With the launch of the 1 Series Convertible this week the Munich maker has begun making small - dare we say affordable? - drop-tops after an absence of 30 years.
With a starting price of $53,000 you can even escape Wayne's Jealous Car Tax in the lower rungs of the range. BMW's larger 3 Series drop-tops, which are more common than Commodores in the richer suburbs of our cities, start $40,000 higher at $94,900.

The little open-air 1 is the third variant in a line-up which a...
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