It's OFFICIAL!!............unofficially

[themadhatter]

sweet, time to start selling off my collection of pr0n for this thing. will this come to the USA with a diesel as well? if they ship us a turbo diesel variant, it may prove to be more powerful then the twin turbo gas motor.

diesel fumes make me horny.

[tdc]

No word on a diesel on launch. My guess is if it does it won't be for another year or so after the initial release of the 1-series here in the US.

[runetang]

they'd better make the 128i considerably cheaper if the 135i comes twin-turbo'd. i say this because we all know the difference between an N/A motor and a F/I one. F/I ones can be made even faster for cheap, where as N/A ones are expensive to upgrade for only small to moderate gains in power.

but i must say, the motor from a 330ci in the 1-series coupe is enough power for me. especially with the new Virginia tickets.. $1k here, $3k there! damn!

anyways, I hope the 128i sells for an MSRP $27k base. That would be awesome, because thats what the entry level 3-series was selling for when the E46's first came out. The 323's and 325's.

i dont expect to see the 135i for less than $32.9k base MSRP. and id probably get an M-coupe with that old outdated S52 motor used before buying one of these brand new.. because the M-coupe will be alot cheaper used etc.