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BMW designer Chris Bangle has taken a lot o f flak down the years. His style is much like an embat­ tled politician who knows what brickbats will inevitably be head­ ing their way.


. Bangle stood in the firing line and took the heat for the 7 Series,


, the 5 Series, the 6 Series, the Z4, the X3 and the 1 Series. At every ^


. press launch, he encountered hos- : • tile questioning from people who didn’t ‘get’ the styling. I was one of them. As time goes


by, it’s easier to see what Bangle was trying to achieve and the 1 Se­ ries is perhaps the most extreme shape of the lot.


; , It always looked a little too


hunched for my tastes, the five doors giving it a ; busy, truncated look, yet with a front engine and rear wheel drive platform, there exists the scope for something very sleek. ' A partial; solution comes with


the introduction of this three-door variant which plays the sports hatch card a little more convincingly. Although the three-door body-


shell possibly offers a degree more stiffness, if you’ve driven a five- door 1-Series you’ll know broadly - what to expect. Eight engines are offered, seven


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; ; A'llSbhp 1.6-litre petrol engine powers the entry-level 116i. This is good for a sprint to 60mph o f 10.1 <


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seconds and a combined fuel econ­ omy figure o f 48.7mpg.


.'i', Then comes the 118i with 143bhp


and 0-60mph acceleration of 8.8s. If you want a little more fi'om your petrol engine, opt for the 120i that develops 170bhp and offers sparky performance figures of 7.8 seconds to the 60mph benchmark. The 130i is seriously ■ rapid,. the


0-60mph sprint takes 6s and the 155mph limiter will come into play if you continue to press on but don’t expect much more than 30mpg. . Unless you’ve got an aversion to


the bLack pump, the real standout performers in the 1 Series line-up are the • four 2.0-litre diesel en­ gines. The 116d has 116bhp and 64mpg


economy while the 118d develops 143bhp and yet will still return an average of over 60mpg and get to 60mph quicker than the petrol 116i. The star of the 1 Series range re­


mains the 120d, a 177bhp turbod­ iesel that will get to 60mph in just over 7.6 seconds and still return 57.6mpg. Better still is the 123d with its 204bhp performance and 7s 0-60mph sprint underpinned by ‘ 54mpg economy. Designed to compete in the com­


pact executive sector, the: h Series''' might:.be thmcated in length b u t . spend any; time behind the wheel and you’ll, soon realise you’re not' being shortchanged any of. BMW’s •;


■ .Jook and feel. Rear wheel drive has , traditionally, been something of an anomaly in this market sector and key rivals such as the Volkswagen Golf, the Alfa Romeo 147 and the Audi A3 are built around front wheel drive platforms. ■ . Asking the front wheels to per­


form the tasks of steering and de­ ploying the power is distinctly sub optimum in terms of outright han­ dling. How many Formula One cars are front wheel drive? Exactly. Where front wheel drive has tra­


ditionally scored is that it’s easy and cheap to manufacture a transverse- engined hatch with a front gear­ box and drive going to the front wheels. You needn’t worry about a


bulky transmission tunnel running through the .cabin so it works' in ■ terms of packaging too. Clamber into the-back of the 1 Series three- door and you’ll find less room than in a supermini like a Honda Jazz. With a six-footer behind'the


wheel, legroom is shockingly bad and the transmission tunnel means that you won’t ever want to travel piggy in the middle on the rear bench.


BMW recognises this and offers a


neater four-seat configuration at no extra cost. This features two sculpt­ ed.rear seats and a central storage compartment rather, than the more commonplace three abreast rear bench.


. i .iThe, SE ;' and •; the ' Sport ' models ■ feature'climate control,- 16-inch al- loywheelsandfrontfoglamps.!' h. Try, to-resist the temptation to vupgrade, to,, the > 17-inch ajloysj'Al-


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though the car does look a bit beef­ ier with the bigger wheels, the rigid sidewalls of the run-flat tyres don’t do a great deal for ride comfort. For the same reason, the firmly- suspended Sport trim level isn’t the one most would choose on typically bumpy British roads. A t the top of the range, mean­


while, sits the M Sport model with its lower spoilers and sills, bigger


alloy wheels and M Sports suspen­ sion. Elsewhere, BMW haS changed


some of the equipment and detail­ ing. The 1 Series now features an Automatic Start-Stop function to cut fuel consumption. Brake Energy ■ Regeneration to reduce alternator drag on the engine, and a revised kidney grille to improve airflow to the engine.


