 2011.