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How do you guys feel about this car? I'm going to test drive a used one this weekend. Has 4k miles, asking $43k.
How does it compare to an actual "M" car? Would I be missing much? I feel like I'm settling once again.
Also, why is it badged as an M car, but not really considered in that family.
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It is just a normal production car with some sport-oriented parts. The true M2 is coming out in 2016. M cars are completely tuned by M engineers in all aspects, M235i follows a history of cars like M535i or M635i which were sold alongside their M brethren but didn't include the full M package.
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As bimmerbreaker noted, it is just an "M" performance model, IE not a true M car, but has some M badged goodies, and a bit more juice. Having said that, I really like mine, its not a true M car, but it is also quite a bit better than the other non-M offerings in their lineup (just my opinion). I didn't like the size of the 4 series, it felt way too big, so the 2 is about the size of the older e46 3 series. But your best bet is to test drive the 235 vs like an e92 M3. If you feel like you are settling, then don't do it...Originally Posted by sp1ke36
The 2 is a blast of a car, and really reminds in some ways of my e36 M3 (albeit with a nicer interior, faster and better looking), but probably due to size and overall feel. But really, the only way you will know for sure how you feel about the different models is drive them back to back. You could also wait for the M2...
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