SPIED: Are These Pictures Of The Next-Gen 1-Series OR Upcoming 1-Series M1/iS/Tii?

Although our friends at CAR Magazine seem to be confident that these pictures depict the next-generation 1-Series, I cannot be so sure.

With leaked information coming out of Canada that a 335iS is in the works, we can be about 80 percent sure that a 135iS/M1/Tii is in the works. Especially since Autocar confirmed it a week ago.

The question remains what is THIS though? With a widened rear track, could it be an all-new 1 or merely testing for the latest sport version of the 1-Series? It looks awfully similar to the test car that was spotted by 1Addicts late last year.

Personally, I think it is a 1-Series Tii/iS/M1, whatever it is BMW is doing. Go, BMW, GO!

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CAR reports:

"These are the first pictures of the new BMW 1-series Coupé coming in 2012. Caught cold-weather testing in Scandinavia, this is an early mule for the next-gen coupé: prototypes of the regular 1-series hatchback have been spied on the road for a while now.

Nice pictures, but will the real BMW 1-series Coupé be a looker?

That’s the plan. BMW’s current 1-series – whether in three- or five-door hatch, or coupé and cabriolet form – looks rather awkward. For the Gen-2 1-series, BMW’s design team will massage the looks to keep the identifiable traits (kidney grill, ’angle eye’ lights, Hofmeister kink), but aim to make the company’s smallest car beautiful in order to fend off the forthcoming Audi A1..."