[termigni]

why is this even being asked?

these are not $800 phones that you flip after 1 year.

these are $60k cars that are already a bargain.
They have been called the best M car in the last 10 years.
Most journalists praised this car as being a Real M car.
This car still beats out the Audi RS3. Audi will have to come up with RRS3 to compete with S55 M2.
This car still is rare. I see one M2 once a month while I see 5 M3/4s per day in Metro NJ/NY area.

I bought this car knowing there is S55 coming out.
I considered there will be delay (there has already been delay with N55, imagine the S55 delay/wait..). these people will probably get their hands on one in 2019. I got mine in 2017. that's already 2 years of fun with my rare M2.
I considered potential limited availability (N55 have been having availability issues for past 2-3 years, now supply is finally catching up slowly).
I considered the higher MSRP.. for a small sports car if it's any higher than what I paid, might as well spend a bit more and look at more premium cars like Cayman or M4 ZCP, or C63 that has better overall quality.
I considered dealer mark-ups (it was already crazy with N55) on top of the higher MSRP.

The current 2 series are going out of production within a few years. There will be a whole new 2 series with better performance M2 very soon after S55 M2 is released and around the time you get your hands on S55. So those who are ditching N55 M2 for a S55 M2, are you selling the S55 M2 in a year or so to jump into the new and better because your S55 M2 is .2 seconds slower than the new one? while eating up depreciation + paying higher price for the future car?