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Originally Posted by mapezzul
The 116/114i are using the MINI Prince engine- right? The 1 Series is a bit heavier but not that much than the MINI if I recall so the 116i shouldn't be that bad but the 114i is a joke. BMW should have waited for the FWD car to go so down market.
I can't even imagine such little power in that car, sad. 0-60 in over 11 seconds is unbelievable for a brand that claims "shear driving pleasure" watching grass grow while accelerating is not pleasure!
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118i upwards. Anything below is a joke! Even the 18i isn't great! Get it in an E90 and it's awful. And uneconomical which is the biggest piss take!!
The 116d on the other hand. Acceptable. Wouldn't go as far to say it was good, but adequate. I never felt like I was a danger to myself or other road users. Fairly econmical...ish. 42mpg ish (UK).
118d, good actually. Could do to be a little more refined, but good. Plenty powerful and actually enough to have a little fun! Getting close to 50mpg because it doesn't need to be worked as hard.
The 114i will unfortunately, be useless. And as you say, is an insult to a performance brand who maintains "sheer driving pleasure" in all their cars.
That said, it'll still corner well and feel good to drive and is a nice car, but that's if you can get it up to speed, which will be difficult and expensive in petrol!