The paint is barely dry on the all-new BMW 2 Series Coupe, yet Manhart has already gotten its hands on one. Only it’s not your run-of-the-mill 2er, but the hot M240i flavor of the car.
Celebrating the production kick off of the new-gen 2 Series Coupe at the San Luis Potosi plant in Mexico at the beginning of the month, BMW has presented an art car, based on the 2022 M240i.
New BMW 2 Series Coupe production to begin soon, enters final development phase
New BMW 2 Series Coupe production to begin soon, enters final development phase
The specialty of the new BMW 2 Series Coupé includes a rear-wheel drive setup, an extremely powerful in-line 6-cylinder engine, almost 50:50 balanced axle load distribution, an extremely stiff body and chassis technology designed for dynamic driving behavior.
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UPDATED: May 17, 2021 16:00 IST
The two-door compact sports car features numerous ingredients that are unique in the premium compact segment for achieving a sporty driving experience.
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The new BMW 2 Series Coupé will be manufactured from late summer 2021.
During the development, the test and tuning drives on the Nürburgring s Nordschleife serve as the ultimate test for wheel suspension, chassis, damping, steering and braking system.
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Despite a lot of false flags surrounding the 2 Series nameplate, mostly because of the apparition of models like the 2 Series Active Tourer, Gran Tourer and especially the 2 Series Gran Coupe, BMW is not going to make its entire compact lineup FWD-based. 46 photos
Despite no less than four models wearing the 2 Series moniker nowadays, most of them using the MINI-based UKL2 platform with transverse engines, the 2 Series Coupe will remain an old-school, rear-wheel-drive model, with longitudinal engines and a nearly perfect weight distribution on its two axles.
The 2022 BMW 2 Series Coupe has had a rather long gestation period and was nearly killed off for more FWD compacts with transverse engines, but BMW has gone against the tide with the model, keeping it alive despite the somewhat lackluster sales numbers it might bring in a market that has become almost overcrowded with compact crossovers.