BMW is making the M135 scorching hatch even hotter by launching an non-obligatory M Know-how Package deal. It carries the retro-flavored M Technik Paket II title in Germany the place the configurator already consists of this improve. It prices €3,700 and brings further underfloor bracing components together with beefier piston rods for the entrance shock absorbers. As well as, there are aluminum anti-roll bars to enhance rigidity.
However wait, there’s extra. The M Know-how Package deal tailor-made to the flagship 1 Collection has 19-inch cast wheels with M Compound brakes. Obtainable as a separate choice as properly, the upgraded brakes have 385-mm entrance and 330-mm rear discs. You possibly can inform them aside because of the grey calipers bearing an M emblem. There are four-piston fastened calipers on the entrance axle and single-piston floating calipers on the rear.
Sport tires are included however BMW provides you the choice of sticky observe rubber. In your cash’s price, the German luxurious model additionally equips the M135 with the M Sport entrance seats with an illuminated M emblem. Rounding off the record of niceties is the total Shadowline therapy with shiny black accents. These lengthen to the kidney grille, headlights, and the M135-exclusive quad exhaust ideas.
In its home market, the M135 with the M Know-how Package deal begins at €61,700. For less than €200 extra, you can purchase an M240i xDrive as a substitute and luxuriate in its inline-six engine. This isn’t even the most costly 1 Collection cash can purchase since a completely loaded configuration prices about €70,000.
The Know-how Package deal is considered one of a number of updates BMW is already making to the “F70.” There’s now a three-cylinder 116 base model together with a 123 xDrive. As well as, new colours akin to M Brooklyn Gray, Fireplace Crimson, and Particular person Tanzanite Blue might be obtainable from November. Inside, a Darkish Chrome trim might be normal on all variations, apart from the M135.
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