Apart from slight tear in the center console, this is a reliable, well made German saloon. The heating is the only real trouble; it overheats at any given minute despite the small 1.6 litre engine.
My model is a 1.6, I know that sounds like it's going to be life-less, but trust me, the 1.6 is possibly the best engine in this range.
So far it's never needed anything new, but it's way past it's original warranty, so if it did, I'm in trouble.
My only real complaint is the firm ride, but that compensates for much better handling.
It is, despite the small engine, very fast (the speedometer reads to 160mph!), and actually sounds good.
I would like to see better trim quality, but other than that, one of (if not the) best car I have ever owned, driven, ridden in etc.
It may say 160 although it won't do it lol, although yeah good choice of car.
Yeah I was also a bit amused at the comment that the speedo reads to 160 mph. :-/ That's totally irrelevant.
You can expect 120mph out of the 1.6 engine. I would suggest that the 1.9 16v 140bhp is the best 4 cylinder that BMW made at that time. The larger 6 cylinders are better though, much better. I've had both. Currently have a 328i.
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