SPIED: Step Aside A3 And CLA - BMW 1-Series Is Ready Steal Your Thunder!

Step aside Audi A3 Sedan and Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class! BMW is bringing out its own small sedan in the next few years and it’s going to be front-wheel drive as well. Codenamed F52, the front-wheel drive BMW 1 Series Sedan was just caught testing on public roads by our trusty spy photographers for the first time.

 Just earlier today we were writing about the success Audi’s cheap, entry-level sedan (the A3) and Mercedes-Benz’s own 4-door Coupe CLA-Class (a sedan in our book as well) are recording in the US. It turns out, BMW was listening and is developing its own rival.
 

cidflekken - 9/4/2014 5:29:12 PM

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Great another intra-bred BMW clone.

Car4Life - 9/4/2014 5:44:06 PM

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Lol, the CLA is ready to prepare another butt whooping

MattDarringer - 9/4/2014 8:03:10 PM

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The Mini platform that this is based on is a darty, torque steering design. The A3 is pure GTI and the CLA is almost as good.

HoustonMidtown - 9/4/2014 8:32:30 PM

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Ready to steal the thunder.....in a few years....ha ha

Yonder7 - 9/5/2014 10:32:14 AM

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The Backbone of BMW is basically the 3/4 series, all other cars are good but not to the 3/4 series level to keep it up with the competence, Which is not bad as long as BMW keeps the Sport Identity, but hopefully this new car will be a real hit.

GermanNut - 9/6/2014 5:50:37 PM

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BMW is known for its RWD platform not FWD. Audi, on the other hand, has built quite the reputation for building compact real wheel drive cars that are competent.

The 1-Series will be no easy task for BMW. Audi's A3 sedan has given the Mercedes-Benz CLA the smack down in comparison tests and is almost matching it in sales before even the TDI, S3 and Cabriolet models have reached most dealers.