BMW has trotted out its impeccably preserved compact sporting car at a media launch of its smallest sports coupe to hammer home the point that part of BMW's DNA will always be to have the best-driving road cars that remain practical daily options.
Nearly half a century since the 2002 became the forerunner to the compact sports sedan idea that gave us the 3 Series, cars have gotten bigger, nearly in tandem with the size of people, especially here, in America, where the new 2 Series is being tested.
A process that began in 2004 with the 1 Series to give us what is not a sports car per se, but a regular car that drives well, now sees even more differentiation in the mix with the 2er Coupe cutting a niche away from the three- or five-door 1 Series hatches it shares a platform with.
Surrounded by oversized burgers, ribs and steaks, the newly-launched 2 Series looks positively diminutive. When the M235i runs along the Las Vegas Speedway behind a Z4 pace car, it's hard to think of it as being any larger. At just over 1.5 tonnes, it's only 50 kg heavier than the two-seater roadster.
Shannon Teoh goes with the skinny after the jump.
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