Is the new BMW 128ti a Golf GTI slayer?

BMW keeps adding ever more derivatives to tempt prospects into an F40 1 Series five-door hatchback. Having topped-out the line-up with the M135i xDrive, there remained a gap below it, that space having now been filled by the 128ti. Down on power it might be, but lacking AWD, this new, lighter car may even be better than the sublime M135i.

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