*When you buy a BMW 5 Series SE. Can birds also fix the 540i into a Alpina light? Never heard a bad word about it. From £78,465 . * Find out more. Lateral grip levels aren’t massive – they’re still comfortably inferior to Through second and third-gear corners, the differential tenses up in such a way that not only is drive preserved on either side of the car but also the driver has an instinctive and unusually well-defined awareness of the limits of grip and traction.You can therefore choose to nudge right up against that point, or you can push through it – and the latter you can do either with incrementally more throttle or lots more throttle. These hot hatches are made for 3 door versions. If the not compulsory Navigation product is fixed, the high-resolution main 8.8-inch display comes in touchscreen display form.

Negative scrub radius is useful for high-speed stability on fast European roads but makes less sense on British roads, where agility is more important.The real reason people head to Birds, however, is because of the work it puts into the chassis, and this particular M140i’s taut and controlled low-speed ride augurs well. The kit really does transform the car as described, waaaaay better than the stock setup and I am still really happy with it. There are potential customers who rarely, if ever, need the rear seats but value the large boot space with the rear seats folded down.

The Quaife ATB Helical LSD differential transforms your car's performance by substantially reducing or eliminating wheelspin, preventing the onset of traction control intervention, thus maintaining full engine power and acceleration on demand. The set sports chairs are helpful and have electrically-adjustable side increases that hug you during hard cornering, while internal area is great for a car owner who wants to be cocooned in a decent area behind the rim but less for other residents.The new BMW 1-Series is prepared with the newest creation of iDrive os as conventional. Apart from causing some discomfort, this hyperactivity saps driver confidence, because the rubber patches through which all of its 335bhp meets the road are constantly shifting in unpredictable fashion.Birds’ changes are transformative in this respect, and through faster sweepers there’s the palpable sensation of the rear suspension uniformly kneading the wheels down into the road as the hatchback body remains supple but controlled above it.

The price for updates would be worth for me.This sounds like a great car BUT why oh why is it only in 5 door guise? Effectively a free upgrade if you can bear to wait for the concrete boots to wear out Most M-lites (140i, 240i) come with Michelin Pilot Supersport non-RFT tyres anyway :)jer - 540i (the G30 version) has quite a nice planted, supple (and quiet) ride from the factory on MSport passive suspension, especially once you ditch the runflats and if you keep to 19's or smaller. Other wearing guiding, M Game revocation, M Game foot brake, driving experience and powerful balance management program.2019 BMW X6 Release date, Redesign, Review, Interior It’s basically that, apart from a sportier leader and a more up-to-date iDrive program that’s still playing catch-up with more recent designs from Munich. For one thing, the engine, with its new and bespoke map, feels fabulous: after an urgent but linear ascent, power essentially peaks at the 7000rpm redline, and yet there’s torque enough to haul you rapidly but lazily out of 30mph villages in fifth gear.Chassis and body are also far more sweetly in tune with one another than with the original M140i, whose rear axle in particular rarely settles. How does it all feel? Birds has, however, tempered BMW’s overly generous negative scrub radius, primarily by widening the front track a touch. Ts&Cs apply. Steering is a bit numb and slow but not much to be done about that.

This 2020 BMW M140i is the nearest we’ll get to a full-fat M Department 1-series, but that does not mean that it comes from the hot hatch out party half-cocked.BMW internal in the last six years? It's disappointing that 3 door hatches are disappearing.Potentially they were selling too few of these to be worth it for them, same happened to Golf GTI.I own a Birds M240i with Quaife diff and their Bilstein based B2 suspension. Plus a complimentary M Sport upgrade. BMW (UK) Ltd is a credit broker not a lender. It means that to be commercial (and to even have the order accepted by Bilstein etc), they need to them put a certain number of sets into production. For example, the B2 suspension is not that much different to the off-the shelf- Bilstein B12 pro suspension which is less than half price at around £600....or £800 fitted. Underneath it, you will find tweaked suspension geometry, painstakingly revised springs and dampers, The point of the endeavour has been not to create some monstrous would-be Porsche-slayer but simply to unfurl the potential of an underwhelming factory-standard effort regarded by many as an opportunity missed. The car’s rebound damping is especially impressive, and so crests, potholes and corrugations don’t jaggedly disrupt your enjoyment.All of this provides the canvas for the car’s party-piece, which is the work done by the Quaife LSD in conjunction with solidly dependable but relatively ordinary Goodyear Eagle F1 tyres. Also, 5 doors ruin the look of the car.

Total outlay is around £7000, but if your budget doesn't stretch, it's the Dynamics Package and short-shifter you should prioritise. It doesn’t matter, because the ensuing slide develops naturally and cleanly and, incidentally, without any real understeer to speak of beforehand. The Exchange Quaife BMW Final Drive is a direct replacement for the standard M140i and M240i. Might be worth a call to see what they can do though! Kudos. M140i owners, form an orderly queue.Bilstein make excellent passive shocks. I was lucky enough to get mine for £1600 fitted on a group buy deal. Birds BMW 1 Series M140i 2020 UK review; Birds BMW 1 Series M140i 2020 UK review .