[Tallest]

Originally Posted by 10"

this kind of Porsche fanboy-ism is so silly and absurd. Have you spent time with a 911 before?

Firstly they are entirely different cars—-and no, Porsches are not some magical end-all to motoring. Personally I have found many Porsches to be overly technical, clinical, and less fun than BMW Ms I've driven.

I run the largest 1M owners group in the world and we have seen our members buy all types of Porsches over the years and guess which car they sold after a few years—-yeah many sell the 911 and keep the 1M. There is no artificial reason why people enjoy smaller BMW Ms, they occupy a different purpose and niche of enjoyment.

I agree.

Porsche 10 years ago perhaps used to tick the same box that BMW M2 ticks today. new 911 is very expensive car, not offering anything new really except looking a little prettier. Still tiny useless seats in the back as in my car which is 15 year old design. how the heck!

[W///]

Originally Posted by 10"

this kind of Porsche fanboy-ism is so silly and absurd. Have you spent time with a 911 before?

Firstly they are entirely different cars—-and no, Porsches are not some magical end-all to motoring. Personally I have found many Porsches to be overly technical, clinical, and less fun than BMW Ms I've driven.

I run the largest 1M owners group in the world and we have seen our members buy all types of Porsches over the years and guess which car they sold after a few years—-yeah many sell the 911 and keep the 1M. There is no artificial reason why people enjoy smaller BMW Ms, they occupy a different purpose and niche of enjoyment.

Thank you, someone that understand. All these guys are just looking at stats on paper and good chance they've never even driven one outside of going around the block.

They are GREAT cars, and honestly would love to own one. But it's truly apples vs oranges, not to mention $$$ wise, they're on a completely different level.

What a lot of people don't understand is that BMW still makes fun STREET cars (the manual transmission is a must for me in that regards).

P.S. To be honest, my Porsche of choice is a 718 Spyder, and not even any type of 992.

[BMthusiast]

Originally Posted by donm527

The wrapped version more refined and closer to what the final product will be... But.. But... We are comparing it to pics of the final product.l

There's not a single confirmation that the leaked pics are the final product. Gun to the head I'd say the wrapped version is the final product, but that's just my opinion.

[rivma13]

This has to be the ugliest out of ANY M car that has ever been created.
What a shame on bmw's design dept...they went from a beautiful generation to what will be remembered as the ugliest of all...
Really hope the people in Munich are reading this posts about all their designs

[donm527]

Originally Posted by gatorfast

Looks like those mugen bumpers or whatever that people would stick on their civics in the 90s.

Cousins?

https://static1.topspeedimages.com/w...500&h=&dpr=1.5

[Alan l.]

Surprised this thread is still going. Admins usually ban/flag/delete users/posts if its not favorable to BMW. Certainly happened when the G8X launched...

Not really sure what BMW is thinking with their recent designs. Its like they have two completely different department designing some of the cars that don't relate to each other. I knew the M2 wasn't going to be a looker but man this was still a shock for me when it came to the rear end.

[atl_1M]

Originally Posted by Kuato2084

There's not a single confirmation that the leaked pics are the final product. Gun to the head I'd say the wrapped version is the final product, but that's just my opinion.

I guess youd still be alive by technicality bc the camo car is the exact same as the leak. It just has some additional cladding in the diffuser area. Besides that they're identical. Not sure what you all are seeing that's different, but I guess that just means the camo worked.

[Game]

Originally Posted by AlpineBoost

Probably started as a real photo of a G42. Look at the bumper in both pics and you'll see what I mean. 100% photoshopped.

It also metions "Render" and "Original picture" in the post.

Originally Posted by LivingInSalt

It's a pic of an M240i in the wild with the M2 bumper (and badge) photoshopped on.

You can see this M240i here (check the plate)

https://www.topgear.com/car-news/ret...lated-are-they

And that's fine because a G87 is going to share the trunk/taillights of the G42. It's a photoshop for sure…but a very accurate one. Just needs to be a little wider.

I for one think it looks good.

[T_U_D]

Originally Posted by W///

Thank you, someone that understand. All these guys are just looking at stats on paper and good chance they've never even driven one outside of going around the block.

They are GREAT cars, and honestly would love to own one. But it's truly apples vs oranges, not to mention $$$ wise, they're on a completely different level.

What a lot of people don't understand is that BMW still makes fun STREET cars (the manual transmission is a must for me in that regards).

P.S. To be honest, my Porsche of choice is a 718 Spyder, and not even any type of 992.

The 992 is huge, even diehard Porsche collector, comedian Jerry Seinfeld has repeatedly stated on Spike’s Car Radio that the car is BIG! Jerry has also stated that he dailies his 718 Spyder which he also mentioned that it was developed in the GT department.

[Dyeraudio]

Not bad…… thankfully that ridiculously huge grill is gone. Rear looks weird…… too much space between tail lights.

[Logicoeur]

Ready for all the M2Cs to come down in price when you guys switch over to this new m2

[Tag]

Originally Posted by Kuato2084

There's not a single confirmation that the leaked pics are the final product. Gun to the head I'd say the wrapped version is the final product, but that's just my opinion.

Think again.

[Tag]

Originally Posted by Alan l.

Surprised this thread is still going. Admins usually ban/flag/delete users/posts if its not favorable to BMW. Certainly happened when the G8X launched...

That's because Artemis is our admin and since the F87 days he's always been a fair and impartial moderator and doesn't muzzle decent. We're very lucky.

[E63M6_G42M240i]

Better picture of the rear. Crisis avoided.

[overfreeze]

Originally Posted by Alan l.

Surprised this thread is still going. Admins usually ban/flag/delete users/posts if its not favorable to BMW. Certainly happened when the G8X launched...

Not really sure what BMW is thinking with their recent designs. Its like they have two completely different department designing some of the cars that don't relate to each other. I knew the M2 wasn't going to be a looker but man this was still a shock for me when it came to the rear end.

It's already happening:
https://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1957457

[h20rg]

Looks good with the camo 🤣

[E63M6_G42M240i]

Originally Posted by overfreeze

It's already happening:
https://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1957457

Better and hopefully more real than that last abomination

[Tag]

Originally Posted by overfreeze

It's already happening:
https://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1957457

That's very disappointing. I can tell you for sure it's not our admin doing the banning.

[Tag]

Originally Posted by h20rg

Looks good with the camo 🤣

This line has been used 9,342,765,893,467,984 times already, but thanks for your deep insight.

[DaiLyCS]

Originally Posted by ScullyD

I don't want to get banned. It looks great! Best M2 ever!

What make this m2 even better, aftermarket front, rear bumper and front fenders with some fake vents on it 🔥🔥

[thaalrasha]

My money is that the M performance exhaust + new bumper can't look any worse than the stock G87 one... So it might sell well unlike the weird exhaust layout on the G80 Mperformance thing.

[///M TOWN]

Originally Posted by thaalrasha

My money is that the M performance exhaust + new bumper can't look any worse than the stock G87 one... So it might sell well unlike the weird exhaust layout on the G80 Mperformance thing.

We'll see