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      10-17-2014, 07:51 PM   #1
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What's the chance of an M2 sedan or Grand coupe?

I need a four door car and would rather a m2 than the m3 do to the size and weight.
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      10-17-2014, 10:27 PM   #2
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Ohh, I doubt it. From what I know, the 2 series is supposed to be a rwd, 2 door counterpart to the upcoming 1er sedan on BMWs new fwd platform (sort of how the 6er is the sporty 2 door version of the 5er).
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What's the chance of an M2 sedan or Grand coupe?

I need a four door car and would rather a m2 than the m3 do to the size and weight.
The chances are high. It will have a +300 PS 2.0l I4, transversely mounted front engine and all-wheel drive.
If you are talking about the current one, chance are very slim, but possible nonetheless.
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A 2 series sedan is impossible according to the new BMW model identities. Odd numbers reserved for sedans and even numbers assigned to coupes. As for GT, I think it'd be to small to accommodate whatever those hideous things do.
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A 2 series sedan is impossible according to the new BMW model identities. Odd numbers reserved for sedans and even numbers assigned to coupes. As for GT, I think it'd be to small to accommodate whatever those hideous things do.
So what about the 6er GranCoupé, 4er GranCoupé and 2er ActiverTourer, and 2er GranTourer?
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There is a 1er sedan currently being tested.

The 2er line will receive a gran coupe at best.
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      10-18-2014, 02:12 PM   #7
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A 2 series sedan is impossible according to the new BMW model identities. Odd numbers reserved for sedans and even numbers assigned to coupes. As for GT, I think it'd be to small to accommodate whatever those hideous things do.
So what about the 6er GranCoup, 4er GranCoup and 2er ActiverTourer, and 2er GranTourer?
Those are GT's not sedans
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      10-18-2014, 07:47 PM   #8
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A 2 series sedan is impossible according to the new BMW model identities. Odd numbers reserved for sedans and even numbers assigned to coupes. As for GT, I think it'd be to small to accommodate whatever those hideous things do.
So what about the 6er GranCoup, 4er GranCoup and 2er ActiverTourer, and 2er GranTourer?
Those are GT's not sedans
Yeah but they have 4 doors and don't have the GT back. Sure they have a hatch but they look more like a 4 door coupe than a 4 door station wagon which is what the GTs look like.

But no there won't be a M2 sedan. If you want 4 doors step up to the M3. If they released a gran coupe they would of by now not as an M2 unfortunately.
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A 2 series sedan is impossible according to the new BMW model identities. Odd numbers reserved for sedans and even numbers assigned to coupes. As for GT, I think it'd be to small to accommodate whatever those hideous things do.
So what about the 6er GranCoup, 4er GranCoup and 2er ActiverTourer, and 2er GranTourer?
Those are GT's not sedans
Yeah but they have 4 doors and don't have the GT back. Sure they have a hatch but they look more like a 4 door coupe than a 4 door station wagon which is what the GTs look like.

But no there won't be a M2 sedan. If you want 4 doors step up to the M3. If they released a gran coupe they would of by now not as an M2 unfortunately.
Don't be so sure of yourself yet, because you nay in fact be wrong.
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      10-19-2014, 09:10 AM   #10
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A 2 series sedan is impossible according to the new BMW model identities. Odd numbers reserved for sedans and even numbers assigned to coupes. As for GT, I think it'd be to small to accommodate whatever those hideous things do.
So what about the 6er GranCoup, 4er GranCoup and 2er ActiverTourer, and 2er GranTourer?
Those are GT's not sedans
Yeah but they have 4 doors and don't have the GT back. Sure they have a hatch but they look more like a 4 door coupe than a 4 door station wagon which is what the GTs look like.

But no there won't be a M2 sedan. If you want 4 doors step up to the M3. If they released a gran coupe they would of by now not as an M2 unfortunately.
Don't be so sure of yourself yet, because you nay in fact be wrong.
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      10-19-2014, 11:13 AM   #11
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      10-19-2014, 02:33 PM   #12
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So what about the 6er GranCoupé, 4er GranCoupé and 2er ActiverTourer, and 2er GranTourer?
BMW loves 'fuzzy math' these days.
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      10-19-2014, 03:48 PM   #13
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There'd need to be a 2er Gran Coupe first even before an M2 GC came out.
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      10-19-2014, 04:06 PM   #14
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I, for one, hope not.
But if they perceive a solid market for it, they will make it, most likely in GC form (which really is a sedan, no matter what new marketing gimmick names they want to call it).
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Would love the side profile of the Gran Coupe but would 'settle' for the sedan in the looks department. Four doors would be ideal since it is a PITA to access the center portion of a coupe to place/remove cargo.
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Adding awd would really make it a hot seller in the east coast as a daily driver.
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I really don't get why folks want a 4 door 2 series. The rear leg room would not change, it may even be less than the coupe! May as well get the three series. If you like the size of the 2er, then you must only have little folks getting in the back and it really is not that hard to pull the seat forward and let them in. Lord knows I can remember doing that allot back in the 70s as a kid when coupes were very common.
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I really don't get why folks want a 4 door 2 series. The rear leg room would not change, it may even be less than the coupe! May as well get the three series. If you like the size of the 2er, then you must only have little folks getting in the back and it really is not that hard to pull the seat forward and let them in. Lord knows I can remember doing that allot back in the 70s as a kid when coupes were very common.
It's the comfort of a four door. Coupes have you sit lower and aren't as practical for putting packages in the back seat.
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The main reason *many* buyers today want something like an M2 sedan is that the F30/80 3-series is a huge car with a wheelbase longer than the E23 7-series, width more than the E23, etc. My wife has zero interest in an E23, E39-sized car. Audi is cleaning up with the new A3 sales in the small sedan segment. BMW was apparently thinking price was the key, but it's not. The A3 didn't steal a thing from the A4 sales if you compare year over year numbers as the A4 was strong too. Hence Audi has tapped the pulse of the marketplace that simply is fed up with a "series" car getting larger and larger such that now the smallest BMW sedan is the size of the E23 7-series and E39 5-series.

BMW knows this and is late to the game. In the meantime, Audi and Merc are going to clean house in this size sedan market segment.
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BMW knows this and is late to the game. In the meantime, Audi and Merc are going to clean house in this size sedan market segment.
If they want to follow the herd they must, the CLA45 is killing it, the imminent RS3 sedan will do as well or better, price will tell. Bmw is too slow to market in key areas and ahead, not sure why, in others with GCs and X4/6.

The argument re being too small as a sedan is rubbish, the Merc and audi small sedans are selling as I said.
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I need a four door car and would rather an M2 than the M3 due to the size and weight.
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The main reason *many* buyers today want something like an M2 sedan is that the F30/80 3-series is a huge car with a wheelbase longer than the E23 7-series, width more than the E23, etc. My wife has zero interest in an E23, E39-sized car... Hence Audi has tapped the pulse of the marketplace that simply is fed up with a "series" car getting larger and larger such that now the smallest BMW sedan is the size of the E23 7-series and E39 5-series...
Some guys looked at me like I was crazy when I started saying that I'd like to see an M2GC. Glad to see I'm not the only one who's fed up with the bloat.
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Some guys looked at me like I was crazy when I started saying that I'd like to see an M2GC. Glad to see I'm not the only one who's fed up with the bloat.
I know chances are very good that there will be a 2 series Gran Coupe, but I haven't heard anything about an M2 GC. God I hope they make it, I'll order one the moment it's announced and finally get a European Delivery.
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