SA Racer compares 1M to e30

[wannaBMthree]

1:22



Two cars I'd love to have. If they'd ever bring em to the states!

Say what you want about its looks, sounds like the 1M is the closes thing to a drivers car from BMW in a while.

[BlackbirdM3]

Well, the lap times tell all. The window line on both (all new cars for that matter) is still WAY too high reducing rear visibility. A station wagon just makes it worse since the back window is so far away from the driver. The test driver does make a good point, awd is easy to drive and for lack of a better way to state it, boring.

If I had to take one or the other, the BMW would be my choice.

Will

[Kershaw]

the window line is that high for roll over protection, fyi.

[Roysneon]

Pretty neat.

[Brezzi]

reviews like these have been making me strangely want a new bmw the same way I wanted a e46 gtr in the beginning of high school.

[VinniE30]

Don't let him fool you it's nothing like an e30.

[e30e]

Don't let him fool you it's nothing like an e30.

Yea the 1m IS better.

[Thizzelle]

just race out an e30 is what he's saying and you'll have the same thing. Gruppe A that Shizz

[Teaguer]

Two cars I'd love to have. If they'd ever bring em to the states!
... sounds like the 1M is the closes thing to a drivers car from BMW in a while.

The 1M is available in the US and has been here for a little while.
It is so much of a drivers car that several local e30 M3 owners & racers have given up their E30 M3's in favor of owning and driving the 1M.


Here's a clip of the same two cars running head tp head in the 1/4mi.

[BlackbirdM3]

the window line is that high for roll over protection, fyi.

I have a better idea, don't roll the car. I'm just shy of 6'2 and I can't see out the back of most cars, it drives me crazy. It takes a stupidly large amount of work to put a car on its top. I'd rather know what is behind me at all times (so I don't back over the little kid on a bike who isn't tall enough to be seen through the overly high rear window. There is a reason you loose points taking a DMV driving test by not turning and looking where you are backing up, and no the mirror doesn't count.) I'll take my chances with a roll over if I can see out the back.

Will

[M3TROY]

good car just UGLY as shit ;)

[Zasz]

good car just UGLY as shit ;)

[Victell]

Doesnt matter how big the flares or how raked it is, the 1M, like all other 1s look like a chick car. Cute booty, droopy side sills, and shaped like a bar of Dove soap.

[wannaBMthree]

If I had to take one or the other, the BMW would be my choice.

well of course, but for days like today, snowing in Portland, I'd love to have an RS3. Would be nice to have a german subaru killer for the mountains as well.

The 1M is available in the US and has been here for a little while. It is so much of a drivers car that several local e30 M3 owners & racers have given up their E30 M3's in favor of owning and driving the 1M.

Hardly Available ;) Guess BMW doesn't want them to eat into m3 sales.

[J308]

Doesnt matter how big the flares or how raked it is, the 1M, like all other 1s look like a chick car. Cute booty, droopy side sills, and shaped like a bar of Dove soap.

Yeah, this.