G42 M240i With Full M Performance Parts -- First In Person Look

Original · 09-07-2021, 04:47 PM

1.2" drop with slightly lower offset would make this perfect.

DrKevM5 · 09-07-2021, 05:01 PM

Horrific. Lipstick on a pig.

Rundskop · 09-07-2021, 05:48 PM

Horrible.

FotiosF90M5 · 09-07-2021, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by AlterZgo

Why is it that BMW and some other mfgs purposely try to use styling elements that raises the visual height of the car? Any time they do the black trim along the bottom edge, it makes the car look a lot higher. That large black door sticker spaced half a foot higher doesn't help either. So lame.

Exactly. It's throwing everything off. Something just looks…..off. It looks like a modded rally car with that height. I just don't get it. Plenty of potential just not right out the box.

stein_325i · 09-07-2021, 06:38 PM

Hmm, not sure white is the color to go to this generation. The car looks a bit too pudgy and there's a lot (too many) gloss black accents. Maybe this would look better in the purple the press shots have been using.

DrivingPassion · 09-07-2021, 06:44 PM

Front is OK.
Rear lights are yucky.
Wheelbase is still a little too long.
Height can be dropped.

No, I'm not buying it.

135iUSN · 09-07-2021, 07:31 PM

The front sorta resembles a half bow tie look 👀

GerryM5 · 09-07-2021, 07:45 PM

Doing a fresh car design is nearly impossible. One of's or very limited runs can a design that's unique and perhaps well done. So how hard is to to evolve a design on a mass produced car or car series? Damn hard. Porsche has done the best of any car manufacturer. I'll comment on that in a different post.

The G40 240i is a very well done evolution. IMHO, the G40 M240i is step backwards due to the over use of black and black add-on stuff. I know these elements are meant to make the basic G40 240i look more M aggressive. Really less is better. I like the front splitter is nice. It's flat and doesn't ruin the car's front end design. I would have preferred a color matched splitter with an one inch black front edge The black front triangular vents are terrible. Maybe just having black on two surfaces, inside top an outside side, would work better. The side sticker ruins the car's nice silhouette. It's totally ugly. On top of that, the black side skirts makes the look awkwardly higher from the road when a lower look is a much better look.The black elements on the rear break up a car's design. The spoiler looks tacked on. Color match it again just and have an one inch black edge would've looked better. Now the whole black rear bottom is just to much and what happen to less is more. Oh, they forgot.

ADEe92 · 09-07-2021, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by KINY3RA

Dropping it like it's hot. With some elective surgery on that front bumper.

That looks great and balances out the headlights a lot better than the triangle faux vents. Pity the real one doesn't look like that.

If the vents in your render were functional brake ducts, it would give a nice nod to the styling of previous BMW coupes too.

fanofbmwe46 · 09-07-2021, 07:58 PM

This looks way better. Sign me up for one of these.

icegrill · 09-07-2021, 08:04 PM

Must refrain…..don't want to get banned again

CPTM3 · 09-07-2021, 08:07 PM

Those taillights are kinda messy? Complicated? Busy?

Jockey · 09-07-2021, 08:12 PM

Stop with the lower black trim prices around the whole car

Makes it look more lifted than even normal

Avaley · 09-07-2021, 08:43 PM

The more I look at this, the more the black door skirts fit better with the lower front air intakes and design of the car. It works and I think its hot.

m3less · 09-07-2021, 08:57 PM

Front bumper design is horrible, those triangle (or whatever shape) side air inlets look hideous and comical. The long hood, fenders throw the proportions off in my opinion. This is almost a disaster of a design. The rear bumper lower valance in black, that design is a mess. I'll be hoping for a LCI M2 to change my mind.

BMWCompact · 09-07-2021, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by icegrill

Must refrain…..don't want to get banned again

Is that a thing? You can get banned from the site from making negative comments?

3RDSECTOR · 09-07-2021, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by BMWCompact

It's interesting - why are the moderators removing comments with

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Are we afraid we are going to hurt someone's feelings?

Welcome to the club.

BMWCompact · 09-07-2021, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by m3less

Front bumper design is horrible, those triangle (or whatever shape) side air inlets look hideous and comical. The long hood, fenders throw the proportions off in my opinion. This is almost a disaster of a design. The rear bumper lower valance in black, that design is a mess. I'll be hoping for a LCI M2 to change my mind.

I agree completely!

But I wonder if it is safe for me to agree that this new 2 series is just …..

jp1984 · 09-07-2021, 10:03 PM

that reminds me of a Mary Kay car with the amount of "///M Performance Parts" stickers... no advertisements... no options....

ihbase · 09-07-2021, 10:49 PM

The sticker looks like it came right out of GM Accessories.
-Michael

Jimjamz · 09-07-2021, 10:51 PM

Front -> nope

Tecnniqe · 09-07-2021, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by icegrill

Must refrain…..don't want to get banned again

Can't risk upsetting future buyers, better be positive

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