According to dealer documents obtained by Consumer Reports, BMW has instructed dealers to stop delivery of 1 Series models built between January and May of 2010 due to a fire risk.
The documents cites insufficient clearance between the B-pillar and the seat belt tensioners, which, in the event of a crash, could result in friction, leading [...]

The new BMW M1, or whatever name will carry, won’t be available for another year or so, but that doesn’t stop the respectable BMW tuner from coming out with their own version of the rumored M1 model….or at least, something close to it.
The well respected tuner Dinan is working on a new project, called Stage [...]

According to BMW, the 1-Series is selling like tequila at spring break. The small-scale Bimmer may not have exactly received a warm embrace from big-boned Americans, but sales of the 1 have been good enough around the globe for the company to build over a million examples. The 1-Series has only been on the market [...]

The rumored M version of the BMW 1-Series looks like it’s getting closer to production if a late series of spy photos is anything to rely on. But what badge it will wear is still not known at this point. It’s improbable that it will actually be called M1 since BMW probably wants to preserve [...]

Automotive News reported that BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer shared this statistic during a recent phone call with analysts. It’s not clear where this information came from within BMW, but it still comes as a shock that 80  percent of 1-Series owners think that they have front-wheel drive.

2010 BMW 135i – Click above for high-res image [...]

Rumors of a front-wheel drive model to slot in below the 1 Series have been circulating for some time, with the most recent report coming last October. Now, Autocar has confirmed with BMW’s chairman, Norbert Reithofe, that an all-new model is coming from the automaker, designed to compete with the recently introduced Audi A1 and [...]