Let’s get one thing straight: We’ll never complain about a new BMW 1 Series performance model, and on paper, this new-for-2013 135is sure seems like a total hoot. But you have to understand, we’re still mourning the loss of the 1 Series M Coupe, a one-year model that we absolutely fell in love with when it debuted last year. To quote BMW, the 135is is the “top performance model 1 Series for 2013,” and awesome as it may be, it just makes the 1M’s death seem all the more permanent. Le sigh. Funk Flex