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Originally Posted by SCOTT26
When the M2 Drops. I would not like to see pointless debate on whether its an M car which is currently ongoing at the moment.
Although using the same engine as both X4 M40i and M440i Gran Coupe.
The M2 is developed to work in tandem with the separate engineering and chassis development of a smaller car like the M2 to whether is this an M? It is the same question as before with the 1er M Coupe. Yes...
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There is always gonna be those who question the authenticy of a car specially if they belong to the old school population of BMW drivers, I Guess a lot of people think BMW stopped making real "M" cars after the E46 and E91+ models.
I my self find it quite exciting that BMW actually dears to go the whole hog. I would love to see even more development around smaller engines with more power & torque then the previous ones both for the sake of dropping weight and lowering mpg and getting maximum performance out of them.
The V8s of old are still good but BMW has to adapt to the world market or they will go under, I for one would not like to see BMW go under just because they decided to stand still while the world was moving forward just to satisfy a certain customer base because "The cars should just be as it was before" then whats the point of developing a new car if it ain't gonna change?
For me the M235i is "M" as it will be for the 2er model until the real M2 gets here. But i will not say i have the new M2 of course not, But it is the M version of the 2er until the M2 gets here and takes the spot. Have to see it like this the M235i is holding the seat for the M2 until it gets here.
We have a saying here in Sweden "Fint folk kommer alltid sent" Translated to English i guess it would be something like "Save the best for last"
So agree with scott on regarding the thing on classifying a car as a "M" or not. Its kinda a pointless discussion.