New M2?

[Rich B]

I was a little hasty in judging the M4 (which has definitely grown on me) but I have to say - this rear ended is an absolute shocker!



I'll await the official reveal before making my actual opinions, but so far - not great!



This rendering looks ok though, so there is hope:

[Zonda_]

I hope that rear bumper is still in disguise.

[Mito Man]

That’s what happens when you get lip fillers.

[MikeHunt]

Adds to the list of BMWs I hated at first, but slowly grew on me and I ended up buying half of them.

[tim]

I saw that all over Twatter and genuinely thought it was some horrendous Barry-Boy* halfords special.

* Sorry, Baz.

[Ascender]

I saw that all over Twatter and genuinely thought it was some horrendous Barry-Boy* halfords special.

* Sorry, Baz.

WTAF is that?!

@tim - my thoughts exactly.

[240PP]

The proportions in the last pic look great but I’m not sold on the grille. At least it’s not been beavered though.

The rear: no words.

[Beany]

Oh my god that looks hilariously bad.

[Gavin]

I don't think trabant blue is helping it but I cannot say the 2 series latest efforts have appealed, there is a 4 door droopy saloon that is also particularly ugly.

[Maurice]

I think the rear photo above is as a result of a particularly unflattering combo of angle and colour.

Albeit a render, I think the rear looks pretty good here.




I’m guessing they’ve gone for the vertical reflectors to try and visually widen it, as I’m sure I read somewhere that the body itself is the same as the standard 2 series coupe.

I prefer the front of the standard car to those square intakes.

[Mito Man]

The rear is quite different in the render though. Different reflectors and lines around it.

[DeskJockey]

The new ones I've seen (non-M2 obviously) look a mess from the rear. Lights are too small and look cheap. The whole thing lacks substance.

[Rich B]

I think the rear photo above is as a result of a particularly unflattering combo of angle and colour.

Albeit a render, I think the rear looks pretty good here.




I’m guessing they’ve gone for the vertical reflectors to try and visually widen it, as I’m sure I read somewhere that the body itself is the same as the standard 2 series coupe.

I prefer the front of the standard car to those square intakes.

well that's a little more hope, though no wide arches would be a hard no from me.

[Rich B]

Nope, no better from this angle...



They should have got that russian site to design it! It's basically the same, but just slightly different.

[Rich B]

No sign of that cool front arch vent...

[Mito Man]

It’s got more rake on its arse and greater ride height than most of the smaller X models
Good departure angle for speed bumps I guess.

[MikeHunt]

Shame as it’s probably the last rwd, manual ice bmw. Hopefully they are giving themselves room for improvement when the csl is released.

[Carlos]

There is talk of a 2wd manual M240i.

That M2 looks awkward

[Jobbo]

They’ve pumped up the standard 2-series coupe to make it look like a successor to the M2, but it hasn’t left them anywhere to go visually. Shame.

[ZedLeg]

That's really unfortunate. The whole thing gives the impression of a car restyled to avoid having to pay a license fee for an advert.