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Originally Posted by PrematureApex
Actually, it's all E90 xdrive underneath. So it was certainly "designed" to perform "best" at a much lower height. Minus the hatch configuration, they literally just put longer springs on a 3-series unibody.
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But you can't just swap in lowering springs (without rubbing or other interference) right? Also, I would assume that the shocks are different, in order to operate at the different height.
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While I don't find that lowering a car a couple inches is "changing too much", when the N55 X1 came out, what was the "right car" to buy instead of lowering/cleaning up the handling of the X1?
A smaller FWD GTI or Focus ST? A more expensive, slower 328 wagon?
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I will agree that cars like the Golf R (which came years later) have made it a little harder to justify modifying an X1 (unless you really need that little bit more space the X1 offers).
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When shopping for cars at the start of 2017, I still had this sort of dilemma. There aren't many hatchbacks to begin with, and fewer fun ones.
I guess Golf R was a possibility in theory, but at $45K and no dealing, that is kind of a non-starter, not to mention overkill. However, the GTI seemed like a great idea. Audi's version of it is now an electric, and thus really expensive. I like the GLA, but not quite as sporting.
Picked up this used X1 that I wasn't really looking for. I guess I assumed that all of the X models were pure SUVs. I'm like... hatchback.. BMW. Why didn't I know about this?