Amazing to have this man telling us about this gem of a car he made

BEST INTERVIEW in the WORLD i have seen about the M2 straight from the Designer. EXCELLENT 10/10 or #1 / 9001 other reviews of the new M2, it puts the car into perspective of the line and the custom driving dynamics. You can tell he Loves His Creation and will OWN a Manual of his very own.

I actually kind of like the look, especially in Zanzevoort blue. It's aggressive and the grill isn't too big.

Since the chef engineer is here, why not ask him about the weight of the car?

Excellent video and explanation of the systems available in an M car. I love the flexibility of suspension, steering, and traction controls. Could easily get you into trouble though and you might have to steer the car looking through the back window.

That was really awesome! Great to learn about auch features, from somebody with such knowledge and involvement

I like that you can adjust traction control because some times you want to do small drift around the city but don’t wanna take traction control fully off 😅I drive my brz with traction control fully off everyday but I don’t think I can do that with a 400hp car I’ll end up in a wall🤣

I like the wheels, and it the car looks great in red too. Excellent engineering of the S58. He should be proud of his work. And then there’s the designers with their ideas… The M2 looks great overall, but I’m getting used to the front grill (seems to be a common theme with BMW design).

I’m an advocate of Toyota reliability, but having owned Toyota and BMW I realize there are manufacturing details in BMW that do not exist in the Toyota product line. Just look at that under hood image, body color painted hinges and clear coated paint. That does not exist on Toyota and perhaps other off premium manufacturers as well. These are nice cars, reminds me of the 2002’s I remember from the early 1970’s.

As a manual m2 owner: it needs a short shifter kit. Once you start punching it, you start missing gears. It's hell

Excellent video. Looking forward to driving this car. Thanks.

Awesome video! Great questions! Looks like it’s going to be a nice M gem 💎 as expected!!

By far. best. BMW M2 review. on. you tube - thanx BMW. --- great. interview Andre

Can we meet the head of design, we just want to talk.

Fantastic video, so good to hear from the expert!

I'm so thankful they kept a manual option available! I was disappointed when they removed the manual option on the M3/M4 Competition Package trims.

Just ordered mine 😊 I’m buzzing

Fantastic job! This body is incredible

Quite informative!

The M2 is the best looking BMW currently. Also, I get tired of people complaining about the weight when it has a 0-60 time under 4 seconds and it also rides well enough to be a daily driver. If you use the right settings, it’s a fun track car too. The fact is that everyone who has dynoed it, shows it makes more that 450hp at the wheels and some people have gotten 0-60 times around 3.6. Weight and HP don’t tell the whole story for a car. And lastly, for the performance it’s actually a true bargain in the market well equipped at 68k, with a very reliable s58 engine. It’s clearly a great car for the price and design

Great interview. This is the missing menu on the drift control - took 6 minutes to go thru the settings and explain the new control loop from DSC to ECM. Funny that not quite getting a straight answer on how best to launch. In engineering, it’s always “depends”. 😂 Amazing design.

The engineers at BMW are proud of making a subcompact “sports car” at 3800lbs? It weights more than a Toyota rav 4. “Ultimate driving machine” 😂

Yes

Great to listen to someone that really lives M and likes sporty cars. Extremely good interview. Vielen Dank für die Erklärungen zum neuen M2. ❤

I need one! 😍

Man I love it, but it's a bit pricey since I'm coming from Mustangs and now a 1320 Scat. Almost makes me want to go back to a manual, but autos are quicker and I use the remote start all the time especially in winter. IDK if they ever lower interest rates and can get a decent trade in on my 1320 then maybe it's doable. But then again the 25 may be a beast with awd. Question is how much more will it cost?

HAVE A BEAUTIFUL TUESDAY EVERYONE ✌️

Mine arrives in 3 months cant wait

Coming from e46 and e90 m3 back in 2001 and 2008, you always kinda get screwed for buying the first model year. This time I will be geting the last model year, last iced m2. Whether they will launch a competition model then or not ultimately it comes down to having a manual or not for me. Hopefully you can individually select carbon buckets seats then. Paying 10k for the carbon package which only adds roof with the seats seems silly although m2 itself is a performance bargain since everything is shared with m3/4 costing thousands more. Personally the rear fenders and quarter panel is the best m car next to mz3 coupe. Gloriously fat fenders like the 993 turbos is a welcome sign for this model

F87 is dope

BMW top machine. Love my BMW’s

I need this car .

After a few months of ownership, i am still coming back to hear about the DSC and MDM conversation🤔

4W?

People talk so much crap about these cars online but we see these cars in real life anyways lol

This is a car I'd love to drive, can't afford to buy, and would black out after seeing the repair bills.

sounds better than expected

There is an opportunity for BMW to communicate design strategy ethos. From a customer perspective, it’s confusing to see so many divergent design directions, from the XM to M3 and now the M2. We know BMW is atleast 3-5 years ahead of what they share with customers so the designs make more sense internally for them because there’s more context to draw from. To meet customer needs, please share more of the ethos and design philosophy that supports these divergent directions.. - commenting as a professional designer in another industry

Literally in the market for one.. lmao

I wish you asked more technical details instead of how to launch it. 😢

New to bmw, but I like the design. Saw last years model and was meh. But, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.

