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Originally Posted by W///
Personally, I think stuff like NAV and technology is completely secondary to other things that are mechanical. When/if I order an M2, it'll be a lower optioned car, but I don't mind that it'll probably have iDrive without NAV.
There are so many things that I think the M2 will do much better than the 1M IMHO. While I don't think the the M2 will be as light as the 1M, nor will the EPS be as good as the 1M's hydraulic power steering, there are other things that will be better. I'm using my own E92 M3 in comparison with M3/4's I've test driven. The brakes will be much better, 0 questions. And if they do the rear of the car the same way as the M3/4 (i.e directly bolted to the chassis), then we've got a winner IMHO. We can also hope that the M2 will be as stiff as the M3/4. THAT, will make the M2 special IMO.
My 2 cents
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I also think the M2 will do many things much better for many people but many people place a high priority on screen size, soft suspension, self parking, parking sensors, rear view camera, bluetooth integration, digital HP meters, automatic transmission, active suspension etc. For those that put a high value on that, the M2 will crush the 1M. It will also post faster numbers on the track too and it will probably have a digitally optimized sound track to go with it. But for some, all of this takes away from focus on driving and dilutes it with infotainment. I also don't care if a car is 1 second faster on the ring....I'm not going over there to race.
The things that I would like to see improved on the M2 over the 1M is throttle response and throttle linearity. The 1M throttle was hard to modulate. It had such a surge that it was difficult to manage. I would like more of the infotainment research dollars to make a more linear and more responsive turbo power plant. That is what I think could be improved over the 1M. The 1M would blow intake pipes on the track. That should be improved in the next model. The base traction control on the 1M was never fully developed and it was a pain driving it with full TC on. You had to switch to M dynamic mode for almost everything. That should be improved on the M2.
The rest of the stuff, I don't know what they can improve. I thought the fixed firm suspension and real exhaust were perfect as was the clean no-nav dash but if they address my list of core issues, I'll just have to ignore the fluff and be happy with some NA like throttle response and linear power band.