BMW 2-Series News

BMW's new M2 has been hailed by many as the sporty coupe that harks back to the legendary early M3s, and now the German automaker has released details on a slew of M Performance Parts designed to hop up the little coupe even more. For now, the parts are mostly aerodynamic and styling bolt-ons, not...

BMW is overhauling the powertrain lineup in its 2-Series range for the 2017 model year. The coupes and convertibles adopt the latest versions of the automaker’s 4- and 6-cylinder engines and in the process benefit from performance and efficiency gains. The cars also adopt new badges to denote...

The BMW M2 represents what the brand used to do best. It's a focused machine that promises to provide its driver with an engaging, enjoyable experience. It's not about blasting up to its top speed, but rather attacking a local racing circuit or your favorite curvy canyon road. Still, if you do...

The 2016 BMW M2 is, at long last, the M car that doesn’t try to please everyone—and will, because of that, end up pleasing far more driving enthusiasts in ways that matter. Get a group of longtime BMW enthusiasts together to talk cars—the ins and outs of the uncompromised...

Following in the footsteps of the M6 and M4 coupes, BMW’s new M2 will serve as official safety car for the 2016 MotoGP season. But before it could be supplied to Dorna Sports, the organizer of MotoGP, the M2 needed a few modifications. The modifications were handled at the BMW M factory and...

BMW will be out to remind fans that it’s still capable of building some fast cars with the presentation of the M2 and X4 M40i models at next month’s 2016 Detroit Auto Show. The M2 was shown briefly at last month’s SEMA show but this will be the first time that the X4 M40i is being...

BMW’s new M2 has made its North American debut at the SEMA show currently underway in Las Vegas. But the version on show isn’t a run-of-the-mill example as the car has been fitted with a number of official M Performance upgrades that will be offered to buyers of the sporty coupe when it...

BMW’s new M2 is already in production at a plant located in Leipzig, Germany. In the above gallery, we see the first one to roll off the line, a nice Long Beach Blue example. The first M2s are due in the United States in the spring. They arrive as 2016 models and should be priced from...

The 2016 BMW M2 may have only been unveiled earlier this week, but BMW is already talking about the latest M model's Nürburgring lap time. In its "official launchfilm [sic]" for the M2, BMW claims the car can lap the 13-odd miles of the full Nordschliefe in 7:58. For comparison's sake, that's...

The BMW M2 has been one of the worst kept secrets of the year but who really cares when the finished product looks go good. The M2 serves as a spiritual successor to the 1-Series M Coupe, produced for just one model year, and it is confirmed to go on sale next spring, as a 2016 model. As...

The new BMW 2-Series is one of the many culprits of the brand’s confusingly revamped naming system, but that doesn’t stop it from being a very fun little luxury sports coupe—particularly in M235i form. Soon, however, the most potent version of the 2-Series should be on the road...

When BMW first previewed its 2-Series Active Tourer back in 2012 with the Concept Active Tourer, it chose to fit the vehicle with a plug-in hybrid powertrain, suggesting that a gasoline-electric setup would be offered in the production version. Now we’re getting our first look at the plug-in...

Talk of a BMW M2 sports car dates back to 2010 but never really got serious until last year’s launch of the 2-Series coupe and convertible. The most potent 2-Series at present is the 320-horsepower M235i but we’ve already spied an even hotter one that’s destined to go by the name...

While laser lighting has been getting a lot of press lately, nearly every luxury carmaker has shown some sort of concept or project with OLED lighting; BMW is perhaps among the foremost, alongside Audi. Back in January, BMW promised to deliver OLED tail lights on an M vehicle in the near future. A...

Anyone looking forward to BMW’s new front-wheel-drive range in the U.S. is going to be disappointed, as the automaker has reversed a previous decision to bring the cars over here. BMW’s front-wheel-drive range includes the five-seat 2-Series Active Tourer and seven-seat 2-Series Gran...

With BMW’s re-naming scheme mostly in place, and a small handful of new models bearing those names, BMW is using the new nomenclatural real estate to introduce yet another: the 2-Series Gran Tourer. Fitting the vehicle class known as an MPV elsewhere in the world, Americans can think of the...

The entry-level BMW 2-Series coupe in the U.S. is the 228i, which sports a turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine good for 240 horsepower and 255 pound-feet of torque. Overseas, however, BMW has just introduced a new 218i variant which gets a turbocharged 1.5-liter three-cylinder engine. The...

It’s completely unclear what is going on in these pictures, but the lizard portion of our brains likes it. A lot. Here’s our best analysis of the situation: In these photos a car appearing to be very similar to a BMW 2-Series wears a black hood; that hood might be composite. The...

BMW’s controversial 2-Series Active Tourer, the brand’s first front-wheel-drive vehicle, has gained an xDrive all-wheel-drive option, helping to appease those with the belief any vehicle wearing the famous blue and white roundel should never drive the front wheels only. The 2-Series...

The BMW M2 has been rumored for as long as the 2-Series itself has been known about, but it looks like it may soon transition from the land of supposition and rumor to reality. According to a new report from Auto Express, the BMW M2 is likely to arrive at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show. However...