Nice video, unfortunately, I've been searching for a manual M2/M3 to test drive for months now. Eight official dealerships and one BMW group-owned dealership in my area don't have their own cars or pool cars with a manual gearbox (no M2, no M3). Even after sending three emails to BMW, I haven't had any success. The experience here is even worse, with auto-generated replies that tell me I should go to a local dealership and that they do not print any info material anymore (which i haven’t even asked for). Currently, the car buying experience in Germany is not something I can recommend to someone else. At the moment, I have the impression that BMW doesn't want to sell cars with a manual gearbox (despite promoting it on KZfaq and even through their engineers). Maybe I'm just not the right type of customer, and BMW expects customers to spend 80,000€ or more without being able to test the specific model. I don't know, but right now, I'm more than disappointed.

Looks like it has a dodge ram front nose 😂

If this was Xdrive, it would dominate!

André, what about towing and payload? 😁

27:15

This one has a sunroof!, why I cant build mine with sun roof?

Something is wrong with the video motion It's very juddery

They couldn't help themselves from making it bigger.

Love it!

Great to see you talking to a naz- german bmw engineer! Great details that we dont otherwise get

I love the design. It looks more grown up and less like a car that I might drive to the gym. Purposeful and wide. I can’t stand the M3/4 and would never buy them because I don’t use hair gel and I don’t own any yeezys.

Lego called. They want their building blocks back.

Entry level sports car for 500hp mid-engine V8 supercar Corvette money.

Highly informative but feels like you’re fighting with him for it. Or instead of leading him you’re dragging him along. Honestly you can feel the tension from the start of the interview, like he’s already annoyed.

They really messed that up didn't they? It looks like a cheap aftermarket 90's bumps. Big flat shapes and like cardboard cutouts. Fenders are nice, but it needs new front and rear bumpers and tail lights. The large screen is much less driver focused and more family cruiser. Previous gen was better.

Congrats to BMW. They have managed not only to make the front of the car ugly, but now the rear is also ugly compared to the m3/m4. Looks like it was designed by my nephew.

Reminds me of a Supra

Quit teasing me BMW, I need to some actual driving impression

Wider and longer my pickup line.

unlike the G80 this new M2 looks uglier everytime I see it.

I'd pay a diet specialist to get me to lose weight and save the other $8,000 from the light weight carbon package lol

Doing to much with everything. Keep it simple, looks like a hybrid rice rocket. Guess I’m ol skool. Thanks for making my f87c hold its value.

Oh gosh, pity the chief eng didn't get a say in the looks of this beast. Hit with the ugly stick!

Same engine as M3 and M4 but doesn’t have the same horsepower??? They did this on purpose so you buy the higher models if that’s a problem for you. How Smart

Dream car. I hope I can someday save enough to get one

Is there ever gonna be a driving video or is this just an exposition car 😅

Too many reflections from the screen !

can you ask him to give the designers a wedgie

The front literally looks like a cheap rental Dodge.

Car looks dated already.

You interrupted this guy like 20 times after you asked him a question at 20:35. It drove me nuts. You literally had the perfect guest with you who has the right answers, and you ask a good question. Then you interrupt him repeatedly... I just stopped watching the video at that point.

There is only 5 colors -_-

We not goona talk about how it looks like it was designed with Lego?

Face for radio 😢

How does he endorse a $60,000 entry level car?? BMWs own verbiage?

April fools! Wait, it's not even April.😢 FFS BMW 🤬

in a few years, all Ms will be 4 electric motors and an iPad on the dash (an even bigger one). You'll say "Hey Siri...give me a 0-60". Siri will ask you to put at least one finger on the steering wheel, and ZOOOM..you're off. What a sad future....

If you want a car to sit in and talk about but not drive, this seems like the perfect vehicle.

Very nice plastic engine with plastic fittings everywhere 🤢

Whoever designed the front end and back should be taken out back and beat senseless. Almost incomprehensible.

I’m an M Fan but if EV SUVs are keeping up with M2s… it’s time to go back to the drawing board

Zero questions asked in regards to torsional regidity, tensile strength of different sections of the car, engine design, COG, etc. etc. What a wasted opportunity with the head engineer, terrible journalism.... talking about the drive modes with the chief engineer, seriously?! Laughable.

Why does it need to look like this?

So they just put a big flat display panel on there? No smooth blending or anything? 🤦‍♂️

Who designed that car? A 5 year old kid first time drawing a car?

Such a RICER Body Kit. It is like an Taiwanesw Replica of a BMW 🤮😂🤦 PS. BMW is going from Bad to Worse in terms of Design.

Used to drive only BMWs for 15 years. And I was wondering “How many miles before it starts leaking oil ?”

Cars just getting bigger and fatter. Which is now termed "more adult" utter nonsense.

so it's heavy, ugly, and expensive....

Your name is what?! 😂🤣😆🔥

*i don't know still hard to trust BMW built quality and expensive out warranty repairs because BMW uses so much plastics and cheaper parts to save money*

wow that's ugly

Not a BMW fan, but it is a good looking car. Lease only decision though. Would not recommend owning it!

Such an ugly car, can't believe this got green lit.

holy shit that thing is gross... BMW just keeps making these things looking worse year after year. Who the hell is still buying them?

95% of the Advertising Fotos of this Car are taken from the Back! I dont understand why?? 🤡👽

So, even the latest BMW sports car still have no chance against my 3 year old Model 3 Performance on public road then.

I love my F87 M2. This piece of shit is going to increase its resale value.