2 SERIES Last year’s redesigned 2 Series coupe offered many improvements—and without BMW’s controversial new grille treatment. Now BMW is fleshing out the lineup with a newly available all-wheel-drive 230i and rear-drive M240i. Once those enter production, all 2023 2 Series variants will gain the fancy BMW Curved Display, as seen in the iX, as standard. A new M2 based on the 2 Series’ revised chassis is coming. Based on our drive of the prototype, it should be an enthusiast’s dream, offering a manual transmission and a mildly detuned M3/M4 engine, a similar formula to the phenomenal previous-generation M2 Competition.
After last year’s significant addition of all-wheel drive—a first for these M twins—changes for 2023 are relatively minor. The most notable, at least for Americans, is the addition of the awkwardly named 2023 BMW M3 Edition 50 Jahre BMW M, limited to 500 units for North America and painted in some of the most fantastic shades offered on historic M3 models. It comes loaded with carbon-fiber
