Well what can I say - this car really does ring true for the BMW "Ultimate Driving Machine" !

I spent months and months researching the new BMW M140 as I pondered the thought of maybe one day being able to purchase one of these hot hatch rear wheel drive beauties which we now know is the last of its kind. The new 1 Series which is due to hit our showrooms in September 2019 is now either going to be FWD or an all wheel X Drive system and the fabulous 3.0 litre twin turbo straight 6 has now also been dropped from the line up. When I learnt that BMW were releasing a Finale Edition with some added goodies I thought what the hell...

I spoke with Jo Mawson as I knew we had 2 BMW dealers who were involved with the Club, Essendon BMW and Waverley BMW.  Essendon being only 10 minutes from me and Waverley an hour. Jo advised who our contacts at each dealer were and off I went. It was late March 2019 and I went into Essendon BMW who unfortunately didn't have a car for me to test drive. I then contacted Matthew Hede out at Waverley BMW who booked me in for a test drive on the Saturday which turned out to be an extremely wet and horrible day. Not a very good time to test the legs of the M140! Anyway - I sat down with Matt who also remembered me from one of the Car Club meetings who sat down with me and went through every detail and specs of the car. Turns out there was not one M140 available Australia wide and a car had to be built to my specs. Just hovering around 3.5 months later I am now the proud owner of a Melbourne Red M140 - Finale Edition. 

Waverley BMW, their M Performance parts specialist and of course Matthew Hede what can I say, you have been a delight to deal with from day dot and I cannot thank you and applaud you enough for your outstanding customer service. Thanks again for making what was an awful experience at having my E46 330ci stolen and written off to making me grin from ear to ear. 2,500km's in and the M140 just keeps on surprising.   

Sam O'Neil |  Member #17
BMW Drivers Club Melbourne