BMW's 1 Series is a new to the USA line of small, nimble BMWs that offer your choice of really powerful or merely powerful engines mated with a sweet-shifting six-speed manual or non-pareil five-speed automatic.
And they're not, for a change, ugly. Rather, the look vaguely recalls BMW's CS coupe of the 1960s and '70s
Where can we hang crepe on that?
Maybe reliability? We've all heard stories. But, no, the data show something different. Most BMW models now earn a "recommended" from Consumer Reports magazine, a rating given only when the model has at least average reliability. And in the last vehicle dependability study by J.D. Power and Associates — which measures problems with 3-year-old vehicles — the BMW brand ranked seventh of 38, a very good showing.
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