 Welcome to something a little bit different here on Linus Tech Tips We had a unique opportunity to travel all the way to Germany to test drive the all-new BMW 1 Series So I guess that's pretty much all there is to say other than come along for the ride This is the all-new 1 Series from BMW a line of sporty Economical hatchbacks that might surprise you considering how much performance and tech they've managed to cram into a car of this class Compared to previous models the appearance of the new lineup has been significantly improved They've added an all-new front bumper design with bigger intakes slimmer LED headlights and classic BMW L shaped LED tail lights That weren't present on previous 1 Series vehicles It's available in a variety of engine sizes ranging from a hundred and nine horsepower three-cylinder all the way up to a 326 horsepower turbocharged inline-6 rocket ship with manual and automatic gearboxes available Powering either rear-wheel drive or BMW's all-wheel x-drive now our car is equipped with an x-drive 120 diesel boasting the M sport package which features this sharp looking Estereal blue color a sporty front clip 17 inch rims and an exclusive side trim But of course if I spent this whole video blathering on about rims cornering acceleration and braking You'd probably think you clicked on the wrong channel and besides. I'm comparing this to my heavily neglected 2003 Lambo anyway, so why don't I do us all a favor and leave the car reviews to the car guys which oh? Was that too soon and hop on over to some of the top tech features of our loaded up 1 Series oh? Holy cow this thing has a lot of buttons on it look at this you can set like eight different radio stations I can do like six in mine I don't think that's the technology we're supposed to be focused on but first Up for me was the nav system now obviously I'm in friggin Germany So I relied pretty heavily on this bad boy the preloaded maps feature real-time traffic on this like sick 3d view or a more Traditional view if you prefer that and some other sweet add-ons including different route mapping for best fuel economy least amount of time or Shortest route real-time speed limit updates using a front-facing camera in the windshield to tell you hey There's a construction zone or hey There's adverse weather conditions and this one is cool background monitoring of topographical information that allows adaptive Downshifting of the automatic transmission when approaching an uphill and it can also work with the cruise control system to decrease speed when it notices You're about to approach a corner With all that said all the smart navigation features in the world won't completely stop you from being an idiot behind the wheel Sorry But we can laugh about all of that and show off some more features now because I clearly survived Now to be clear most of the features were showing off are powered by BMW's optional connected drive Which uses a built-in 3g or LTE? SIM card that sits in a crash-protected enclosure in the rear of the vehicle With the purchase of this feature you get text messages SOS calls and an unlimited data plan with no roaming from one European Country to another and you can use that data plan for other cool stuff as well like wiki local a button you press to see Cool stuff to do nearby or getting real-time stock updates in the dash of your car if you're into that sort of thing To expand BMW online's functionality you can plug in a compatible phone in the armrest either with an adapter or USB cable Run the BMW connection assistant this stuff just like voice calls through your car speakers does use your own phone So your own mobile plan, but also has some interesting third-party apps Internet radio was one that let me feel a little more at home even though I was on the other side of the world and Audible can actually be integrated into your dash and lets you listen to your favorite audiobooks without fumbling around on your phone while driving But if you're not that into audiobooks, how about this one? There's a GoPro app that's sick Nick. Where's the GoPro? We should totally set it up All right, okay, so This is a totally contrived opportunity for us to use the concierge service now Luke actually tried this back at CES two years ago and said it was pretty impressive He basically said they have to pretty much do whatever you ask and they can't hang up on you So Luke like kept the guy on the phone forever We're not gonna do that, but we're just gonna place a call and we're gonna get someone To tell us where to buy a GoPro in Munich So let's see how this goes Welcome to BMW Connected Drive speaking with Linus Larsson. How may I help you? Wow your name's Linus? Yes, that is the coolest thing ever. My name's Linus. I don't meet many That is fantastic don't worry I have an actual reason for calling you I'm in I'm in Munich right now, which I guess you probably know and I need to buy a GoPro camera So I need like a general electronics store and I was hoping that you could help me find one and turn my navigation System on to help me get there I would guess they have Media mark are they open right now? Let's see. Here's one and It actually seems to be open. Oh awesome Well, it's actually not that far from you your current position either. It's well air distance is 4.6 kilometers great sending it to your car as we speak as a destination. So just let me know when it shows up Yep, it looks like that has shown up for me. So I guess I just press ok Yes Either ok or start guidance Yeah, I'll go with start guidance since there is no ok on the screen. Yeah All right, so is there something else I can help you with at the moment no, I think that's it. Thank you very much Linus Same to you Linus. And if anything else just call us back. All right. Thank you very much His name's Linus All right, we got it so I guess now the The next step is to get this mounted on the car and go find go find somewhere interesting to drive I don't have my keys. How am I gonna open this package? Breaking all the things I See that as if this is something new for me. Oh, look at that. It's open already. Okay. Hold on Starting preview Sweet it's upside down while I'm holding it upside down. So Nice, so let's go preview our position for it The preview goes away when you go into drive but Look at that. Vippity boppity magic Cinderella nonsense. All right Back to actual driving technology the adaptive cruise control or whatever BMW calls it is one thing that blew my socks off There's basically no ROTC Of the esports There's basically a radar box in the front of the car that allows you to set a speed up to 210 kilometers per hour Then just forget about it You'll automatically slow down and even stop if the car in front of you decelerates and then stays stopped for less than two seconds I want to put my foot back down, but I Don't need to apparently And last but not least the all-new one series parks it self All right, so we're going to go to the parking lot and we're going to go to the car park and we're going to go to the Bumper stall not just parallely But even into a stall using an array of sensors on the bumpers We've got the mode on and we're just kind of cruising along in the parking lot. And of course, oh, hey I was gonna say, of course the time you go to demo it. It doesn't work, but it did Reverse slowly and brake manually This is kind of tripping me out right now You can see okay the sensors are like yeah, I don't like that but yeah, I mean you're the one doing this so Uh-huh. Yeah, oh drive forward slowly Uh-huh. Yeah Secure vehicle against rolling away. You got it, buddy So I guess that's pretty much it I want to thank the people of Germany for being so hospitable And I want to thank you guys as well for watching the video today Like it if you liked it dislike it if you thought it just plain sucked Leave a comment if you have suggestions for future videos Actually, especially if you have suggestions for future videos because this whole car technology thing is coming pretty close together these days So it's probably not the last time you're gonna see this kind of thing from us And as always guys don't forget to follow and subscribe and all that good stuff if you want to see more videos from us Because you don't want to do those things if you don't want to see more videos from us because that would be pretty stupid Thanks again for watching and I'll see you guys next time