There’s also a lower front spoiler


and a darker cover for the headlight cluster. At the back the bumper has' been restyled to sit the car lower to the ground and the rear lights have been re-profiled. The 1 Series has a reputation as


a premium product and if you’re ; looking at models like the 120d: and the 130i, they’re certainly not - cheap. What’s less well known is


. that ;the':118i ,'6r :the. ll8d; CanVbe: yours for less than the price of a half-. ,


. decent Volkswagen - Golf'and . Jhey : feel a '.whole lot more special than : ‘.any mainstream hatch.,About the closest; thing, in terms o f' boutique . feel is probably the Alfa Romeo 147, but this lacks the 1 Series’ impecca­ ble balance. , The BMW 1 Series has established itself as the enthusiast choice in this : sector but the ■


best driving machine is owning a car . that looks a little frumpy.


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Yes, the basic .shap'e is getting a bit easier bn the eye as Chris Bangle’s vi-


, sion swims into view but it’s only with the launch of this three-door variant that Che One gets that added visual. kick that will persuade younger buy­ ers out of their Audi A3s. . 'It’s by no means a cheap car,espe-


.cially when choosing an engine that ■ can: really, exploit' the fundamental -■ . rightness o f ; the' chassis, but if you • can swallow the upfront cost, ongo­ ing bills are comparatively modest.. ■ This is a car that ^offers so many ■


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THE demands placed on city cars grow ever more exacting with ea ch p ass­ ing generation. Time.was when a city ca r n e ed ed only to be small, economi­ cal and cheap to insure. No


longer. The latest Vauxhall Agila


must also satisfy those de­ manding better safety, higher quality, lower emissions and classier styling. First impres­ sions look good. On paper, it looks equipped to tick ail those boxes.,


. As Va'uxhall’s Corsa super-


^ mini has become bigger and ^ more complex, the vacuum k beneath it is even more appar- " cnt. Step forward the second k generation Agila. As with the MKl Agila


model, this is again a design shared with Suzuki (their car’s called the Splash) but Vaux-


I hall thinks their version will k create bigger ripples and be- r come the big fish in the small, I carpond. ^ Although Vauxhall are once f again sharing technology with Suzuki, this time round things are being worked on a rather different basis. This is no out­ dated hand-me-down, the lat­ est Agila sporting a bang up to date chassis and three engines that are certainly class com­ petitive at the very least. The line up opens with a .


64bhp ,1.0-litre three-cylin­ der petrol unit and continues with a punchier 85bhp 1.2-li­ tre powerplant. This engine is ■ also offered with the option of an automatic.gearbox which ; would certainly take the strain out of nose-to-tail city traffic. . The range topper i s . the


74bhp 1.3-litre GDTi diesel ■ that’s also fitted to the Corsa


: and the Tigra. Rather under­ whelming in the larger; heav-' ier cars, it endows the Agila ^ with a reasonable amount o f . oomph.


. > Tlie key criterion that Vaux­


hall wouldn’t diverge from is a requirement for five doors in a city car. Kia showed that this ■ was a strong attractor with its > -


fiye-door Picantb, an other-; - wise fairly unremarkablecar that, garnered; big sales be- cause.buyers didn’t fancy her- - niated discs by hauling a child


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tally flat load floor, serving up a total of 1,050 litres of availa­ ble space. Suzuki Splash sister model aside, no other city car can touch this. The hip point for the front


seat has been deliberately set high to make getting in and out of the car easy, offering a commanding view of the road and taking advantage of that high roofline. The styling is neat and


very well resolved. There’s a certain degree of Mercedes A-Class in the wheel at each corner stance while the rear three-quarter has elements of Renault Modus to it. Overall, the Agila is a very clean and cohesive piece of work. The Agila will need to be


at the top of its game to face down the best in the city car sector. Both Club and Design trim levels are offered with the Club variant delivering basics but little else. It has remote central locking, a CD stereo, front fog lights, the 60/40 split rear seat, electric front win­ dows and electric heated door mirrors. If you want air-conditioning,


you’ll need to pay for it or get a Design model which also adds 15” alloy wheels, tinted glass and a leather steering wheel. Safety kit includes front and side airbags, ABS and EBA brake assist. The 1.0-litre and 1.3-litre CDTi models are now badged ecoFLEX to denote their, fuel effiecency but they aren’t altered in any way. : The A g ila is coming equipped to do battle, with big car features such as optional


:ESP stability control and four . airbags. It will certainly plump Vauxhall’s bottom line up a bit better than the old Agila, a car ,


which failed to make much of a dent in the public conscious­ ness. Vauxhall has wisely re­


trenched and learned its les­ son from that episode, incor­


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, tt a dynamic; wedgy appear- ' apce, albeit to the slight det-"-: ■ nment of a good'view out for ;'; ; shorter kids in the back'. ; v.The rear seat backs can also ;" be folded down to create a to - '


v-,.The Agila integrates those . doors a good deal more clean-;- ■ ly than many city tots, the ris -; mg waistline of the car giving.:


porating the best assets of that car - its space and five-door fomt with the style and engi­ neering of a Ford Ka or a Fiat Panda. ; ■ When it comes to running costs, it’s hard to criticise a car that, in 1.0-litre form, can ex­


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