M2 [Hot!] BMW M2 (2022) G87

[leylandi]

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[SCOTT27]

It’s held in Kyalami Circuit in South Africa this year.
The CSL launches in November while they will launch it. It’s an entirely different approach driven by the client. It will not be actively promoted out with the media. Apparently the rumours are the media will not be driving it.
Towards the end of the year they intend to show the M3 CS in previews but as it stands presently they won’t let you see the CSL.
It’s apparently an agreement between the manufacturer and the client, the client who has paid upwards to 800,000 to secure one of the 50 examples. The latest industry speak relate to
It being being based on an M4 CSL with a significant motorsport inspired overhaul.

 

[savage-It]

So ... seen in Monaco and I must say that there is nothing to do, the cars must be seen live. First impact: squat and hooligan ... it reminded me of my not very young age, explaining to me in silence, with its language, which is obviously not made and designed for me. From the rear it is much better than I thought .. In short, I would call it bulla and planted. Cheeky ... but all in all a car with a clear character. She obviously lost the softness of the previous one. The front is nothing special but now I contextualize it better, in its squares. I don't like it, it doesn't give me any wow effect, but sucking is another thing, so I have to do a bit of mea culpa for some of my comments. It certainly smells of "M" ... Let's say that in the design and as a whole, we see a search for originality (to differentiate it from everything else, even seen at BMW) and a specific target, I repeat myself: the young man with a bit of economic capacity (abundant I must say) that basically comes close to M cars probably for the first time but does not necessarily know its past. Like the typical customer, coming from certain countries that we once called emerging and that in the meantime are burying us ... Then asking them to have too many problems for the crazy empty weight, is really too much.

Two other things that were not secondary during the visit: the new ID8 solution damn, I liked it. I was looking to the right at an M3 with the ID7 and this one with the ID8, continuing to check my feeling and at the end, I had the feeling that the M3 was really representing something old in this area. I don't know what it looks like once it's turned on, and I still think it's impractical, but I didn't mind at all. Final a negative NOTE: I came here basically for the M3 touring ... What a disappointment. Beautiful behind, better than the sedan. In front of it nothing new, but seen from lateral side, in white and with those useless parts of the M performance on it, it gave me the impression of a wagon, very heavy and not very sporty due to the mass... It seems longer than it is. .. Hypertrophic. I have the impression that in reality it was now a car, when well optioned, not far from 1950 kg and above. I felt pain ... and not just a little.
And let's not talk about those crap parking sensors that seems glued in place in the last minute on the M2 right? However they will sell both and much more the M2 ... I'm sure of it. But the "wow" effect is quite another story and does not belong to these BMWs, at least for me ...

 

[savage-It]

 

[SCOTT27]

BMW UK received their M2 example.

 

[SCOTT27]

Black Sapphire.

Compared to the M240i

 

[xiangyigemingz3]

Man I have fallen in love with it.

 

[martinbo]

Just like most of the controversial new BMW designs of late, black suits the car best. Softens those jarring details. So yeah, no São Paulo yellow in this either, por favor.

 

[hovabongZA]

BMW UK received their M2 example.

Looks good here....gives me some old school retro RS vibes with the squaureness. It's not the prettiest but it's different like every other BMW ....and that I appreciate. Crazy that the baby entry level ///M car has a bigger engine than the C63!

 

[Centurion]

Just like most of the controversial new BMW designs of late, black suits the car best. Softens those jarring details. So yeah, no São Paulo yellow in this either, por favor.

Standard for partially unattractive cars. Paint black to turn into a shadow silhouette and hide the designer's work.

 

[SCOTT27]

Just like most of the controversial new BMW designs of late, black suits the car best. Softens those jarring details. So yeah, no São Paulo yellow in this either, por favor.

The M2 would rock São Paulo Yellow.

 

[Gor134]

I love the new M2.. but can't help but be reminded of Dodge's 2000s corporate front end shopped up a quick edit lol

 

[Centurion]

^^
That works!

 

[SCOTT27]

I love the new M2.. but can't help but be reminded of Dodge's 2000s corporate front end shopped up a quick edit lol

If BMW owned Chrysler. The 2er Gran Coupe would probably be a re-badged Dodge Neon.

 

[Centurion]

It's a bummer that customisation options on the M2 are limited. One of the reasons why I respected but was never seduced by the predecessor, is that almost all of them looked identical. Almost every M2 Comp that I see on the road is Hockenheim silver with black interior.

Although the M2 G87 has cognac leather option, it doesn't extend across the dashboard like in the M3/M4. If you choose carbon bucket seats then the only leather option is black. This makes the speccing process of a very expensive "dream car" dull and not very individual.

This makes the M3/M4 appear like a big step up in customisation. It has more exterior and interior colour options + the interior contrast leather extends to many areas of the cabin.

 

[leylandi]

BMW Hints The Next M2 Could Be Electric Rather Than A Plug-In Hybrid

BMW Hints The Next M2 Could Be Electric Rather Than A Plug-In Hybrid

BMW M CEO explains why an M2 plug-in hybrid is unlikely to happen and why an EV has a bigger chance of hitting the market after this generation.

www.motor1.com

 

[domleo999]

It's a bummer that customisation options on the M2 are limited. One of the reasons why I respected but was never seduced by the predecessor, is that almost all of them looked identical. Almost every M2 Comp that I see on the road is Hockenheim silver with black interior.

Although the M2 G87 has cognac leather option, it doesn't extend across the dashboard like in the M3/M4. If you choose carbon bucket seats then the only leather option is black. This makes the speccing process of a very expensive "dream car" dull and not very individual.

This makes the M3/M4 appear like a big step up in customisation. It has more exterior and interior colour options + the interior contrast leather extends to many areas of the cabin.

Jager

That's the Markey strategy for the M2...

If you want to customize your car to greater lengths, you will have to go for the M3 / M4.

 

[SCOTT27]

 

[Centurion]

I like Zandevort blue and hope to see it on the roads. However I'm not holding my breath as the colour is very Miami/LA. The only car that I recall seeing in a similar shade is the Fiat 500. In the UK, light colours are not favoured for performance or flagship cars.

 

[SCOTT27]

I like Zandevort blue and hope to see it on the roads. However I'm not holding my breath as the colour is very Miami/LA. The only car that I recall seeing in a similar shade is the Fiat 500. In the UK, light colours are not favoured for performance or flagship cars.

Light colours work well in countries with strong natural sunlight. Under more overcast conditions they tend to be dull.
Agree with the Fiat 500 and especially Mint Green M3 and M4 that why the customer did not go to a Fiat dealer to see how bad mint Green is in person?
is it a car or an ice cream?