Here's Why The Brand New 2022 BMW M240i Is STILL BMW's Best Driver's Car...Period!
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Thankfully BMW have kept some physical buttons and the overall design of the dash/console is still driver focused unlike competitor's cars that look like tablets inside.
Yeah Audi and VW started doing that and their systems are harder than ever to use. Funny how now Audi and VW are using that glossy haptic feedback crap when Honda used it years ago and went back to regular buttons and switches as the customer complaints were off the charts.
I came here just to comment on that. I hope that bmw keeps this style but sadly they will finally cave probably. Audi interior is a joke with 3 screens, merc. with their huge tablets. But the IX is probably where bmw is heading. Still better than the competition.
I’m not a fan of BMW’s FWD-based products so I’m pleasantly surprised to see they actually kept the coupe on RWD architecture. It reminds me of the E46 M3, with those bulging fenders.
if you knew just a lil bit of cars you wouldnt be surprised that they kept the 2series rwd.
Dang this is nice! Seems outa left field…BMW? Where they been? 2 series..nice facelift…it almost looks like something straight out of the 90s, maybe it’s the nostalgia. Lovin it!
I wonder how the 2 series got away with that normal sized grill
Only the 3 & 4 have the beaver grill, the new 5 series has a small grill now too so hopefully BMW will drop it!
@@Modge17 I hope so...
@@Modge17 the current M5 is just a refresh, only time will tell what BMW will do with the redesign.
@@Modge17 Doubtful considering the new 7 series which looks potentially scary
Beaver grill would have looked awesome on the 2 series! Lol
This is one of the best looking Bimmers ever...clean, expensive and interesting looking all at the time.
My God, maybe BMW actually listened to its customers with the grill. I had moved on, but this is a new BMW I would purchase.
As a current M2C owner I dig it.
I have an M2C too and am wondering if the new m2 will be worth the upgrade? The M240i isn't as appealing as the M2c to me.
Great review, loving mine!
You guys are as always amazing 👏 ❤
I had a 2014 M235i and I loved it. So easy to toss around, and the back end loved to shimmy. I live in a region where winters can be nasty, so the rear wheel drive aspect was a bit tricky, although with snow tires (and sensible driving) I managed it for a number of years. Lack of a functional back seat, and feeling like getting in and out of the car was more like falling, eventually made me move to a Mercedes C43 instead (back back and knees has something to do with it as well). But I have very found memories of that BMW. This one looks like it would be a blast to do some hot laps with.
Good job Jr. you have a promising automotive review career ahead. Keep it up.
Great review, was lucky enough to see these at Goodwood FoS and they look great I person, especially in the purple! Don’t understand the hate it got when it was announced!
Because it's a BMW, roundel has become bullseye.
The new 2 series is Assembled in Mexico. We want our binmers made in Germany !!
BMW went old school on the exhaust note,🔥🔥🔥 and we are grateful for that🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿
Great review and a beautiful car. At first I didn’t love the rear, but your video did it justice. I love BMWs and think this new 2 will be a win for the company.
Can’t wait! Subscribed.
5:32 I like that BMW is keeping some buttons. I'm not a fan of the all touch screen look that many car companies are going with now.
Thermal track!!! Omg you guys are so close I live your channel much support!
A perfectly sized new BMW. I would like a hatchback version.
Shooting brake
Its a shame that the M135i Hatch is a 4 cylinder. Previous gen was a 6.
@@ScottPC it’s also a Mini underneath, front wheel drive based awd system. Unfortunately nothing BMW about it now 😥
@@Scuderia2000HD Aside from the fact BMW have been engineering MINI for 20 years.
@@unowen-nh9ov as a separate brand. BMW made the effort to make the first gen 1 series RWD back in 2004 even though they owned MINI
I don’t think it looks dated at all, just repetitive with other BMWs. Don’t encourage lack of physical controls.
Exactly. This interior is almost identical to the 3/4 series. I like physical knobs and build quality.
Which for a 2 series is great as they used to look dated even when that style was new. No one in a 2 series will complain that their interior is similar to a 7 series vs 2 generations ago
I ordered the same car same spec with grey color last week. Excited!!!
nice I ordered mine about a month ago lets go!!!
@@alexchen1992 What's your location and when's your ETA?
