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24 September 2024The interior of the 1 Series displays plenty of premium sheen and M Sport trim adds some extra ‘sporty’ styling elements that aren’t as cheesy as they could be.
The M Sport seats are comfy and enveloping, the seating position is good and visiblity is decent all round.
You can easily reach all the key controls with plenty of steering wheel-mounted buttons and pleasingly tactile controls on the centre console.
The infotainment is BMW-slick and shared with the X3, although there’s no rotary controller here. Instead, you have to touch the screen or use voice control, I’m afraid.
The system runs through a curved display that comprises the 10.25in driving information screen and a central 10.7in touchscreen. It runs the latest generation of BMW Operating System 9, which is designed to be customisable: for example, there’s a quick select function on the home screen that you can add the features you use most to.
