BMW 2-Series & M2
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MedigoFlame
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Officially revealed. I do like the purple, but man...the rear end is too high. BMW's design has really lost it's identity.
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2022 BMW 2-Series Coupe Debuts With Slick Styling And Up To 382 HP, But No Manual Yet | Carscoops
The 2022 2-Series is all-new and more powerful than ever. In America, we get the 230i and M240i
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Silver Arrows
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I mean...
at least the front end isn't bad?
at least the front end isn't bad?
MedigoFlame
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The greenhouse looks a lot like the last generation 2-series coupe. When I saw the leaks I honestly thought it was a bad photoshop job.
The side profile in white really shows how awkward the rear end looks with the taillights.
Also ambient lighting is different.
I really hope the purple is a regular color that's offered and not an Individual paint. BMW's marketing has been showing off individual paints for some reveals lately and it's annoying knowing that those are $2k options. If it does come in purple as a regular option, I would...maybe consider it. Or at least tell a friend to get it in purple.
The side profile in white really shows how awkward the rear end looks with the taillights.
Also ambient lighting is different.
I really hope the purple is a regular color that's offered and not an Individual paint. BMW's marketing has been showing off individual paints for some reveals lately and it's annoying knowing that those are $2k options. If it does come in purple as a regular option, I would...maybe consider it. Or at least tell a friend to get it in purple.
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ROAD_DOGG33J
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I don't get it. What are they doing here?
It reminds me a bit of the 1 series coupe, but with the terrible direction they took with the 2 series sedan on top.
This is disappointing as the 2 series coupe was their best design.
It reminds me a bit of the 1 series coupe, but with the terrible direction they took with the 2 series sedan on top.
This is disappointing as the 2 series coupe was their best design.
I'm not seeing the problem here, personally. The first shot on the last page just wasn't flattering.
The real shame is its transmission and electronics, naturally. Not that a thing can be done about it. Oh wait -- this is the 2-series...is that automatic-only now or not? I don't remember and quite honestly don't even care to check, the way things are. Meh.
The real shame is its transmission and electronics, naturally. Not that a thing can be done about it. Oh wait -- this is the 2-series...is that automatic-only now or not? I don't remember and quite honestly don't even care to check, the way things are. Meh.
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I don't think the design overall is that bad, will need to see it in person before making a full judgment. I will say the long nose looks pretty good from the side view.
At this point, I'm just glad to see another compact RWD sports coupe on the market so I can forgive some of the awkward little details.
At this point, I'm just glad to see another compact RWD sports coupe on the market so I can forgive some of the awkward little details.
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Just saw a video of this on the official BMW YouTube channel and was shocked to see the rear end and facepalmed excessively as to why BMW go and ruin their designs. The BMW M2 & M2 CS are some of BMW best subtle designs to come out of stuttgart!
They had to go and ruin it, Whyyyyy!!!!!
Also frikking ugly colour combos.
They had to go and ruin it, Whyyyyy!!!!!
Also frikking ugly colour combos.
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Along with all the metallic paints, a £575 option here in the UK.
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The Supra is gaudy and not pretty but it's appropriate. The essence of Supra is not some Germanic, elegant, classy car, it's supposed to be a ridiculous Japanese sports car. And it looks like a ridiculous Japanese sports car.
Problem is, this BMW also looks like a ridiculous Japanese sports car. It's not supposed to. It's unnecessarily fat, bulbous, blocky, looks like a damn SUV, and the headlights aren't even on the front of the car, they're on top and strung along the sides, the tail lights are 2002 Altezza style, there are triangles everywhere for who the hell knows what reason, and the purple one looks like it's wearing a gloss black skirt.
This thing makes the Supra look beautiful in comparison. The Supra is at least an appropriate design, this BMW looks like NFS Underground.
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A brand new car and some idiot has already dinged the side of it. This is why we can't have nice things.
Keef
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Good point. A lot of companies are focusing on surface contouring these days - Mazda probably the primary and best example - but BMW has made some serious errors in this department lately. Their surfaces and resulting shadows and highlights are horrible, like the car has been crashed.
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Here are some design sketches from early on
www.press.bmwgroup.com
The all-new BMW 2 Series Coupé.
BMW is opening a new chapter in its tradition of super-sporty compact models. In the process it will set a new benchmark for driving pleasure – a brand speciality – at the premium end of this vehicle class. The new BMW 2 Series Coupé embodies sporting prowess in a particularly concentrated form...
Alright. The front tip is strange. I still don't see much else.
I like contemporary design a lot more than all the unfinished concept-car-looking things of the '00s and ugly uninterrupted stretches of painted bodywork. I like interruptions in the shape, like this and like the 1970s-1980s. BMW got a little weird about it in the '00s (again, unfinished concept-car-looking stuff) and other recent cars of theirs have been no better (looking at you, 3-series-under-the-stupid-unnecessary-wasted-name-of-4-series), but this is not offending me. It's not perfect or anything, either. It's just a contemporary car that suits me OK.
Again, not like companies and the federal regulations steering their choices are giving me any real reason to care.
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I love that colour and the front end looks great! The bottom of the front grille area looks a bit too fussy although I understand this may be required for various features and/or cooling. The side profile is pretty neat apart from the weird line behind the front wheels and how far the rear lights wrap around. The back is, as others have said, the worst part. It's too high with the lights fitted a little too low down.
Maybe they've learned from the previous gen cars suffering from exhaust valve rattles/failures and have made the gap below the rear bumper bigger so you can easily get underneath to replace them now?
Maybe they've learned from the previous gen cars suffering from exhaust valve rattles/failures and have made the gap below the rear bumper bigger so you can easily get underneath to replace them now?
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Another BMW, another really ugly hood shut line. The Silver & Orange concept sketches posted by @ProjectWHaT are very nice by contrast...I'm sure the marketing department dictated that the car needed more "brand face" or whatever.
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This really shows how BMW absolutely ruined the surface contours of the new car. The last one was nice and smooth and muscular in the right places while the new one...honestly looks like it's been crashed. The various bulges and creases and resulting highlights and shadows are just nonsensical. There's no rhyme or reason to them. It is inexcusably ugly.
Except that Chevy concept actually looked nice. Smooth, muscular contours that actually make sense, similar to the previous M2.
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