With quad exhaust ideas and an obvious M2 emblem, it’d appear to be BMW has made a four-door sedan model of its sports activities coupe. Nonetheless, regardless of the flashy look of the M235, that is nonetheless a 2 Sequence Gran Coupe on a front-wheel-drive-based platform. In its second era, Bavaria’s child sedan is healthier positioned to seize gross sales from the Audi S3 and Mercedes-AMG CLA.
New photos from Slovakia present the “F74” within the range-topping M235 Gran Coupe taste. Typical for a press automobile, it has loads of further goodies. These differ from an elective Hearth Pink paint to the bigger 19-inch 1085 M cast wheels. The brake calipers often are available in both pink or blue, however this automobile has the elective M Compound brakes with gray calipers.
The Shadowline therapy additionally prices further and blacks out the kidney grille, exhaust ideas, and rear spoiler. Inside, BMW fitted the brand new M235 Gran Coupe with the elective seats that includes larger lateral help. The upgraded entrance seats even have an illuminated M emblem, echoing the big-boy M vehicles.
As a result of this can be a European model of the M235, it makes use of a detuned B48. The turbocharged 2.0-liter gasoline engine makes solely 296 horsepower on the Previous Continent. In different areas, the unrestricted four-cylinder mill delivers 312 hp. You’re not shedding any torque on the Previous Continent, the place you get the identical 295 lb-ft (400 Nm) as the remainder of the world.
With the second era, the two Sequence Gran Coupe additionally will get a long-wheelbase model (F78), together with an M235L. Nonetheless, BMW solely sells it in China, the place it manufactures the stretched compact sedan for the native market. The three Sequence and 5 Sequence sedans and the X1, X3, and X5 SUVs even have LWB variants in China.
If there’s one thing lacking from the two Sequence Gran Coupe lineup, it’s electrification. BMW has as soon as once more determined in opposition to plug-in hybrid and EV derivatives. Seeing the glass half full, a number of the combustion engines do have 48V mild-hybrid know-how.
Pictures: BMW Slovakia / Samuel Zaťko
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