[SW19]

Originally Posted by StickyPickle

How is the new 2 series being manufactured in a brand new state of the art facility in Mexico a negative?

Someone did complain that when he took delivery of his M240i the car had sand everywhere.He assumed that there was a sand storm while the car was being transported.The Mexican plant is right next to a desert.So i guess a sand storm is a negative.

https://g42.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1920446

[T_U_D]

Originally Posted by SW19

Someone did complain that when he took delivery of his M240i the car had sand everywhere.He assumed that there was a sand storm while the car was being transported.The Mexican plant is right next to a desert.So i guess a sand storm is a negative.

https://g42.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1920446

There does not appear to be a desert area nearby, but there is a mountainous region. My guess, it is just dusty/sandy there in general?

[SW19]

Originally Posted by T_U_D

There does not appear to be a desert area nearby, but there is a mountainous region. My guess, it is just dusty/sandy there in general?

The other pics that i have seen make it look like a desert.It certainly looks very dry in your pics but i am not an expert on Mexican geography.

[G35POPPEDMYCHERRY]

Yikes headlight is too runny. Needs more time cooking

[Dabozo]

The rear looks like….ass. Lol

But I'm sure it will look much better IRL.

[T_U_D]

Originally Posted by Game

Boomer mentality.

[RyanBMW]

Oh Jesus, I hope it doesn't look like that, I hope those are fake photos. The M240 right now is looking better.

[Bumpinjeep]

Originally Posted by Game

I don't think renders are necessary at this point. We know what the car looks like with a bit of imagination. Or if someone with some talent in photoshop wants to paint one of the press pictures, that's all we'd need.

Got it

[Game]

Originally Posted by Bumpinjeep

Got it

Love me some Brooklyn Gray! Knocked it out of the park.

[GuyOh]

Front bumper looks extremely underwhelming, I hope it'll look a lot more aggressive in real life, and hoping the rear fenders be wider then the standard 2er

[MmmmmM2]

Interesting story to tell...

I spoke with my wife who is a marketing consultant for a POS company in China. However, she has had many international marketing management jobs. I wanted to get her opinion on if she thought the new M2 being built in Mexico would have a negative effect on certain buyers. She said it absolutely will (however, I disagree just so you know).

Her point was that German cars built in Germany will have better conceived quality than German cars NOT built in Germany. I mean, I guess I can see that point of view.

Honestly, the bottom line is going to be how well these hold up in the long run.

[jessief29812]

Originally Posted by T_U_D

Maybe so, but one cannot get a G42 M240 with a manual and to some that makes all the difference in the world.

Wait there's no manual g87 m2s?

[DrKevM5]

Lipstick on a pig… Hopefully BMW eventually brings back real car designers instead of furniture designers.

[Maverik259]

[Game]

Anyone notice the guys that hate this car the most tend to be F87 owners?

[T_U_D]

Originally Posted by MmmmmM2

Interesting story to tell...

I spoke with my wife who is a marketing consultant for a POS company in China. However, she has had many international marketing management jobs. I wanted to get her opinion on if she thought the new M2 being built in Mexico would have a negative effect on certain buyers. She said it absolutely will (however, I disagree just so you know).

Her point was that German cars built in Germany will have better conceived quality than German cars NOT built in Germany. I mean, I guess I can see that point of view.

Honestly, the bottom line is going to be how well these hold up in the long run.

For the narrow minded it might be, but BMW has been producing the X5 at Plant Spartanburg in South Carolina since Gen 1, the E53. The Z3 was built there for the world. The current X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, and soon the XM are all built there. It is BMW‘s largest factory in the world and they export 70% of the vehicles produced there. Where it is built has little to do with quality as both Plant Spartanburg and Plant San Luis Potosí have a German management team on site overseeing the nuts and bolts of the operation.

Originally Posted by Game

Anyone notice the guys that hate this car the most tend to be F87 owners?

We totally saw that coming.

[Sedan_Clan]

Originally Posted by advantage20

[img]https://cdn.motor1.com/images/mgl/2N...renderings.jpg[/img]
[img]https://cdn.motor1.com/images/mgl/Ak...renderings.jpg[/img]

That thing is sexy!

[StickyPickle]

Originally Posted by Game

Anyone notice the guys that hate this car the most tend to be F87 owners?

Funny how that works

[COChris]

I don't have a problem with the manufacturing location as BMW has pretty good quality control standards in place and I have faith they can follow through.

As far as the side vent, If it's real I hope it won't be plugged as it was on the 1M. But the 1M was lucky to make it to production, and I can see how the bean counters couldn't make it work with such short notice and a tight budget.

[solstice]

Originally Posted by MmmmmM2

Her point was that German cars built in Germany will have better conceived quality than German cars NOT built in Germany.

In certain markets more than others. My cousin created and own I high end audio company (speakers). The distributor in one certain region demanded that even the packaging have to be made in the Nordic country where the company is located and clearly marked as such or perceived quality will suffer greatly to a detrimental result.

[buckybadger]

It looks like the 2 series with cosmetic changes. The body seems same.

[Ikester19]

Tis a thing of beauty!