Gadgetory

well BMWs in this kind of convulsive era of model changes right now the three recently in two-door form became the four now the one loses its lease on life and becomes the two here's a 2 Series Coupe only bigger than a 1 so it doesn't fit in the dinky categories smaller than a 3 so it doesn't cannibalize the company's cash cow from the size of 3/4 views here's what I see it still has kind of that tragic truncated rump of the 1 Series but they got rid of that sad mouth scallop on the side that made the one that like it was melting and bending in the middle overall it's a car with a little more presence but they can still bring it in at a price that's going to be in the zone of folks who would never spend 40 on a car that's a hot zone because Mercedes reason introduction of the CLA has been on fire and that car starts at just a tick under 30 before destination so all the Germans are rushing to do something cheaper and I'm in front of the m235i which is the hot rod model of the - they'll have the inline six that everyone knows and loves but the car I think is gonna be really interesting is that guy the 228 I with a 2-liter turbo for the puts out 240 horse gets 260 and five point four seconds and still delivers 23 35 mpg overall to me that's a great story and again a car that's going to be starting somewhere around $33,000 so 33,000 or so when this guy arrives for a car that looks like a BMW not so much like a BMW they only sell over there that's an important sticking point in the American market but they gotta be careful not to go too far up and carve away the bottom of 3-series it'll be an interesting sport to watch but I suspect they've got a hit on their hands