@Bruce Pan i ordered mine on the 5th of October and my sales person said its headed to the US
So jealous. I’m in family mode so stuck in my 5 series… more comfy but not as dynamic
@@jissanhuq3792 haha, I have a Cayenne to do the family work. Don't miss the oppornity to be dynamic
The purple is fire
Love the rear flared fenders. This would sell well at a lower pricepoint. But overall, a compelling package indeed.
Absolutely fantastic -- I cant think of a better sports car for $55k... though I am a bit biased toward bimmers. Maybe in a few years I'll get one once it's depreciated to $35-40k, though with the used car market how it is, who knows...
would be perfect if it had a hybrid option
That’s why I got a 2017 240
@@codskilclanchannel6420 is it fairly reliable? Would you recommend the car?
@@snapchord yes, it’s super fun and I’ve loved every moment so far
the highlight of the Video was Alex but I also like the TFL Father and Son team.
Arrrgh this Car so good but I can't help but feel I should wait to what the full M car looks like $$
Nice wide body action in the rear
Thanks for the informative video I would like to ask about your opinion to get m240 or m440 if I don’t care about rear seats
I love the normal size grill!!!
Best friends are always great to mention!! and keep!
I love the kept buttons for often used functions 👍
That Thundernight metallic
what…? you say interior is dated?? this is the NEW interior. i love this interior actually compare with Mercedes.
I agree. These reviewers don’t know what they are talking about. This interior is brand new for this car. It is new, not dated.
My wife when I showed her a new Mercedes said they look trashy and tacky n would be worried about the intensity of all that screen. I hope BMW never listens to the naysayers cuz they have a great balance
I own a 2011 323i. The problem I find is the interior just doesn't feel special. Mind you mine has a beige/cream with wood interior so maybe I'm not the best to ask, but it just feels dull and not special. At the moment Mazda are putting out better interiors than the Big 3. Plus all BMW's at the moment have this stupid, cheap quality I think speaker on the top of the dash. (I live in Australia so the materials and quality we used back then and now was probably better than America, as our cars either came from Germany or South Africa like mine).
@@patrickbateman6885 same feeling i got when i test drove the Lexus IS a few years back. And i think that for my next round, i will aim higher at Porsche. Not sure if i would do a Tesla. It looks good in showroom but not sure practicality in driving with just center screen. Polestar interior looks good too but exterior is ugly. Precept would probably be even more expensive than porsche.
@@YourMajestyTheKing I don't have the money to buy a Porsche so I wouldn't know. Tesla seemed alright to me, but looking at the screen in the middle to see how fast I'm going in a car that accelerates quicker than you can say supercalifragilisticexpialidocious pisses me off and quality according to owners is poor. I love the Volvo interior with it plushness, but the iPad screen I hear is unreliable, at times slow and buggy and can be dear to replace. Personally I would stick with Big 3 for a replacement for my 323i and only look at the new Mazda 6, Kia Stinger or a Skoda Octavia as I've found them to be the best outside of the big 3 and have as good as quality. My likely replacement will probably be a 2016 or 17 BMW 440i as it's my wife's favourite car and I not liking the design of the new one and we both love the sound of a 6 cylinder.
Sounds good. I want the purple one.
finally someone has a review
I’ll take that Violet color any day w str8 6 any day!!
I’d have never thought I’d want a purple car but they made this car look sorta retro with the best modern touches. Must be so so fun
BMW saved the grill on the 2 and 3 series (M3, maybe future M2 excluded).
Seems like volume sellers get to keep inoffensive grills. At least for now.
Looks nice, the only thing I dont like are the headlights and the weird back
I love it, has that early 2000s BMW vibe to it.
I can’t wait. Mine should here then
The new 230i drives great and starts at $36k. Same styling and more nimble at 3519lbs. It’s rear wheel drive too! Great daily BMW coupe. Check out the mpg and range it’s impressive.
These videos remind me of those insurance commercial where everyone turns into their parents and it’s sad ahha
So it’s very obvious they’re going to make an all electric version of this. That will be quite popular
Good day! I would like to ask you when will the BMW M240I release in Europe? We ordered it at the beginning of july, and still we don't have any information about it 😞 Could you tell me when will it possible starting on the production line?
