Every now and then, a test car arrives at the office and divides opinion among the Cars.co.za journalists. This is not one of those times.

With the new BMW M135i, BMW have removed all the character traits that made the M140i so special. Six cylinder engine? Cheers. Rear wheel drive? Also gone. So this is now an all-wheel-drive, 2.0-litre, 4-cylinder hatchback. So, it's basically a Golf R?

In this video, Ciro De Siena finds out if there's any BMW-ness left in the flagship 1 Series.

0:00 Intro
0:30 Top of one series range
0:51 One Series Range Engines
1:28 Power and Torque
1:52 Similarities to Golf R
2:11 Cons of a BMW M135i
2:41 Engine
3:15 Pros of a BMW M135i
3:48 All-wheel-drive vs Rear-wheel-drive
4:27 Interior Review
6:26 Driving Analysis
7:45 Outro

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