130i Coupe?

[Mr_Yogi]

Quick question, did BMW ever make a 130i Coupe (E82?)? And if not why?

[Mr_Yogi]

driver67 said:

They made a 125i in the coupe which uses the same engine as the 130i, just detuned.

It can be remapped to just below 130i levels.

That's what prompted my question. There are quite a few 125i's for sale and I noticed these had a 3.0 engine I assumed there must be 130i's out there too. Especially as the 130i hatch was quite talked about and seemingly well liked.

[Mr_Yogi]

smith94 said:

Wonder why they never did?

Surely would have been pretty popular and its not like they would have had to engineer anything new for it, just rummage around in the parts bin.

Exactly my thoughs, although maybe there were worried it would poach sales from the 330i coupe?