There will be a 135i M Sport Convertible. It will have 302bhp, do 0-62mph in 5.6sec and cost £32,405 – a couple of grand more than the coupe. But, as Chris Tarrant used to say, we don’t want to give you that, or rather BMW don’t. Not just yet. All the cars on the 1-series Convertible launch in Spain are 125i SEs and to be honest I’m quite looking forward to driving one of the ‘lesser’ models. I drove the diesel 123 Coupe a while ago and actually preferred it in some ways to the 135i (not the engine, obviously, but the chassis balance) so I’m hoping for good things from the 125i.

The convertible 1-series is a good-looking car, with the same strong shoulder-line and stubby tail of a 3-series convertible but in a tighter overall shape.