Bmw M2?

[Abdoman]

I just got the latest article of Automobile and on the cover is a pic of an M2. They said that BMW will not be selling the 1 series in the US, but will sell the 2 series instead. The 220i will come with 2 liter 150hp, or a 200hp turbo 2l engine. The 250i will most likely come with the 2.5l 250hp I6 and the M2 will most likely come with a 300hp I6. The 2 series is also suppose to come in a cabriolet.

 

[tool fan]

Do you have pics yet? Would like to see

 

[Abdoman]

I will try to scan some pics next week - I checked the web site, but no pics were posted.

 

[tool fan]

I look forward to seeing them. thanks

 

[frolf]

yea i want to see these pics

 

[Section_8]

I just got the latest article of Automobile and on the cover is a pic of an M2. They said that BMW will not be selling the 1 series in the US, but will sell the 2 series instead. The 220i will come with 2 liter 150hp, or a 200hp turbo 2l engine. The 250i will most likely come with the 2.5l 250hp I6 and the M2 will most likely come with a 300hp I6. The 2 series is also suppose to come in a cabriolet.

I dunno about the engine specs, of course this early in the game they may still be deciding. From info I read, there was not going to be a inline 6 (or any 6 cylinder) engine placed in the new 1/2 series, as this would conflict with 3 series sales. The engine specs I've seen (Will hunt it down, believe it was on bimmerforums, actual paste from a Mag article as well) was as follows:

1.6l - 135hp
1.8l - 150hp
2.0l (FI) - 200hp
2.4l (FI) - 240hp (M2)

All 4 bangers, no 6 cylinders.

I've been hearing the same thing about the 1 series.. That sucks, I think they could sell a horde of hatchback turbo'd cars, quite a market for that in the states at the moment.

I was all set to get the wife a 1 series hatch.. Guess it's back to 325iT searching..

 

[Kate]

i thought they were going to sell the 1s here to compete with the golf/gti's... i guess i was mistaken. thats a shame because they would do very well here with low gas mi. and so appealing.

 

[theBMWenthusiast]

i would like to see some pictures as well....bmwinfo.com may have some

 

[Abdoman]

I finally remembered to bring the magazine to work. Here are a couple of pics.

 

[Abdoman]

I like it!

 

[frolf]

i think tha little thing is hot! dang.... its like smoooth, and.... wow, i like that a lot. lets hope they don't eff it up in production, or even think of touching the lines of the trunk

 

[bignate]

The body is sweet, but they should put a 6 in it

 

[KevRC4130]

Looks real nice. So would it compete with like the 350z, honda S2000, audi TT, etc? Will it be about that size/price range?

 

[epj3]

Looks real nice. So would it compete with like the 350z, honda S2000, audi TT, etc? Will it be about that size/price range?

No the Z4 competes with those cars, and I think the S2000 is faster than the bmw??

 

[KevRC4130]

Oh yeah, Duh. I completely forgot about the Z4. I suppose its competing with like the new VW Golf R32 and Subaru WRX Sti, and other cars like those.

 

[tool fan]

Just like BMW......Making a whole class of cars. At least they haven't made anything as ugly as say a......Mercedes A class or that go cart made by Audi the....A2. Nice post....I can't wait to see it live. Y'all will probly see it in the states before I see it over here.....SAD

 

[eScotch]

Some things from the article that haven't been mentioned yet:
NO idrive!!!!!
push button start
no high tech goodies:active steering, dynamic drive control, electronic damping control and 4wd
prices: low to mid 20's to low 30's for the M2 with a Z2 possible

What the posted pic doesn's show well is the backseat in this car. Automobile also has pics of the regular 2 series (the one posted so far is the M2), as well as the cabrio 2 series as well. Coupe expected late 2005, cabrio, early 2006

 

[xLibelle]

nice

 

[Kilomph]

It's nice, but it still has those slanted ugly ricer looking headlights. I definitly wouldn't mind having it, they could have done a better job on styling though.