I don't think many manufacturers can hang with BMW's shit when it comes to building a solid well balanced and handling platform... I would not be writing the 1 series off as a sports car, the handling they offer is quite exceptional.
Without a doubt there is niggly little shit that DOES indeed go wrong with these BMW's that NORMALLY wouldn't on a Jap car, but its one of those take the good and the bad situations as far as I'm concerned a Lexus & BMW are just NOT the same car, I wouldn't be confusing reliability and durability however & I don't doubt for a moment most cases of catastrophic failures is attributed to poor owner maintenance.
Anyhow... all that bullshit aside its a pretty long way out of the "anticipated ballpark" of the 86.
