Based on the new BMW 1 Series Coupé and presented this week at the Tokyo Motor Show 2007, this design study is a further development of BMW’s compact two-door with a focus on sportiness.

With its aerodynamically optimised body, a wide range of lightweight features serving to minimise the weight of the car and its axle load distribution, as well as an interior tailored specifically to the ambitious driver, this concept study offers a high level of driving dynamics right from the start.

BMW Concept 1 Series tii offers a rendition of the brand’s sporting genes, at the same time endeavouring to support the not-so-highly desired 'character' of BMW’s compact two-door.

In its design, BMW Concept 1 Series tii takes up the traditional features and characteristics of BMW sports cars of the past.

At first sight, the beholder will see features which made numerous BMW Coupés a success on both the road and the race track back in the 1960s and ’70s.

These were cars characterised by compact dimensions, low weight with perfect balance front-to-rear, as well as then powerful engines conveying their muscle to the rear wheels.

Particularly the BMW 02 introduced back in 1966 was acknowledged as a worthy vehicle for the time.

And now the new BMW 1 Series Coupé represents a similar philosophy: Light, agile, and powerful, this compact two-door with its sporting handling provides another attempt to 'spark-up' the BMW 1-Series.