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Originally Posted by Bosozoku
The M2 and M235i are almost exactly the same price, fully equipped.
Many costly M235i options are standard in the M2.
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Absolutely and particularly if you add M Performance options like LSD, exhaust, brakes, etc., not just factory options to the M235/240. The 2 series have value in reverse, unlike most of the others cars. By that I mean the most expensive line gives you more value for your money than the next, which gives more than the next lower. The only way the 228/230i provides any value is that it can be ordered stripped. The 235/240 comes with pretty much everything I want standard so it is a much better choice than the 228/230 for me personally.
I would check the Exec Pkg. and MT boxes on a white M2 and be under $54k MSRP.
A white M240i with Cold Weather and Drivers Assistance Packages plus the HK Audio would bring me in at $47,670 because I don't need Leather or Nav.
To equip a 230i like the 240i above I would add the M Sport, Track Handling, Premium and Lighting Packages also, which brings it to 44,420. I could drop M Sport and Lighting, which would be my bare minimum and shave $3400, knocking it down to 41,620 but it wouldn't look as good to me so I'll gladly pay the difference for the 240 or M2 and take the more powerful engine.
With discounts and loyalty credits, I should be able to get the 240 for under 44k pretty easily. It remains to be seen what I will be able to do on an M2 but I'll find out in the spring when I'm ready to order.