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The black saphire metallic cabriolet had several obvious swirl marks and scratchs on the hood. Haha. Black is such a pain. Even if it's a brand new car.

The 17" sized rims look well balanced on the 1 Series. Unlike the stupidly small 16" wheels they put on the base E90 in Europe and Canada. Slipstone...errr...I mean Bridgestone Runflats come standard of course. Sigh.

Considerable emphasis was made by the rep about the Cabriolet's great insulated (sound/heat) fabric folding roof. Roof folds flat in 20 seconds and can be operated while driving (up to 50km/h). Materials are apparently borrowed from the 6 Series Cabriolet sister. You can also get fabric with metallic (?) thread woven into the material that gives the fabric roof a metallic sheen.