Besebenzisa ithuba lokwethulwa kochungechunge olusha olunezicabha ezintathu i-1 Series, abakwaBMW baphinde benza kwaziwa uhlobo olumnandi kakhulu lwalolu hlobo, i-M135i.
I-M135i izongena emakethe ngohlobo lwezicabha ezintathu nezinhlanu futhi izoba nenjini... ye… 320 hp!!! Lokhu kuyathembisa… Kuyiqiniso ukuthi iletha ngaphansi kuka-20hp kuno-1 M Coupé Series, kodwa lokhu kubheja okusha kwe-“M Performance” kuza nazo zonke izithakazelo akufanele zishiywe ngemuva kwe-1 M Coupé.
Indlela lezi ezimbili ezisebenza ngayo iyafana njengoba umjaho osuka ku-0 ufinyelele ku-100 km/h uthatha imizuzwana engu-4.9 (ilingana ne-1 M Coupé), kodwa uma bekhetha uhlobo oluno gearbox oshintshwayo odonsa ngamagiya ayisithupha, bazothatha isikhathi eside. imizuzwana engu-0.2 ukufika ku-100 km/h. Ijubane elikhulu liyafana kuwo wonke umuntu, ku-250 km/h, kodwa uma unentshisekelo yokukhipha i-limiter, vele ukhulume nabaphethe iBMW ukuthi bazoyinakekela.
Ngokusho komkhiqizo waseJalimane, inguqulo eqhuma kakhulu yesizukulwane esisha se-Series 1 izosebenzisa isilinganiso esingu-7.5 l/100 km (8.0 l/100 km nge-manual transmission) futhi mayelana nokukhishwa kwe-CO2, izinombolo ezilindelekile ezingaba ngu-175. g/km (188 g/km).
Ngokusobala, lezi zinhlelo ezinhle kakhulu azigcini nje ngenxa yokuqaliswa okulula kwenjini kaphethiloli, i-silinda-cylinder emgqeni we-3.0 TwinPower Turbo, kwakukhona nokulungiswa okuthile ku-"casing" yemoto, okungukuthi ekumisweni okubuyekeziwe futhi. ku-chassis eyehliswa ukuze kuziphathe kangcono emgwaqeni. Isistimu yokubhuleka iphinde yathuthukiswa ngokufakwa kwamadiski angu-360 mm ngaphambili no-350 mm ngemuva.
Ukubukeka kwangaphandle kufana kakhulu… Sonke isitayela sika-“M”. Kodwa qaphela, asisona isimanga, lapha akekho ongenandaba nomsebenzi wokulungiselela okubaluleke kakhulu kwa-BMW. Sibahlonipha kakhulu futhi siyabathanda, kodwa masibhekane nakho, lesi sizukulwane esisha asikhangi kangako futhi sihle kunesangaphambilini…
Umbhalo: Tiago Luís