BMW reveals redesigned 2019 1-Collection
The BMW 1-Collection hatchback has at all times been considerably of an oddity on this planet of compact automobiles, because it has at all times been supplied with a sporty rear-wheel-drive structure and accessible inline-6 engines. This is not the case for the third-generation mannequin that was unveiled on Monday.
The brand new 1-Collection hatchback rides on a front-wheel-drive platform, particularly BMW Group’s FAAR platform whose first utility is the brand new hatch. The platform is an replace of the UKL design discovered within the BMW X1 and X2, with enhancements made to weight discount and compatibility with electrical powertrains.
2019 BMW 1-Collection hatchback
By utilizing the FAAR platform, the brand new 1-Collection hatchback sees enhancements in house because of transverse engine mounting and a low middle tunnel. BMW stated house is up each within the cabin and the trunk in comparison with the outgoing 1-Collection hatch. The automaker confirmed 1.18 inches extra knee room within the rear and an additional Zero.7 cubic ft within the trunk, and solely a 5-door physique is being supplied this time round.
A draw back of FWD automobiles in comparison with these with rear drive is understeer, the place a car tends to show much less right into a nook because the entrance wheels are the primary to lose grip. Among the many options aimed toward stopping that is what BMW calls actuator contiguous wheel slip limitation, or ARB for brief.
2019 BMW 1-Collection hatchback
The expertise already options within the i3 and works with the steadiness management to assist forestall the wheels slipping by decreasing energy faster than most stability management techniques can on their very own. On prime of this can be a yaw management system that additional aids the dealing with by braking a wheel that is slipping. In fact, all-wheel drive can be accessible on some fashions within the new 1-Collection vary.
One other draw back of the platform swap is the farewell to inline-6 engines, as a result of transverse engine mounting. As anticipated, essentially the most potent engine within the new 1-Collection hatchback is a 2.Zero-liter turbocharged inline-Four delivering 306 horsepower. It options within the all-wheel-drive M135i xDrive, which additionally comes with a regular Eight-speed automated and limited-slip differential. Different fashions function much less highly effective gasoline and diesel powertrains.
2019 BMW 1-Collection hatchback
Inside is a digital instrument cluster and huge infotainment display screen. Controlling the car may be dealt with by way of buttons on the steering wheel and middle console, or by means of the touchscreen functionality of the infotainment display screen or natural-speak voice activation or varied hand gestures.
BMW additionally masses the automotive with numerous helpful digital driver aids, one in all which is the reversing help first seen within the Eight-Collection flagship. The system can memorize steering actions for 50-meter intervals, when the pace pushed is not more than 22 mph, after which execute them in reverse, inflicting the automotive to journey alongside the very same line it took when shifting ahead.
2019 BMW 1-Collection hatchback
Gross sales of the brand new 1-Collection hatchback is confirmed for the autumn, with a public debut pegged for September’s 2019 Frankfurt Worldwide Motor Present. Whereas the automotive is not anticipated on sale in america, we should always see its similar applied sciences featured on these BMWs based mostly on its FAAR platform offered domestically. One among these shall be a 2-Collection Gran Coupe confirmed for November’s Los Angeles Auto Present.
The excellent news for followers of RWD is that BMW is dedicated to providing it within the subsequent 2-Collection coupe. And sure, the automotive will as soon as once more spawn an M2 variant.