BMW 1 Series Coupe

[BMWDave]

Not sure if this is a chop.  What do you think?

[TBR]

Decent, but I wish it was stretched out more and that the rear deck was flatter.  

[ifcar]

It looks like someone took a normally-proportioned car and squished in on it to make it about a foot too short (in length). Probably a chop anyway.

[TBR]

It looks like someone took a normally-proportioned car and squished in on it to make it about a foot too short (in length). Probably a chop anyway.

Exactly and I sure hope so.  

[giant_mtb]

It's alright...the only flaw is that the front overhang is ridiculously short and it looks way out of prportion to the rest of the car because the rear overhang is much larger...That kind of stuff bugs me...  :ph34r:  

[Secret Chimp]

The 1-series is too small to make a coupe out of. It'd look like a circus car.

[mazda6er]

longer hood = not hideous

[Tom]

Hyunai Accents should be flattered  

[Raza]

The 1-series is too small to make a coupe out of. It'd look like a circus car.

What sense does that make?  Small cars look better as coupes.  Just like a Corvette would look weird with four doors.

[giant_mtb]

The 1-series is too small to make a coupe out of. It'd look like a circus car.

Well look how small the Z3 is.

[SJ_GTI]

The 2-series will be about the size of the RSX/Tc/etc...

As for the front overhang...the smaller the better.    

[TBR]

The 2-series will be about the size of the RSX/Tc/etc...

As for the front overhang...the smaller the better.  

If the wheelbase was longer I would agree with you, but this car just looks disporportionately short.  

[BMWDave]

The 2-series will be about the size of the RSX/Tc/etc...

As for the front overhang...the smaller the better. 

If the wheelbase was longer I would agree with you, but this car just looks disporportionately short.

I agree with you.  I sure hope this is a chop.

[SJ_GTI]

Well, its almost definitely a chop.

1-series wheelbase: 104.7
1-series Length: 166.4

RSX wheelBase: 101.2
RSX-length: 172.4

Tc wheelbase: 106.3
Tc Length: 174.0

As you can see it will definitely have small overhangs, but size-wize it should be a fairly typical compact coupe.

[850CSi]

It's a chop for sure.

[BMWDave]

It's a chop for sure.

I hope so...it looks way too stubby.  Does anyone have spy shots of the coupe?

[TBR]

It's a chop for sure.

I hope so...it looks way too stubby.  Does anyone have spy shots of the coupe?

No, all I have is this rendering (from the April 2004 issue of R&T) which looks very similar to the rendering that is the feature of this thread:


(sorry for the file size, I didn't feel like compressing it more)  

[BMWDave]

It's a chop for sure.

I hope so...it looks way too stubby.  Does anyone have spy shots of the coupe?

No, all I have is this rendering (from the April 2004 issue of R&T) which looks very similar to the rendering that is the feature of this thread:


(sorry for the file size, I didn't feel like compressing it more)

They look like renderings done by the same person.