Parked in front of me is a 2014 BMW X1 xDrive28i. Its key is in my right hand. I look at its squinting eyes and flared nostrils and think, “what a strange bird!” The X1 looks like a safari-ready 3-series, a wagon with a lifted suspension and raised roof. I open the driver’s door, wondering… Continue reading Review: 2014 BMW X1 xDrive28i is the Safari 328i
I’m driving BMW’s latest. “The latest what?” you wonder. The latest marketing-driven snafu is what most hardcore Bimmerphiles would say. You see, the BMW X1 (chassis code F48) is BMW’s first front-wheel-drive platform ever. This breaks the rule that BMWs are RWD driver’s cars at the core and threatens to condemn the X1 as the… Continue reading Review: 2016 BMW X1 xDrive28i
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