Unlike the BMW 128ti, a direct rival for the Golf GTI, the M140i is rear-wheel drive. Combined with 50:50 weight distribution, it has an engaging, well-balanced feel. A 3.0-litre straight-six mill ...

That this is one of the only rear-wheel-drive hatches left on the planet makes ... Only the 120i and the M140i don’t have run-flats as standard. The BMW 1 Series has the maximum five-star ANCAP rating ...

It’s taken the latest, front-wheel-drive-based 1-series ... to buy a late-model BMW M140i. Frustrated by the direction in which BMW was heading, Bird noticed that the outgoing M140i was the ...

The M140i isn’t a fully fledged M car – it’s a diet version ... with drive being sent to the rear wheels. BMW says its most efficient petrol engine in the 1 Series range is the three-cylinder in the ...

Unlike their predecessors, the M140i and M240i will be available in four wheel drive. And, they accelerate even faster still. The xDrive four wheel drive models are only available with the 8 speed ...