The exception is the latest performance range-topper, the M135i xDrive, and as you can probably guess from the name, all four wheels are driven. Effectively, the M135i shares its powertrain with ...

Enough revisions have been made to the updated car for BMW to give it a new model code – changing from F40 to F70 – and the .

It may not be as romantic on the absolute limit, but it is better in every measurable way, and still feels distinctly BMW despite moving to ... to be proven wrong though. For the F40 generation, the 1 ...

as was every other model in BMW's long history – to that point. Ironically, though, the F40 1 Series' performance flagship remains the all-wheel drive (AWD) M135i xDrive, but now it has a FWD ...

Is the BMW M135 ... via an xDrive system, but this is set up with a front-wheel bias, which might be a surprise to M car fans, as well as owners of the previous rear-drive M135i/M140i models.