I have one on order too in Europe (Belgium). The official European launch of this model will be january 22nd 2022. So you should expect yours as one of the first orders, somewhere around that date. They told me at Bmw at the latest end of februari, but probably more by end of january.
can't wait to pick one up in 5 years for 25K
I want one of these over the mk8 golf r but it’s sooooo hard to get one base with that thunderstorm metallic.
Order one.
Hi. When will drive review be published? Writing this on Nov 24. Thanks.
When is the full review coming?
That purple is gorgeous.
Cold weather package been on diesel models like x5/x6 m50d since 2015
If you think that interior is dated you'd think my car's interior is ancient 😅
Please review the 2022 M440i Gran Coupe once the embargo is lifted! (11/13)
What's up with the Joker grin on the new bumper?
A Beast is born
As a proud '12 135i owner w/Dinan reprogram (easy 360 HP), I love the smaller bimmers. They still feel like sports cars. 😀
It shortens the life of the engine though is the downside.
The thing I love about my 2011 323i Sedan (apart from that beautiful small, inline 6) is how short the car is and being able to throw it around a bend at 100kmh without having to worry about going over the edge of a cliff. The current 3 Series still handles as good and still steers as good, but I could feel the extra weight and length there. If I didn't have two kids I would buy this, but for me I would need at least the room of the 4 Series.
Bought one. I have the first order accepted in Alabama.
I'm glad this gen released so the last gen will depreciate quicker so I can buy one because the f22 is the best looking modern bmw
Have they fixed the engine's magical disappearing coolant??
Does look really good.
though u gonna say where is the manual
So I noticed that this does not have the Mild-Hybrid System like the M340i. Does it pop the same as the 2020 M340i?
It does have the same mild hybrid system…
@@NicolasHerbots if you look at the window sticker it did not call out the mild hybrid. That is why I’m questioning it. Even on BMW USA website it does not indicate it.
@@sergioleon-marquez8069 you might not be completely off. It should have it but BMW NA has been having a lot of parts issues this year. All sorts of expected things are missing.
beauty
The 3 series has a normal grill?
Yes
From the design side of bmw it has been their motto lately to say “how can we make it uglier.” I feel like they are having Chris Bangle design cars over there again.
Looks Awesome! Hint hint BMW! Take notes. Side now as an X automive detailer, only way to clean that grill is with the engine on.
5:48. Im so happy they are doing it like that. Im paying a lot of money for them sticking ipads inside?
It’s the same B58 as the Supra and Z4 m40i?? If so, I guess there’s no manual option.
Previous M240i has a B58 and 6 speed manual transmission.
The f22 had a manual
Did they add a limited slip? Probably not to protect the M2. The previous 240 was awesome but needed a limited slip as their was such incredible power going to one wheel unless you got 4wd
Yes the M340i and M440i along with the M240i got an lsd on this current generation (G42, G20, G22)
The only reason I watched this video was to see if BMW actually retained it’s traditional kidney grill. Thankfully, it appears they’ve saved those garish, inexplicably ugly XXL grill cutouts. Those grills are ten times worse than anything Bangle ever drew. It’s almost as if BMW suffered a concussion or some other malady in choosing those ridiculously large grills.
That said, I sold my last BMW (540i, E39) nearly 10 yrs ago and haven’t looked back. BMW decided to lean heavily on luxury and their cars have become fat and bloated. My 540i’s wheelbase was only 5 inches longer than the M2, which speaks to how heavy BMW’s have become. My first BMW was an brand new 318i coupe (E39, black on black) I brought back with me from US Army service in Europe. It was actually an affordable new car, as I only paid $21,500 for the car, plus about $600 to ship to USA. I calculated the inflation for 2021 and it works out to about $41,350 in today’s money. I think you’d be hard-pressed to find a 230i for less than $42K, but it doesn’t seem impossible.
Perhaps the 2 series will be a smash hit for BMW, as buyers look towards more traditional BMW aesthetics. Even the entry level 230i looks like the BMW’s we all fell in love with before we could afford to actually buy them. It’s the only car I’d be even remotely interested. Those oversized kidney grills are simply trying way too hard to garner attention. We’ll see how long they stick around.
