Obviously you've never seen a 1 series--and Ryan (KevinP85) who is 6 foot is interested in it...
This car is roughly the same size as the E46 M3.
Yes, definitely going to be a great car, and I love the fender flares on it, but I've always thought the 1 series looked ackward. I've driven the 135i and it's pretty comfortable.
Price is another thing, think the 1m base is 46/47k, loaded you're looking at 55k or so. I've also stated numerous times that I favor NA motors on M cars and now all future models will be turbo.