2023 G87 ///M2 Front Bumper Leak From China?

Thomas · 07-11-2021, 01:53 PM

I think - if done right - this might be really cool.
I'm getting a nineties E36 M3 retro vibe from it.

TrustButVerify · 07-11-2021, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by M2_CSL

No chance.

Surely not.

Oh no.

God no.

Wait... What has China got to do with the new M2?

Hoping it's a leak from the same shop that's doing this

https://www.carthrottle.com/post/bmw...-e60-5-series/

Looks like Bane from The Dark Knight Rises.

flybigjet · 07-11-2021, 02:22 PM

Without some sort of surround/accent trim on the front kidney grills, it strikes me as looking sort of..... cheap?

Something I'd expect on a base-model Kia, not a high-end BMW.

R.

bimmer pleaser V2 · 07-11-2021, 02:55 PM

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Looks like ass.

Is a good thing or bad thing?

couchflyer · 07-11-2021, 02:57 PM

BMW's designers need help!

BMWRL · 07-11-2021, 03:24 PM

Interestingly SCOTT26 said he couldn't confirm if this is fake or not, but in the official release thread for the 240i/M240i, he said the air vents in the M2 were upside down.

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koen1982 · 07-11-2021, 03:35 PM

Is this the BMW M2 - optimus prime special limited edition ?

SilverSlug · 07-11-2021, 04:20 PM

Looks more like the China eBay Edition bumper.

stulio2181 · 07-11-2021, 05:02 PM

This looks like the front of a 10 year old Dodge Durango.

Blindside_137 · 07-11-2021, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by BMWRL

Interestingly SCOTT26 said he couldn't confirm if this is fake or not, but in the official release thread for the 240i/M240i, he said the air vents in the M2 were upside down.

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Maybe adding an inverted triangle gets you a square?

3RDSECTOR · 07-11-2021, 05:52 PM

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No it does not

Porsche would never put out such crap

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Originally Posted by X3MO

So far all M cars have retained the non M series headlights.

M3 headlight is nothing like M340i.

Exactly. It's amazing how people talk out of their butts like that. Saw some clown on r/BMW saying the same nonsense yesterday.

dominick.han · 07-11-2021, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by bimmer pleaser V2

M3 headlight is nothing like M340i.

M3 and M4 shares the 4 series front-end/headlights

It's been like this since at least E90, E90 M3 (4dr) shares the E92 3 series/M3 grill/headlights instead of the E90 ones

F80 has the F32/F82 headlight/grill instead of the F30 ones as well

G80 shares the headlights with G22/G82

mbanck · 07-11-2021, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by WWM3

Good point. So not just the E92 M didn't get the LCI headlights, the E46 didn't get them either.

More generally, (i) M headlights have always been carried over from either the sedan or (more often/always) the coupe and (ii) M doesn't change the headlight geometry (or much else if they can help it) of the cars once they are in production.

Professor///M · 07-11-2021, 07:14 PM

No hole for camera. I say fake

cbertels · 07-11-2021, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by M2_CSL

If this monstrosity of a front bumper does turn out to be genuine I will personally drive to Munich, find the designers at lunch hour to point a finger at them and shout "You're fired"

Get the G8x guy too

spuntyb · 07-11-2021, 08:51 PM

Picking up the Gundam esthetic from the G8x and doubling down. Real or fake, no thanks

///M TOWN · 07-11-2021, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by 3RDSECTOR

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Originally Posted by bimmer pleaser V2

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Originally Posted by ///M TOWN

No it does not

Porsche would never put out such crap

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Originally Posted by X3MO

So far all M cars have retained the non M series headlights.

M3 headlight is nothing like M340i.

Exactly. It's amazing how people talk out of their butts like that. Saw some clown on r/BMW saying the same nonsense yesterday.

OK so BMWs copying Porsche now?

That's pathetic

That front bumper skin exhibits zero ///m design language

But IF real then clearly BMW completely pulled this design out of their butts

otay · 07-11-2021, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by ///M TOWN

Looks like a Dodge Ram

That's what I was thinking...looks like a truck bumper

Tornado1M · 07-11-2021, 10:14 PM

I call Bull Shit!

That can't be for real!

Nope!

CCM11285 · 07-11-2021, 10:32 PM

This looks like an awful fiberglass bumper cover just styled to resemble a BMW, the M2 badge even looks wrong

b.oom · 07-12-2021, 06:21 AM

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Originally Posted by n55f15

If Scott's right and this is the M2 front bumper; then this is the laziest bumper design I've seen

Every sheet put on the right proportions will be loved by enthusiasts. Time will pass, and even more will love the same ugly thing placed on the right proportions.

Spaceman_Spliff · 07-12-2021, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by (K)

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Originally Posted by M2_CSL

No chance.

Surely not.

Oh no.

God no.

Wait... What has China got to do with the new M2?

Hoping it's a leak from the same shop that's doing this

https://www.carthrottle.com/post/bmw...-e60-5-series/

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