We peel back the camouflage on the BMW M2 - updated in Long Beach Blue

fuddman · 08-11-2015, 08:06 PM

IMO, the white color of the car is not doing the front bumper area a lot of good. All the hard edges designed into the front are starkly revealed and emphasized by the white finish. Unless that kind of "eye tooth" look appeals to you, a darker color may be able to subdue these "fangs" and, visually, place them more in the background.
Let's see, no white, no LBB, so that leaves black and grey. And I'm so trying to like this car. AAARRRRGGGGHHH!

r3dbimmer89 · 08-11-2015, 08:24 PM

Hmm this is a little over the top. This is giving me Lexus F finesse over the top. Hopefully the actual version will be a little more proportioned to the 2 series current body lines.

BwoodBMW · 08-11-2015, 08:31 PM

Not sure where expectations are for a render but surprised how many angry people are on here... It'll obviously look a little bit more natural in person vs the render but for a render I think it's awesome.

GFK007 · 08-11-2015, 08:43 PM

I'm going to agree with Adem on this, I think the proportions of the sketch are all out of whack.

The pics with the car covered in camo don't show such pronounced lines. It's definitely going to look better in person.

bradleyland · 08-11-2015, 08:43 PM

Well, with any luck, enough people will hate it and availability won't be so ridiculous this time around.

miiipilot · 08-11-2015, 08:44 PM

I hate the rear fenders on the side profile pic. I hope it has more...something to break up the boringness. This is my main complaint about the M4 too. Seems like the door back was unfinished.

Adem1534 · 08-11-2015, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by miiipilot

I hate the rear fenders on the side profile pic. I hope it has more...something to break up the boringness. This is my main complaint about the M4 too. Seems like the door back was unfinished.

Here you go, somethjng the render doesn't quite capture (how powerfully defined the rear arch is)

miiipilot · 08-11-2015, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Adem1534

Here you go, somethjng the render doesn't quite capture (how powerfully defined the rear arch is)

Much better. I think that render was missing some shadowing and depth. Thanks for posting

M3 Number 86 · 08-11-2015, 09:01 PM

anyone else reminded of. ....

VEILSIDE (civic for that matter)?

kardboard · 08-11-2015, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Adem1534

Here you go, somethjng the render doesn't quite capture (how powerfully defined the rear arch is)

I've been saying this since i saw the camo cars, and the more I see this picture and the vision gt, the more I think there is a vent in that rear arch. I will continue believing it until the unveiling. I will either look like an idiot or feel like I can see through black swirls.

My next project will be seeing through womens yoga pants at the gym.

04S · 08-11-2015, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by miiipilot

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Originally Posted by Adem1534

Here you go, somethjng the render doesn't quite capture (how powerfully defined the rear arch is)

Much better. I think that render was missing some shadowing and depth. Thanks for posting

The rear quarter panel on this one look very well balanced and aggressive to my eye. I agree with the earlier comments that the render doesn't quite catch this. But, thanks for posting the render - it has certainly generated some interesting opinions.

Scott26 - is it time yet to show us a real picture of the car ???? Please .....

auf Deutsch · 08-11-2015, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Bowser330

So will it be 365whp just like how the f80 horsepower was so understated?

Highly doubtful as it's an N55 which, in 300 hp form, dynos around 275.

The S55 is embarrassingly underrated but a complete animal which should've been used (de-tuned?) in the M2. But instead, the powers that be chose the N55 with MPPK version 2 to cut costs.

auf Deutsch · 08-11-2015, 09:22 PM

Well, I like the all black wheels.....

24601 · 08-11-2015, 09:24 PM

Still nicer than the F82.

bunker · 08-11-2015, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by SCOTT26

Therefore equally un-interesting.

Not really. I'd be massively interested in the RS3 hatch if they sold it over here. Just like I'd be interested in the M135i hatch if it was sold over here. For me, if you're gonna do a hotted up small car, it needs to be a hatch or something nutty like a Boxster or the new Jag fastback. Not a three-box coupe. In that configuration, everything just looks squished to me. My opinion only though, and I'm a hatch guy.

bunker · 08-11-2015, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by 1LegitM235i

I'm sorry to say this guys, but I think the M235i looks a lot better than this. Reminds me of the copilot to the Millennial Falcon from Star Wars...

That would be Nien Numb.

jai5w4 · 08-11-2015, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by SCOTT26

Interesting...very,very interesting.

Although it is not without reason to get a little "wilder".

Me thinks there's another vent in front of the rear wheels we're not seeing in the render.

BMOEW · 08-11-2015, 09:35 PM

Fugly

EzequielR · 08-11-2015, 09:39 PM

I likey!

Hazey82 · 08-11-2015, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Adem1534

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Originally Posted by PackPride85

I think they should take that side profile shot down. The design is accurate, but the proportions are not accurate at all making it look odd. Take a look at the latest spy video on youtube (attached). The render looks nothing like that camo shot in terms of proportions.

It also needs a more defined rear wheel arch as hinted by the previous camo photos. I think if those two issues were fixed, 90% of the people bashing it would change their minds very quickly.

Here you go:

Apply this to the render and with LBB colour using this Atlantis Blue as a guide and let's see what it looks like please

abp689 · 08-11-2015, 10:06 PM

The real thing will have a better flow, but the render was well done. And I agree with the pricing (the M2 should be more aggressive than the pricing).

s3baman · 08-11-2015, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Bowser330

So will it be 365whp just like how the f80 horsepower was so understated?

I would imagine that we'll get 400+ on a dyno on a bone stock car.

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BwoodBMW Colonel 1861 Rep 2,536 Posts Drives: EFFEIGHTY Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: LA LA land iTrader: (0)	Not sure where expectations are for a render but surprised how many angry people are on here... It'll obviously look a little bit more natural in person vs the render but for a render I think it's awesome.
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