Spy Shots: ’07 BMW 1-Series Convertible

Is there room for a sub-3er ragtop?

by Hans Lehmann/Hidden Image (2006-02-06)

BMW is set to show a new three-door version of the 1-Series at next month's Geneva Motor Show. But the hardtop won't be the only new version of BMW's smallest model to emerge in the coming year.

These are the very first pictures of the future 1-Series Convertible, taken during a short test drive in Munich 's city traffic. The prototype in the photos still wears some disguise, but its canvas top is still clearly visible.

While the 1-Series three-door will be in dealerships this summer across Europe, the convertible's launch is expected to be on hold until a year from now. A U.S. launch, if it happens, would be even later.

Link w/spy photos: http://www.thecarconnection.com/Enthusiast...S178.A9981.html

That actually looks pretty good, especially considering what the rest of the 1-series looks like.

Nice, now wheres the M1 vert?

So cute I want to give it a hug and tell it to have a sleepover wiht it's MiniCoop cousin.

Nice, now wheres the M1 vert?

If I were BMW, I wouldn't want to give an entry-level (it being the high-performance notwithstanding) car the same name that once graced my high-dollar supercar.

Edited February 7, 200620 yr by Variance

They won't need to, the coupes may be called 2-series.

If I were BMW, I wouldn't want to give an entry-level (it being the high-performance notwithstanding) car the same name that once graced my high-dollar supercar.

I wasn't being serious, but I have never heard of the M1. I was just applying M5 and M3 to the 1 series. But that 1 series conv looks like a car I would buy, provided the engines make enough power.

They should just call it the Isetta :AH-HA_wink: :

The BMW 1-Series Cabriolet. God, you must really want a BMW.

BMW, The Ultimate in Driving You Insane.