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.
Any brief driving session at the wheel of a BMW 2 Series Coupe will let you longing for more. It is not a new model, yet, considering the various recent evolutions in the BMW range and style, we thought it would be a good idea to remind you about this quintessential Bavarian object. For certain reasons, it is still there, available to be bought.
autoevolution 17 May 2021, 8:12 UTC ·
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The new BMW 2 Series Coupe is nearing the end of its development process, which means that prototypes such as these will soon ditch all their camouflage and shine bright underneath the spotlight. The official unveiling should occur in the coming weeks or months, seeing as the car will already be in production before this summer is over. 111 photos
There are numerous selling points to the new 2 Series Coupe, starting with a powerful inline six-cylinder engine, all the way to its almost 50:50 balanced axle load distribution, stiff body, and all-around excellent driving dynamics.
BMW tested the new 2 Series Coupe on public roads and the Nürburgring s Nordschleife, the latter serving as the ultimate test for the suspension, chassis, damping, steering, and of course, the braking system. While BMW will put the focus on this car’s rear-wheel drive setup, the highest-performance version of the 2 Series Coupe will feature all-wheel driv
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.
autoevolution 2 May 2021, 12:35 UTC ·
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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.