My favorite guys
Starting to look a bit too gaping at the front for a small car lol
I feel like they screwed up the frontend but made the backend nicer
this is the perfect car
Sad, another base car where they killed the manual. All we are left as of now are the Mcars....
Don’t complain about there being physical buttons! You don’t realise how useful they are until you lose them…
Yep. I’m on my second BMW and have driven many cars similar and BMW ergonomics are incredibly thought out. I’m glad they haven’t done what Audi or Mercedes has
Love it
Already imagining to drive into urban country road side with my grumpy shih tzu in tow, back seat is just perfect for him🐾🐾
Alex is such a freak eggplant color and it grew three and 2 inches😂
Sorry Guys, I love the “dated” look
They say that for every BMW. Its not dated.
Thank god they didn’t ruin that car with the hideous kidney grills like they did on the 3 and 4 series. Great looking car can’t wait for the M2.
The nose is good, engine on = breath. engine off = closed.
As a current generation M240i xDrive owner and former 228i owner, I'm grateful they're still making them, but the weight - wow. BMW is known for their cars getting more porky with every upgrade, and a little is expected, but 200 pounds? My 228i was more fun in the twisties than my current car entirely due to the lighter weight, and the M240's 3,670-ish is already borderline unacceptable for the size - but regardless of the platform change, 3,870 pounds is absurd.
The rear drive Coupe 230i in base trim weighs 3519 Lbs. Without AWD it’s lighter more nimble and more fun. Plus it get better mpg with the turbo four too. More fun more economical and cheaper to buy and maintain!
Mine is stuck at a port in Washington..
Mine is in Baltimore, waiting for ram.
They fcked up the grill and front bumper of 2 series, just like they did they new 3 & 4 Series, BWM designers definitely deserve huge slam on the face.
Where is Nathan? Haven’t been here longer time.
"hellacious 3.6-second run to 60 mph car and driver!
Mini 8 series look
A little 22 civic hatch?
Too bad there is so manual :-(
Agree 100%!
Everything about this vehicle is awesome except for the back design,the back of this car looks rather bland imo
Better Grill👍🏼
Roman: 2 inches longer is always a good thing.
well, there is the ... M5 COMPETITION !
Need b58 rwd with manual…
Agree 100%!
Has an E60 Look to front from a higher angle
You know i had to buy this car... in rocket league
Did they really call 2 digital displays dated? Lmao what
If all the grill shutters do is open at engine turn on and close at engine turn off, what's the point? Just an expensive feature to break down the road.
These are going to be a serious bargain in 3 years time when they’re half the price
New German car prices have always made me laugh.
That's exactly how I got a 2017 340i lol
@@Mike604 Same with me but a 435i 😂
I guarantee you it won’t be half. 35k at best especially as new cars are going for real high prices and are coming out above their predicted used values
@@jissanhuq3792 gonna have to disagree with you on this. Firstly not sure what market you’re talking about, I’m talking about the UK. Secondly, a small 2 door coupe with a 6cyl engine? Yeah it’s a niche market segment and with petrol prices at £1.50 a litre in the UK, plus around £500 in road tax a year, in 3 years time, these ICE vehicles are going to suffer a lot in depreciation. Furthermore, what you’re describing currently is largely due to the chip shortage causing inflation in the prices, once chip production goes back to normal and production starts to meet demand, prices are gonna drop. Bought my 2016 435i, almost £50k brand new, for £22k, in 2019.
I love this. Looks like BMW went back to their routes with this one and would buy it if I didn't have 2 kids. If I could I would have the M240i xDrive with that red interior with the Melbourne Red or Portimao blue. This, 3, 5, 8, X3, X5 look and drive good. Still doesn't excuse that abysmal excuse of a designer for his crimes against car design and humanity with the 2 Gran Coupé, 4/M4, 7 Series, X4/X6, X7, i4 and his worst shitebox of them all, the biggest crime of them all... the brand new iX. That designer doesn't wanna come near me as you would all know what I do to people in American Psycho...
How can you call it the best drivers car without actually reviewing how it drives...
I'm glad they kept that C-pillar kink. They got rid of it in the new 4-series, and it looks like a mustang or jaguar from the side 😭
But this car is still not enough to replace the old 2-series. The design is pretty wonky on this car still. don't like those headlights, taillights, or bumper triangles.
The trunk also looks like a VW passat.