The latest F40 BMW
1 Series has been launched in Singapore, with BMW Asia and Performance Motors
Limited (PML) offering two variants – 118i M Sport and 118i Luxury Line – to
customers there. For now, there’s only pricing for the former, which goes for
SGD 157,888 inclusive of COE, while the latter will only be revealed
later on.
In 118i guise, both
variants feature a 1.5 litre turbocharged three-cylinder with 140 PS and 220 Nm of torque. Paired to the motor is a seven-speed dual-clutch
Steptronic transmission, allowing for a century sprint time of 8.5 seconds and
top speed of 213 km/h. Drive goes the front wheels, as you probably already
know by now, and if you haven’t, here’s some further reading.
Other features
present include the actuator contiguous wheel slip limitation (ARB) technology
lifted from the BMW i3s, which is joined by BMW Performance Control (yaw moment
distribution) system that suppresses any initial understeer to provide the car
with a neutral steering behaviour.
Available equipment
for the Singapore-market 1 Series includes full-LED headlamps and taillights,
18-inch alloy wheels for the M Sport model (17-inch alloys for the Luxury
Line), BMW Live Cockpit Professional, a head-up display and backlit trim
strips.
Other items include
Cruise Control with braking function, and Driving Assistant, which comprises
the Lane Change Warning system, Proactive Driving Assistant, rear collision
warning and crossing traffic warning.
For the launch of
the 1 Series in Singapore, PML also announced an exclusive partnership with
Lazada, allowing allows customers to place a SGD 500 booking fee on
the BMW LazMall store to secure a special interest rate of 1.18% for one of 11
units of the 118i M Sport. Bookings for subsequent units of will be subject to
a booking fee of SGD 118 and prevailing interest rates at the time of
application.
