2008 BMW 128i Convertible Review
My biggest kvetch about the BMW 1-Series: price. When you compare the 1-Series to the more practical 3-Series, the cheaper 1 might as well have a bone through its nose and wear a Fine Young Cannibals T-shirt. Still, no one ever lost any money selling BMWs to well-heeled consumers whose desire for status trumps… everything. Given that the majority of the brand’s fan base are insensitive to matters of relative worth– other than new hotness– the drop-top 128i has less of a hill to climb than the rest of the “I’m-not-a-3-Series, not yet an icon” 1ers. So, does it?
The 128i convertible is drop-dead sexy– provided a well dressed fat person flicks your Bic. Although the 1 drips with BMW jewelry and figure-hiding flame surfacing, the car looks as if Bangle’s Boyz loaded a 3-Series picture onto their computer, and then stretched the image vertically. The 128i’s high belt line Bobbleheads its blingmeisters. Still, the design IS unforgettable, in both the positive and negative sense, depending on whose name is on registration.
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