[Neusser]

Originally Posted by No one

Only in a sad sense: it's FWD just as the current 1 Series. If FWD wasn't something I'd ABSOLUTELY hate to return to I'd (have) love(d) to consider a recent(/current?) Mini JCW (3 door, MT, of course) but "luckily"(?) I had an even more insurmountable reason to skip that.

I have to agree. There is no substitute for RWD, with the exception of rear-biased AWD.

Sadly, some day, BMW will probably go full FWD, as the profits over product mentality seems to have hit nearly every industry over the past 15 years or so.

[tturedraider]

Originally Posted by Neusser

I have to agree. There is no substitute for RWD, with the exception of rear-biased AWD.

Sadly, some day, BMW will probably go full FWD, as the profits over product mentality seems to have hit nearly every industry over the past 15 years or so.

Exceedingly unlikely