[svandamme]

I think it's just because they listened to the wrong crowd..
The people who had a 1 series said, need more room, need more this, need more that, it's to stiff. blablabablabla

So they ruined the 1 series instead of pointing out that they have bigger BMW's with softer rides for those who need it..

all the time they make the cars bigger and bigger and bigger
The 3 series now, is as big as a 5 series used to be
a 5 is now the size of an old 7

the 7 now, is about as big as Battleship Bismarck used to be.

So they added to 1, which was about the size of an old 3.

What will they do , when the next 1 is the size of an oil tanker again?
introduce the 0.1 series? It's stupid.

all want, is an affordable 2 seater, RWD and a decent suspension.
I don't care about the rear passengers room cause i don't have rear passengers.

Why bother with all the eco crap if you going to make cars that are to big for the drivers needs?
I'm pretty sure they can give me teh same performance as BF1 and the economy of B-1B, if only they took BF-1, and made it a sports coupe with just 2 seats and a boot.
They could loose 250 kilos that way, and make the car cheaper.. And if anybody wants 4 seats. No problem that's what all the other BMW's have.