Big engine + little vehicle = marketing pay dirt. Jim Wangers helped prove this
theorem when Pontiac jammed a Bonneville 389 into a little Tempest way back in
the "Mad Men" era, before the safety and emissions bogeymen crashed the car
party. BMW is dusting off this formula by bringing the tiny, strong-selling
global subcompact 2013 BMW X1 to the U.S. market and wedging its beloved
300-hp/300-lb-ft turbo-six under the hood. No other market gets this dragstrip
drivetrain, and this market offers no direct competitor to the X1 at the moment.
As for versatility, the cargo hold features rubber tie-down floor straps,
tie-down hooks, an elastic strap, and a 40/20/40-percent split-folding rear
seatback that also reclines to 31 degrees for comfort, or to 1 degree bolt
upright to increase the seats-up cargo space by about 2 cubic feet. (Official
SAE dimensions are not yet available, but Euro specs are 14.8 and 47.7 cubic
feet.)
Front-engine, RWD/AWD, 5-pass, 4-door SUV2.0L/241-hp/255-lb-ft turbocharged DOHC 16-valve I-4; 3.0L/300-hp/300-lb-ft turbocharged DOHC 24-valve I-6140-187 / 102-125 kW-hrs/100 miles (est)
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