[W///]

Originally Posted by biggripper

https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-reviews/bmw/m2-coupe/

One of the better reviews yet, from a reputable source that's not just a YT special. Overall, very balanced.

"This isn’t the kind of BMW M2 that we’re used to. The last one was small, potent and at the very peak of what an M car has always been. But this new one has some stats that suggest a new direction."

Yep, more or less:
"I can gripe, but the fact is I really enjoyed driving the M2, certainly more so than the previous F87 model. Some of the raw honesty and compactness of that car is gone, and the new one weighs and costs too much, but the G87 is the more polished and better resolved machine – exciting and incredibly capable when you’re driving for fun, surprisingly refined and sophisticated when you just want miles to melt away.

In an era where it must share a stage with a plug-in hybrid SUV, the new M2 feels like a more grown-up version of a reassuringly familiar formula, an evolution at a time of radical reinvention. I’ll take mine with the manual gearbox, please."

[M2PDX]

Originally Posted by W///

One of the better reviews yet, from a reputable source that's not just a YT special. Overall, very balanced.

"This isn’t the kind of BMW M2 that we’re used to. The last one was small, potent and at the very peak of what an M car has always been. But this new one has some stats that suggest a new direction."

Yep, more or less:
"I can gripe, but the fact is I really enjoyed driving the M2, certainly more so than the previous F87 model. Some of the raw honesty and compactness of that car is gone, and the new one weighs and costs too much, but the G87 is the more polished and better resolved machine – exciting and incredibly capable when you’re driving for fun, surprisingly refined and sophisticated when you just want miles to melt away.

In an era where it must share a stage with a plug-in hybrid SUV, the new M2 feels like a more grown-up version of a reassuringly familiar formula, an evolution at a time of radical reinvention. I’ll take mine with the manual gearbox, please."

And another quote:

"I’m relieved and astonished at how reactive the front end feels, jinking left and right to tiny steering adjustments."

[LVI]

costs too much? highly disagree ... at MSRP this car is a great value relatively speaking. Not much else out there at this price point that can compare. Civic Type Rs are selling for $10k-$15K over nowadays.

The weight is a bit excessive for it's size but these new cars have a lot of gadgets and safety features that add tons of weight.

The only real competition is from within BMW, with the M240i, but that's not a real M car.

[biggripper]

Originally Posted by Kobared

I initially was on my dealers list for a m2 at number 4, but I got impatient because I need a car and allocations were coming through to slow for me so I switched to a m4 around the end of February and got a production number a week later.It’s already built and waiting at the port.

Congrats! I'm sure you'll love it. I will likely be making the switch to the G8x platform at some point in the next year but I'm having a hell of a time deciding which platform is the most desirable for me. I'm really torn between the M2, M3, and M4. I always spend way too much time agonizing over these types of decisions. All I know is some lucky person will eventually have the pleasure of being the future owner of a very low milage (sub 20k) YMB F80.

[JCZ5]

The biggest barrier to putting down money for an allocation is me experiencing the drive myself. I miss the days when you can easily test M cars on dealer lots.

I’ve said this in other threads, but as someone who is between 2-3 options, it is difficult for me to commit without personal experience. I’m hoping by end of the summer my dealer would have at least one available for test drives. After all, isn’t that the whole point of BMW HEA allocations? Too bad now HEA’s are getting sold as stock…

Different times indeed, maybe I will come back to this thread and answer the prompt directly in due time.