New 2 Sries coupe

[edo]

Looks nice.

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/bmw-2-s...

[mnkiboy]

Front looks good but the rear looks a bit stumpy. Though I guess if it was any longer it would be a 3 Series Coupe 4 Series.
Edit: Having seen the rest of the pics the rear doesn't look too bad.

[Rawwr]

Quite possibly more attractive than the CLA.

[Mr2Mike]

Looks like someone took a hot air gun to a 1 series coupe and melted it. Not quite as revolting as some of their previous efforts, but still a very long way from an attractive car.

[s m]

I like it but I guess it will only be a 4-seater like the old one

[pilchardthecat]

It looks like every other BMW

This "brand identity" homogenisation thing really is a scourge in my opinion. They should stop giving their cars different names, numbers, etc and just sell small/medium/large

[Vitorio]

I like the new headlights, but the back half of the car looks a bit off compared to the 1 series coupe to me. Somehow this 2 series looks like it should have been longer, while the previous 1-coupe looked very balanced.

then again, i think the 1-coupe is probably my favorite BMW ever on looks, so trumping that would be hard indeed.

[deadmau5]

An M2 would be very desirable.

[Ozzie Osmond]

Is this some sort of "Spice Girls" edition to rival Victoria Beckham's RR Evoque efforts?

....the unforgettable "2 becomes 1".

Yes, best forgotten.

[pilchardthecat]

Vitorio said:

....then again, i think the 1-coupe is probably my favorite BMW ever on looks.

Pffft. I liked it well enough to run one for a couple of years, but that's just silly.

[Vitorio]

pilchardthecat said:

Vitorio said:

....then again, i think the 1-coupe is probably my favorite BMW ever on looks.

Pffft. I liked it well enough to run one for a couple of years, but that's just silly.

Ooh i know, i have an odd taste in BMWs for sure. I do like the 3-series mostly, but the saloon always looks a bit ordinary, and every coupe since the e36 just looks a bit too long somehow, like it should have been shorter to correctly pull off the lines, to me the 1-coupe is the modern heir to the e30 coupe, which while nice, just looks a bit blocky these days.

I also LOVE the e60, so clearly there's something wrong with me

[Raoul Duke]

Quite like that, just changed cars and was tempted with an F30 3-series at the time, but would have preferred something slightly more compact and this could have fit the bill nicely.
As I’m not a fan of the new 1-series hatch and felt the 1-series coupe to a bit dated for a new purchase now I went elsewhere.
However had this been available at the time it would have been very seriously considered.
To my mind, aesthetically that’s a big improvement on the rather marmite 1-series on which it’s based and I will certainly be having a good look at it when I next change.

[soad]

deadmau5 said:

An M2 would be very desirable.

There will be one, to replace 1M coupe.

[Krikkit]

Does this replace the 1-series coupé then?

[soad]

Krikkit said:

Does this replace the 1-series coupé then?

[pilchardthecat]

Vitorio said:

pilchardthecat said:

Vitorio said:

....then again, i think the 1-coupe is probably my favorite BMW ever on looks.

Pffft. I liked it well enough to run one for a couple of years, but that's just silly.

Ooh i know, i have an odd taste in BMWs for sure. I do like the 3-series mostly, but the saloon always looks a bit ordinary, and every coupe since the e36 just looks a bit too long somehow, like it should have been shorter to correctly pull off the lines, to me the 1-coupe is the modern heir to the e30 coupe, which while nice, just looks a bit blocky these days.

I also LOVE the e60, so clearly there's something wrong with me

The e9x 3 series is their blandest ugliest creation for a while along with the x1 so in that sense i agree

Best looking BMWs have to be the Z3M breadvan, the original Z4, the e39 5 series, the e30....

[Prawnboy]

not as nice as the 1 series coupe, preportions seem a bit off in that pic.

[Ozzie Osmond]

Let's face it, BMW have never been very good at getting the styling right when they hack the back off their cars.

Or when they simply inflate them into a GT.

[Krikkit]

soad said:

Krikkit said:

Does this replace the 1-series coupé then?

In which case, bravo to BMW! Looks very nice, certainly a million times better than that gopping 1-series hatch. What a horrid front.

[lewisf182]

Hopefully It won't be too big-a price jump over the 1 series hatch. An M235i would be a lovely car! I'd imagine the residuals would be pretty good too looking by what the 135i has depreciated by.