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Originally Posted by SCOTT26
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Originally Posted by riM3
This makes me think the M2 isn't happening.
Given that the M135i is already a high-performer (near-1M, for less $$) and that it shares a base engine config with the coming M3 (N55 vs. S55). I'm not sure there's room for another spec between the two...
Further, they're already spanking the competition (RS3, etc.), so it's not clear to me that they need to throw an LSD, more power, etc. to sell more cars this side of the M3.
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No there will definitely be an M2 due to the fact 1M has a legacy now and was not just a tuned 135i , everything that was good in the standard car was progressed to what you would expect from the M Division , it was not an Audi RS3 Sportback. So yes there is definitely room for an M235i and an M2 just as there is for a 435i and M4. You should know now that they are not just faster interpretations of the standard car , that every element is engineered , tuned and progressed to show that an M model is not just a badge and an aero packet. |
Nothing is definitive (yet) and I appreciate the difference between an M car and a faster base car (I drive a '13 ZCP M3 and came from a '11 335i Performance Edition).
My point was the the M135i is reviewing/drives so well and so similarly to the 1M, that the increase in performance/chassis tuning required to differentiate the M2 vs. the M235i (and mechanically similar M135i) would have to be significant. Possibly too significant to justify.
My guess is that they offer the M235i, then a comp or performance version/package thereof w/ an LSD and maybe EDC (both from the current M3, inline with M's statements about recycling old M tech in M Performance cars), but that we don't see an M2.
Not to say that I wouldn't love to see an M2!