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Originally Posted by BimmerEngineer
But today's 2 series Is basically the old E9x 3 series in size and weight. don't count on the M2 to be any faster than the old 1M. The new M235 is a nice chunk heavier, so 20 hp increase is not going to help it get any faster. It may handle better thanks to some good tires finally, but the car needs more hp. There's to many $25-40k cars with enough power and much lighter that are as fast. If there's one thing BMW needs to do, it's add equipment as standard... When a few $16-17k cars have back up camera, advanced Bluetooth and navigation standard, and bmw charges $4000+ plus for this and basic stereo, you know bmws are still over priced.
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It's true that the M235i weighs almost as much as e9x and f3x 3 series cars, but it is dimensionally smaller (most notably in the wheelbase).
And the M235i is already
faster around the 'ring than the 1M, so I think it's a pretty safe bet that the M2 will be faster yet.