Why you should buy the 2008 BMW 128i Convertible: You just found out that the Botox you had injected straight into your eyelid didn't leak into your brain thereby ending an existence that has, up to now, been mostly pointless. No longer. Your new life is going to have meaning, you're going to shun materialism and…

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The 2008 BMW 128i Convertible manages to put its best face forward, with wide headlights that add a new dimension to the brand's rigid look and set the 1-Series apart from the big brother 3. In profile, you'll have to buy into the flame surfacing and its fear of straight lines, which shouldn't be…

Piloting the 2008 BMW 1-series Convertible out into a crowded street, top down, I couldn't help but feel a little self-conscious. I'm not much for the attention drawn by convertibles, and this is a shiny, brand-new BMW convertible. No less than three minutes into my journey I'm stopped by someone on the street who…

We can imagine that tuners have been anxious to start hawking their gear for the 2008 BMW 1-Series as the car has a lot of potential and lacks an "M" version. HARTGE, which also tunes the hatch version, has their first round of offerings available and they include the expected wheel/tire combinations, an adjustable sport …

Detroit Auto Show: Besides the X6 WTF SAV, BMW has a very expensive 1-series convertible to sell you. $34,000 may not get you the twin-turbo I-6, but you can bathe your newborn in the backseat.

Say guten tag to BMW's latest cabrio. It's the droptop version of the 1-Series that debuted earlier this year. We've already seen the press shots, back in October. But after all those months, BMWs come up with a suitable US base price of $34,000 to start. That's for the 128i; no word on the 135i convertible, which is…

The guys over at Kicking Tires have the scoop on pricing today, with announcements for both the BMW 1-Series and Mini Clubman. BMW's Mini Clubman is going to start out just under the $20K mark at $19,950 for the stock version (before all the real charges) and $23,450 for the turbocharged Clubman S. That's a premium of…

One of the first pre-production BMW 128i models was spotted earlier today on the 210 in Los Angeles, fairly near the Bumbeck compound. Apparently this car — or one exactly like it — has been seen in the area by at least one other forum member. BMW staff, or select others, are likely confirming the coupe's worthiness in …

Whether or not you think the new BMW 1-Series is the spiritual successor to the beloved 2002, or just a message of false hope from Munich, the car's entry date is set. BMW 128i fan site, ahem, BMW128i.com, procured two images from a BMW Flash page. The slideshow compares the coming 1er to the 1968 BMW 2002, and…

The 2008 BMW 1-Series coupe has been officially, though somewhat anticlimactically, released. Considering most of the specs and details of the new four-seater rear-drive coupe have made their way online this past week, we're surprised the BMW PR team has anything else to talk about. But they've found a few things,…