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[harpoon]

There's a small review of the 135 in July Wheels mag. It won best sports coupe under 150k. Beat the 335, TT, Cayman, S5, Z4M, RX8 and 350z.

To quote : "the 135i walked away from them all- by a country mile''

I also saw a a review in New car buyer which also gave it 5 stars.

:thumbup:

[Mr_D]

Originally Posted by harpoon

There's a small review of the 135 in July Wheels mag. It won best sports coupe under 150k. Beat the 335, TT, Cayman, S5, Z4M, RX8 and 350z.

To quote : "the 135i walked away from them all- by a country mile''

I also saw a a review in New car buyer which also gave it 5 stars.

:thumbup:

Hey Harpoon,
have you seen the UK auto show "Fifth Gear"?
They recently tested the 135 coupe against the Cayman.
Really interesting.... a snippet of that episode is here ...
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/113168...n_vs_bmw_135i/

[harpoon]

Yeh i saw it on you tube a while ago thanks. The whole segment is on youtube if you just do a quick search. cheers

[DTNJNQ]

I've got the latest Wheels Magazine. In fact BMW's won 8 out of the 16 categories and came second in 3 categories

[d3syd]

Originally Posted by DTNJNQ

I've got the latest Wheels Magazine. In fact BMW's won 8 out of the 16 categories and came second in 3 categories

Yes amazing how many BMWs there are there. Sort of like the international engine awards..... another BMW dominated result.

[Kris]

Ill have to picture Wheels tomorrow! Good goin the 1er

[Guran]

Originally Posted by DTNJNQ

I've got the latest Wheels Magazine. In fact BMW's won 8 out of the 16 categories and came second in 3 categories

Yeh I saw that, pretty amazing result for BMW ... wins in the following eight categories:

Premium Compact
Premium Mid-Large
Convertibles
Sports Sedan
Sports Roadsters
Sports Coupes
Hot Hatches
Medium SUVs

The only categories that BMW are in but didn't win was Premium Medium (325i beaten by MB C280) and Compact SUVs (X3 beaten by Outlander). [not sure where you're third category came from DTNJNQ???]

It would have been interesting to see where the JCW Cooper S would have slotted in considering that it will come with DSC as standard and that was the only thing stopping the regular Cooper S from winning the hot hatch category.

[professor]

150k is a very generous cutoff and yet the 135 wins it! that is remarkable.

[Templedogg]

I need to get a copy of that mag, I will have to see if I can get a subscription in the states, their website looks nice too. Is it a good all around car mag?

[DTNJNQ]

Originally Posted by Guran

[not sure where you're third category came from DTNJNQ???]

I haven't got the magazine with me at the moment however, I think I was referring to the 335i coming second in the same category as the 135i

[DTNJNQ]

Originally Posted by Templedogg

I need to get a copy of that mag, I will have to see if I can get a subscription in the states, their website looks nice too. Is it a good all around car mag?

It's one of the two main magazines in Australia. The other magazine is Motor.

[shauno]

Originally Posted by Guran

It would have been interesting to see where the JCW Cooper S would have slotted in considering that it will come with DSC as standard and that was the only thing stopping the regular Cooper S from winning the hot hatch category.

Saw a survey a few months back on Sydney women how they rate cars in terms of the male driver. They said the Mini Cooper was most likely to be driven by Gay's and the car they liked guys to drive the most was the new Range Rover. :thumbup:

[harpoon]

Originally Posted by Templedogg

I need to get a copy of that mag, I will have to see if I can get a subscription in the states, their website looks nice too. Is it a good all around car mag?

It's one of the 2 car magazines in Australia. Motor magazine is more performance focused and Wheels is more for your normal day to day drivers cars. Though they are both quite good.

I would get a Motor subscription over Wheels. I just bought it 'casue it had the 135 in it:thumbup:

[d3syd]

Originally Posted by harpoon

It's one of the 2 car magazines in Australia. Motor magazine is more performance focused and Wheels is more for your normal day to day drivers cars. Though they are both quite good.

I would get a Motor subscription over Wheels. I just bought it 'casue it had the 135 in it:thumbup:

Both mags come from the same publisher (APC), and both are good. I have been a Wheels subscriber for the last 25 years. I always place a fair bit of credence on their opinion.

[smarm]

I actually just picked up a copy of Top Gear Australia (!!!!!!!) from a roadhouse 150km outside of Katherine in the NT (I've spent the past month working up in Tennant Creek).

I'll cancel my wheels subscription which was a present and change it over, Wheels was rubbish, this new TG magazine is the best of the british with a *lot* of Aussie stuff.

Meanwhile, they too rank the 135 highly. Flawless was how they concluded the article.

[harpoon]

So is it an Australian magazine Smarm? I occasionally buy Topgear UK but it's $18.50 ...hard to justify

[smarm]

Yes, it is!

$7.95, with content from the up to date UK issue, not the $8 delayed 3 month jobbie.

[WAY]

Top Gear Australia? I have to check it out...

[Wraith]

Originally Posted by WAY

Top Gear Australia? I have to check it out...

I checked it out last night :smile:

Very favourable towards the 135i coupe scoring 18/20 :thumbup:

It was was the highest rated score I read on quite a number of different car types being reviewed, BMW is definitely onto a winner with this car !!!

[harpoon]

Yeh a bloke at work brought it in today. Great mag. Great value and not 15 articles on friggin holdens and fords.

And they love the 135 so it must be good.

[WAY]

I am guesssing that they released this new mag because Top Gear Australia will be on TV shortly...

[Zuzu]

For some reason in that same article in the "Convertibles Under $100K" section, they opted for the 125i Convertible and it still came first ahead of the 325i vert which placed third..

So where does it place the 135i convertible..??