Ya they've definitely made a couple of odd decisions on the car, you might find they've got a surplus of those wheels or something that makes it possible to give them as standard, although that's just a guess. Alternatively they may have decided that M2 customers won't have cash for those as extra and have skimped on other areas instead to supply them and M3/4 drivers have the cash to splash.
Annoyingly the car was a DCT and not the proper manual and as there was only one I couldn't try both. Sorry forgot that in the review, wrote it after a long day on the plane!
JG_RSA said:
Thanks for sharing.
I find it odd that BMW "skimped" on some parts (mirrors, seats, CF roof to name a few), yet the car comes standard with 19" wheels, whereas it's a R24200/R26800 option on the M3/4.
Was the car you've driven a manual or DCT (perhaps I've missed it in the review)?
Ya the 235i always hit the spot for me and I can completely understand why it's enough for many people. After taking both to their limits though the M2 truly stands out, but it's only worth the extra money if you're actually going to use it for the purpose intended. The additions of things like lap timing apps and gopro apps to the car are such an awesome idea and definitely shows just how important BMW feels the track performance of this car is.
Hopefully we'll be able to get this as a test car but it's going to be difficult!
visn said:
A well penned first impressions, thank you.
As an owner of a M235i I enoy reading comparisons between the two. Any M car would be wonderful to own but the M235i is more than enough car for me and probably better suited to its role as a daily driver. At my age I also find the M vehicles to generally be overly aggressively styled, purely subjective.
I also find the 2er the sweet spot in terms of size, looks and practicality. I drove the 435i and M4 and I think it's a bit of a porker. If I had to get any M vehicle now it would be the M2.
Waiting to read a more in depth review including city and open road driving impressions.
