BMW M140i xdrive

[MichalPH]

Yes, another "junior supercar" thread

Since it's nearing it's production run, there will be some nice discounts... Conveniently, I will be changing my company car at the end of the year. Does anyone have any experience with the xdrive variant? On paper it looks like a 991 C4 for a third of the price

Michal

[LasseV]

WTF, junior supercar? Eh?

[Jimmy Recard]

I didn't know there was an xDrive version of the M140i

[Tashadog]

There is no xDrive M140i or M240i in the UK

[w8pmc]

Junior Supercar

I'd be speaking through gritted teeth to even suggest it's a Junior M, but that's the best you'll get.

If true to form, that would make the M5/6 Hypercars.


To answer the original question though, i've no idea as have only ever owned one non M BMW & that was an M-Sport (basically what the M140 is) & never driven a non X variant AWD BMW.

[Car-Matt]

for me X-drive dulls the steering to a point where i don't like it compared to the rwd version. I dont see the attraction of an x-driver version myself.....if you want good winter performance it will be more than capable on the correct tyres.

[Mike335i]

Given all the weather we have recently had, I think that RWD is absolutely fine in the UK. I have been fine in a knackered old loan 1 series with Rapid P609 (ditchfinders) on the rears, even in the worst of the weather!

[MichalPH]

The "junior supercar" is a long story, when 135i was new and hyped on this forum... An inside joke

I live outside UK. Local journalists love the xdrive variant, but I don't really trust their opinions...

Michal

[Jimmy Recard]

MichalPH said:

The "junior supercar" is a long story, when 135i was new and hyped on this forum... An inside joke

I live outside UK. Local journalists love the xdrive variant, but I don't really trust their opinions...

Michal

Ah, then this unfortunately probably isn't the best site to find out about the car. I'm interested to find out that there is an xDrive version - I'd like to try one too

[Actus Reus]

I recall the junior supercar thread - I think the poster was hyping the 135 over a Golf R and described it thus.

The xDrive variant was tested against the Golf R by Auto Motor and Sport at the time, as well as the S3. Given that BMW seem to keen to push xDrive I was surprised that it never came here. As I recall, though, the Golf won that test, narrowly beating the BM.

[MichalPH]

All the comparison tests I've seen against Golf R / S3 were won by the BMW. It doesn't understeer like the haldex bunch at the limit apparently.

[duckson]

Actus Reus said:

Given that BMW seem to keen to push xDrive I was surprised that it never came here.

Apparently it doesn’t physically fit in a RHD setup with the 3L engine.
You can obviously get xdrive but in a 120d for example (my brother has one).