There's a production M2 at the BMW Welt

hoyasaxa · 01-21-2016, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Artemis

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Originally Posted by nachob

Dash looks tacky to
Me. M2 sign and don't see temp gauge. Seems lame that glowing m2 more important than engine temp?

Look here.

And this color pattern:

Is that a photochop?

S4NoMore · 01-21-2016, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Artemis

Look here.

Ah good to know!

Still no excuse for the fuel gauge to have the standard needle. That's a real shame.

Cope · 01-21-2016, 03:37 PM

Nope, not gonna lose focus over the color of the fuel needle:

Yessir · 01-21-2016, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by S4NoMore

Ah good to know!

Still no excuse for the fuel gauge to have the standard needle. That's a real shame.

I think it is a good thing they kept the needle white.imagine topping 300 when you have a full tank of gas. Or like the pic shows. 0 and empty. I think it's to give it contrast . Two needles parallel to each other in the same color would look kinda funky in close proximity.

Yellowflash21 · 01-21-2016, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Artemis

Look here.

And this color pattern:

Finally temperature gauge for 1/2 Series...

It killed me every time when I had to enter that maintenance menu over VIN number.

banena · 01-21-2016, 04:52 PM

What a car!

MrSmileyDC · 01-21-2016, 05:31 PM

The have a m2 at the DC auto show. I'll climb it in and take some pics.

Washington DC Autoshow http://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho....php?t=1216200

CosmosMpower · 01-21-2016, 06:11 PM

Dang all they had at the Welt when I went for ED in Oct was a ugly LBB X6M. I did get to see what I assume was a pre-prod M2 on the autobahn though. The guy wouldn't look at me in my F80, guess he was a BMW employee.

FSociety · 01-21-2016, 06:47 PM

If only those M2 rims would fit the X4 M40i

TheNeonTiger · 01-21-2016, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Aussie F10M

Why couldn't they make the fuel needle red too ?????

Because that would screw up the symmetry of the dash. As long as the display under the tach is white, then it makes complete sense.

SliChillax · 01-21-2016, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by S4NoMore

Ah good to know!

Still no excuse for the fuel gauge to have the standard needle. That's a real shame.

Needle becomes red once the colors of the dash also turn red which is usually when it gets dark.

chambolle · 01-21-2016, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by S4NoMore

Ah good to know!

Still no excuse for the fuel gauge to have the standard needle. That's a real shame.

Holy Hanna, can we think of anything more picayune to carp about?

Tell you what, if you can deliver that very car to me by April 1, I will take it off your hands, white fuel gauge needle and all. Somehow, I think I can learn to live with it.

Seagull · 01-21-2016, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by metrickid

M Performance grilles. (PS most likely)

Like the turquoise in that blue. Hope this is fairly representative.

chris719 · 01-21-2016, 11:22 PM

This pic looks fairly representative to me. It has a lot of green in it. In reality it looks nothing like most of the indoor pictures floating around where it ends up looking like Estoril.

W/// · 01-22-2016, 12:51 AM

All I know is that Austin Yellow would have looked awesome on the M2

raysspl · 01-22-2016, 02:09 AM

needs sakhir orange!

Levente_CSL · 01-22-2016, 05:37 AM

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Originally Posted by W///

All I know is that Austin Yellow would have looked awesome on the M2

that shit piss color? no thanks it would ruin it for sure

Charlie Brown · 01-22-2016, 07:10 AM

I current drive an M5. I'm starting to think about adding an M2 as a fun car. The only issue I have is the dash colors. I'm not a fan of that red/orange backlighting BMW uses in most, if not all their non-M cars. The M5 has white gauges and they are lit white a night. I understand BMW believes that the red/orange is a "safer" color for night driving but it's 2016; why not give the consumer the choice of colors like several other less expensive manufactures?

Gibson6594 · 01-22-2016, 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Charlie Brown

I current drive an M5. I'm starting to think about adding an M2 as a fun car. The only issue I have is the dash colors. I'm not a fan of that red/orange backlighting BMW uses in most, if not all their non-M cars. The M5 has white gauges and they are lit white a night. I understand BMW believes that the red/orange is a "safer" color for night driving but it's 2016; why not give the consumer the choice of colors like several other less expensive manufactures?

If you are having second thoughts about buying this car because of the dash colors, please move on and let someone else get an allocation.

-JLT- · 01-22-2016, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Gibson6594

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Originally Posted by Charlie Brown

I current drive an M5. I'm starting to think about adding an M2 as a fun car. The only issue I have is the dash colors. I'm not a fan of that red/orange backlighting BMW uses in most, if not all their non-M cars. The M5 has white gauges and they are lit white a night. I understand BMW believes that the red/orange is a "safer" color for night driving but it's 2016; why not give the consumer the choice of colors like several other less expensive manufactures?

If you are having second thoughts about buying this car because of the dash colors, please move on and let someone else get an allocation.

so true

Cope · 01-22-2016, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Gibson6594

If you are having second thoughts about buying this car because of the dash colors, please move on and let someone else get an allocation.

+1

The things people say.

ORIGIN M. · 01-22-2016, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Cope

Nope, not gonna lose focus over the color of the fuel needle:

Fuel is important.

However not as important as RPM & Speedo.

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