BMW X1 · sDrive18d Executive · SUV & Crossover · 2010 ‐ 2011

From 2010 BMW started production of automobiles type X1, modification of sDrive18d Executive and finished it in 2011. In this car can sit 5 men total, it has the body type of a SUV & Crossover with five doors, and length 4.5 meters, weight 1.5 tons.

«X1 sDrive18d Executive» car with a 6-speed sequential automatic gear shift is connected to the rear wheels. This car can speed up for 9.9 seconds to 100 km/h, with a top speed of 200 km/h, due to a 4-cylinders diesel motor engine with a «common rail system», which generate a maximum output of 143 hp at 4000 rpm.

Fuel consumption is 7.1 l in the urban mode of driving, on the highway 5.2 liters, and the intermediate fuel rate is 5.9 l per 100 kilometers. Tank capacity is 61 liters of diesel, what lets to drive roughly 1034 km unrefuelled.

The forward wheels of this auto have ventilated disks, 312 mm brakes and attached to the chassis with help of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Back wheels have ventilated disks, 300 mm brakes and fixed to the body chassis through suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped anti-roll bar. Tires have the next size - 225/50R17.

According to the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of BMW X1 gained the higher quantity of stars - 5, indicating that it is a perfect safe car. In addition to dynamic safety systems (Brake assistant, ABS, Traction control, EBD, ESP), it is also equipped with passive safety systems (side, driver, passenger, head/curtain airbags).