In-House Slaughter: MINI JCW Paceman vs BMW M135i by Autocar
13 Apr 2013, 09:58 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The most powerful and performant Paceman, the John Cooper Works edition comes out as surprising, being priced terribly close to the F20 M135i BMW 1 Series. That is a pertinent notice from the guys f...
Mineral Grey BMW F21 M135i Spotted in Madrid
11 Apr 2013, 10:12 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / We admit, the F20 1 Series is not the best looking car in the world at the moment but it will offer you one of the best driving experiences you'll ever come across, especially in the M135i vers...
BMW M135i Versus Other Hot Hatches in 1/4 Mile Drag Race
10 Apr 2013, 12:19 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The guys from CAR Magazine took the hottest hatches for a spin, in order to see which is best in the 1/4 mile drag race. We're looking at the F20 M135i, the Ford Focus ST, Golf GTI Edition 35, ...
M135i Tested Against AWD Masters from Germany and Japan
5 Apr 2013, 12:00 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Looking for the best price/performance/feel car out there, you're bound to end up looking at the 4 cars that are up for comparison today: the BMW M135i, Volkswagen Golf R, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo...
Witness How Fast the F20 BMW M135i xDrive Really Is
4 Apr 2013, 10:23 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The current BMW 1 Series is one impressive machine. Even though many people complained about its looks, the improvements over the previous version are noticeable. You can even get an xDrive M135i no...
2013 BMW M135i Coupe Review by TheAutoChannel
29 Mar 2013, 10:44 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / After the ground-breaking E81 1 Series was pulled out of production, BMW decided to replace it with a controversial model, the F20. At first, its exterior design made lots of people turn away in ang...
BMW Australia Ponders Expanding xDrive Line-Up
26 Mar 2013, 10:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Up until this moment, BMW Australia didn't even consider introducing xDrive systems for its sedans but recent developments might make them reconsider. Even though the xDrive system is known ...
Game On! Sportec Releases its Own Tuning Program for the F20 M135i
8 Mar 2013, 09:45 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / After showing you yesterday what Hartge released for the F20 M135i, today its time for the Swiss tuner Sportec to step up and brag about what they offer for the same car. Their take on the M135i ...
Hartge Releases Homologated F20 M135i Engine Conversion
7 Mar 2013, 17:09 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The BMW tuner Hartge released its official engine conversion kit for the new F20 1 Series M135i this week. This conversion kit has been released rather fast considering that the M135i was just recen...
Hartge F21 M135i xDrive Engine Upgrade
26 Feb 2013, 17:00 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The German BMW tuner Hartge just released a new video on its Youtube channel showing the improved performance of the N55 engine after the Hartge upgrade has been installed. The upgrade kit takes ...
Watch a F20 M135i BMW Get Loose
14 Feb 2013, 09:25 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The F20 1 Series isn't to everyone's taste but, in good, old BMW fashion, it is a better car than the late E8x 1 Series. The guys over at Autogespot are known for making cool videos wit...
BMW M2 Convertible Rendered
25 Jan 2013, 09:17 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The 1-Series M Coupe was one of the best received new cars BMW has made in a long time. Yet it came from flawed upbringing because it could never become a true M1 due to the overlap with the histori...
F21 BMW M135i Tuned by Versus Performance
8 Jan 2013, 14:05 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It might not have the right M gearbox, the right M limited slip differential or the shortest name, but the fact of the matter of the matter is, the M135i is one of the coolest cars to get for about ...
BMW M135i Owner Discovers Engine Sound is Artificially Enhanced
8 Jan 2013, 09:30 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / In this day and age, people aren`t really that interested in the engineering and mechanical sides of the automotive industry. All the modern consumer wants is good fuel efficiency, lots of horsepowe...
Oh What Fun It Is to Ride in a BMW M135i xDrive
14 Dec 2012, 08:44 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / BMW is also getting into the holiday mood and has created "The Fastest Christmas Song in the World." Mind you, it’s not a very good song, but no BMW fan is going to be bothered by t...
BMW M135i Laps Nurburgring in 8:05
11 Dec 2012, 09:33 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / You might think of the M135i as a strange car, not a real M, but a creation of its new M Performance brand. However, this sort of machine has been around since the beginning. Only one year after the...
BMW M135i Pushed to 260 KM/H
6 Nov 2012, 17:18 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / For the super hothatch fans, BMW knew it had to do something special, and so they lobbed a turbocharged direct injection straight-6 DOHC engine under the bonnet of the brand new F20 1-Series and hav...
Paris 2012: BMW M135i xDrive · Live Photos
28 Sep 2012, 13:46 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / All wheel drive used to be a heavy system that Land Rovers used to get you where need to kill that elephant or enemy insurgent. But now, every carmaker has some sort of all-wheel drive model, and it...
BMW M135i Promo Video
2 Aug 2012, 08:13 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / BMW introduced the first petrol powered M Performance car in the form of the nimble yet mighty M135i. So, to give us a better idea about the thinking behind this car and the possibilities it opens u...
BMW M135i Launched in Australia
1 Aug 2012, 08:23 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / There are hothatches, like the Focus ST we just mentioned, and there are hyperhatches, like this one built by the Germans. Yes, BMW has turned the humble yet overpriced 1-Series into a complete a...