[MR.]

The 12th of January will be the day I am at the Brussels Auto Salon to see my new car. I received my press pass and I will have tons of time with the new car. Together with a friend of mine who works for BMW Belgium, we are going to get you all the answers for questions you might have right now.

I will of course have a look at the complete show, but most of the time I will be in the M2 making photos (and/or videos) and find answers to my, but also your questions.

Please let me know below what you would like to find out and I will make a list, which I will take along. My intention is to go through the iDrive system on video and see what options are visible. I want to see the GoPro app thing work, and see what options you can change in the iDrive for the SPORT mode.

Also I want to give you some decent photos of the interior and under the hood. Other than that please let me know what you would like to know and I will try to ask it or provide content about it.

MR

Edit: add final list of questions.

List includes the following questions so far:

Member: zkeeper
Could the dash screen be split, with oil and water temp always showing, ie, on screen right--such as time and weather can be done on the new X3's now???

Member: chmura
Please ask if there is some sort of digital oil temperature guage.

Member: Makman
Will the M2 feature active sound? After all they skipped the sound-insulation-materials?
Can you take a deeper look at the M-laptimer app?

Member: MR
What settings can you change in the iDrive for Sport mode?
How do you disengage rev matching in the manual version?
How does the Go Pro app work and does it work with Android?
Closer look at BMW M Performance parts if they are around
Closer look under the bonnet
Closer look inside the interior

[Gibson6594]

Is it a real M car?

[cc3]

Will there be a CSL version?

[Makman]

How many M2s can the Leipzig-plant produce per day/month?

And the turbo, is it the same as in the m235i?

last but not least, can you take a deeper look at the M-laptimer app?

thanks!!

[twboy1999]

OP
Your signature picture is killing everyone's screen
It is at full size res

[Pol]

Originally Posted by MR.

The 12th of January will be the day I am at the Brussels Auto Salon to see my new car. I received my press pass and I will have tons of time with the new car. Together with a friend of mine who works for BMW Belgium, we are going to get you all the answers for questions you might have right now.

I will of course have a look at the complete show, but most of the time I will be in the M2 making photos (and/or videos) and find answers to my, but also your questions.

Please let me know below what you would like to find out and I will make a list, which I will take along. My intention is to go through the iDrive system on video and see what options are visible. I want to see the GoPro app thing work, and see what options you can change in the iDrive for the SPORT mode.

Also I want to give you some decent photos of the interior and under the hood. Other than that please let me know what you would like to know and I will try to ask it or provide content about it.

MR

I should be there the night before ...
Correction, gala night is on the 12th of jan. from 20.00 until 24.00

[Benzima]

Some of my questions:
- is the M2 going to be a standard model in the ///M line-up as the M3/M4?
- when will the M Performance Exhaust be available? will it possible to have without carbon fibre shielding?
- do the M3/M4 wheel fit on the M2?
- what are the main engine differences between the M235i and the M2?

[chmura]

Please ask if there is some sort of digital oil temperature guage.

Also is the turbo bigger than the m235i?

[zkeeper]

Could the dash screen be split, with oil and water temp always showing, ie, on screen right--such as time and weather can be done on the new X3's now???

Will there be a cut-out button for exhaust to "by pass" the muffler at rear center of car? Have "heard" this...just curious.

Thanks for taking this all on for us...enjoy the time with the M2.

[metrickid]

Pretty much all of these questions are answered in the press releases, SEMA interview and CAR article.

[Transfer]

Originally Posted by chmura

Please ask if there is some sort of digital oil temperature guage.

This.

Also...
How much weight was lost with removal of sound dampening material?
What is the weight of the car?
How do the exhaust valves function and which pipes are active when valve is closed? Does the M-Performance exhaust work the same way?

[chambolle]

Originally Posted by Rossifumi

Pretty much all of these questions are answered in the press releases, SEMA interview and CAR article.

The one question no one has been able to answer, beyond pure speculation, is whether there is gonna be an M2 for ME before the end of 2016. If one of you folks fortunate enough to cop a press pass and able to get someone's attention can find out what BMW plans to do in terms of production and allocation, that would be my greatest interest. The car is the car, it will have whatever buzzers and bells the geniuses in Leipzig and Munich decide it will have, and we can cry out 'hurrah' or piss and moan as appropriate. If the car won't wake me up and make my espresso for me in the morning, oh well, better luck next time.

The dispositive questions are 'can I get one of the friggin things, and when' and 'what's the price of admission.' I'm happy to sweat the small stuff later. And it may well be no one will know the answers for those of us in the New World until the BMW NA guys show their mugs at the Detroit hoo ha in January... and if they do know, whether they will actually give us the straight Jesus remains an open question.

Whatever pictorial auto porn teasers you guys can supply from Belgium, I will of course be more than happy and appreciative to partake.

[mofomat]

99% of these questions are either answered already in the press release or can be answered right now by anybody with a single brain cell.

You'll be lucky to have full functionality on the car when it will likely be in "motor show mode" with a lot of the systems switched off. And the people on the stand won't have the foggiest idea what any of these questions mean anyway. But anyway, good luck with it.

[Spook410]

What I would like to know you won't be able to find out: what content changes can we expect on the LCI?

[cole3488]

Originally Posted by Spook410

What I would like to know you won't be able to find out: what content changes can we expect on the LCI?

I like this and how about how many cars are they making and how many are coming to the US each year?

[SCOTT26]

Originally Posted by Spook410

What I would like to know you won't be able to find out: what content changes can we expect on the LCI?

No one will tell you that as they need to sell this model first.

[twboy1999]

When can we expect the press to drive the car

[cole3488]

Originally Posted by SCOTT26

No one will tell you that as they need to sell this model first.

How about this will the LCI tail lights fit and how much will they cost?

[mofomat]

Originally Posted by cole3488

How about this will the LCI tail lights fit and how much will they cost?

Please tell me you're joking?

It's hard to tell because I see stupid posts on this forum on an almost hourly basis.

[PackPride85]

Originally Posted by cole3488

How about this will the LCI tail lights fit and how much will they cost?

Yes - $1 million dollars.

[Pol]

Originally Posted by mofomat

And the people on the stand won't have the foggiest idea what any of these questions mean anyway. But anyway, good luck with it.

Precise ..., not the right place to get an answer on technical stuff.

[dmboone25]

I am curious to know if the turbo is the same one in the 235...or what about the turbo set up overall is different in the M2.