They might call it the 2 Series Coupé- but don’t let them fool you. This is in truth, a 3 Series coupe. Particularly our 240i, which uses literally everything from a 440i and shoved it into a smaller better looking mini coupe!

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The team behind the new 2 Series are true heroes. With the 1 series and all other 2 series compact #BMW’s ditching the niche RWD market in favour of front wheel drive, the 2 series engineers insisted on three things for the coupe: a RWD platform shared with 3/4 series, the famous 6 cylinder in the performance models, and a design to totally differentiate it to other compact cars. It’s a battle they fought, and won for us, a tiny niche in the car world who still lust after the small 2 door sport coupe!

So in a lot of ways, it’s not an exaggeration to say that this is the most important BMW they’ve released in modern times. The 2 series coupe is trying to be the best it can in every way too, with not just platform stolen from 3/4 but tech and materials from those cars, unlike the predecessor 1 and 2 series coupes. And of course an M2 coming as the spearhead of 50 years of #BMWM!

Today we’ll see the history of the 2 series, how it evolved from the BMW 02, then E30 3 series, to the more modern first predecessor in the 1 series coupe E82.

We’ll directly compare it to the 2 series F22 coupe, how the 2 series started to evolve into it’s own thing - along with the evolution of the M2, all the way to the CS!

In our new gen, all BMW compact cars became FWD cars with transversely mounted engines, including the popular M hatchbacks and the 2 series 4 door variants. The #2series Coupé however, shares little to no DNA with these cars.

Instead it sits on the CLAR platform, shared with 3/4, rather than FWD platform of 1 etc
4 Series Chassis technology - today’s M240i borrows the powertrain wholesale from the M440i.

So, that’s a 3.0-litre turbocharged straight-six with: 374BHP, 500nm and a claimed 4.3secs to 60 (we are much quicker).

Driven by a rear biased XDrive with M-sport diff as standard - the 240i has Increased negative camber on front end, lift related dampers are standard, electronic dampers in the adaptive M suspension option, active aero flaps reducing lift and the 8 speed roque converter. It’s heavy though, 1755kg in the xDrive, let’s see if we feel it.

The design is a key selling point: Maximum differentiation to 1 Series and other 2 Series models. It’s longer than the older car, wider but not as tall: giving it a stance as mean as an M2!

The interior is a massive selling point, and justifies a lot on the price increase in this generation. It is the same if not better than the four series in almost all areas - huge improvement over the last gen, and the tech and comfort will really surprise you! As well as how brilliant it is on mileage on the motorway.

BUT, at the price it sits, it’ll have to really convince us that it’s worth buying over a previous gen M2! Let’s see how it does!

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