[TheNeonTiger]

http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/23/11...t-drive-review

So well written. More than any picture or description before it, I feel like I understand the car now. I can't wait.

[Benzima]

Great read. Thanks for sharing.

[jtodd_fl]

And that imperfection makes the M2 special. It isn’t overpowered, and it isn’t looking to kill you or impress your date. It isn’t using fancy electronic tricks to make you look like a better driver than you are. It is actually better with the six-speed manual. It is more fun on a legal road than it is on a racetrack. It has personality. It is visceral. It’s human and mortal and flawed. It isn’t a megawatt personality. It is a Tom Hardy, not a Tom Cruise. It shows that things don’t always have to be so damn complicated. And it doesn’t have to be all things to all people. I want to own this car. I say that very, very rarely. And at a price of $50,000, it’s somewhat conceivable.

This!

[Adem1534]

BMW really nailed this car.

[///Jason]

I really wish more car reviews read like this - most I've read so far for the M2 feel very generic and bland. This felt personal and full of emotional.

Ironic really considering it comes from a website not from the traditional motoring press..

[Romo]

This for me, as I posted my experience with the M4 DCT;

On the track, the cars were equipped with the DCT transmission, which is good, if not anywhere near Porsche PDK good. (I’d rather shift for myself in this car anyhow.)

It isn’t overpowered, and it isn’t looking to kill you or impress your date. It isn’t using fancy electronic tricks to make you look like a better driver than you are. It is actually better with the six-speed manual. It is more fun on a legal road than it is on a racetrack. It has personality. It is visceral.

[BEM-S4]

Sounds like BMW nailed it and left the car with a soul. Reminds me of many of the recent Top Gear reviews of things like the current McLaren or Lambo offerings. Great car, faster around the track than previous generations, not engaging to drive, very easy to control and no fear of losing it, etc. would rather have the slower old one that could bite your head off if not careful.

[AlexCirci]

Awesome review!

"It is a Tom Hardy, not a Tom Cruise"

LOL glad to hear! Not a Tom Cruise fan

[dammitcubs]

I love the verge for tech articles..

Not for cars......It's noble but no....

But the editor did a great job on the article. It was a good read regardless of how i feel about the website and cars.

[Namloc]

Fantastic write-up.

This is why I bought the M2, it was available in a manual and allowed the driver to have a connection with the road that is missing from so many "performance" cars these days.

Well done BMW.

[Robin_NL]

Wel written!
And off course M2 is Tom Hardy(a Mad Max so to say) , because Tom Cruise is this:

Cheers
Robin

[G8rGrl]

Author bio from the website: "This is The Harper Spin, a weekly column from seasoned auto critic Jason H. Harper. He's raced at Le Mans, crushed a car in a 50-ton tank, and now, he's bringing his unique style to The Verge."

[hyperzulu]

"It sounds strange, but the best cars tell you more by kinetics than even by steering or sound."

This is how I feel about the 2 series in general. This kind of validates my thoughts that anyone who thinks the M235i is weak simply isn't very good at feeling out a vehicle's dynamics, and they need the car to yell at them about every last detail of what's going on.

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by TheNeonTiger

So well written. More than any picture or description before it, I feel like I understand the car now. I can't wait.

Then also read this one: http://f87.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho...&postcount=208
(CAR Magazine - March 2016 issue)

[Destroya]

Now this guy is a WRITER. Pure poetry. How can you read this review and not want this car.

[F1zbo]

Amazingly well written. Best car review I have read in ages.
An extra bonus that it happens to cover the M2

[qnet]

That was a nice review. I know the Verge for their phone reviews but I liked this review of the M2. The only thing I didn't agree with is what he said about the interior. After sitting in a M235i, since the interior will just about be the same; I really like the interior of the M2 a lot.

[Verbiage]

I read this for the first time last night and it was certainly my favorite, as well.

The gripes with the interior are certainly subjective IMO, as I will take this over the current one of my Mini Clubman S, 8 days of the week. But to each his own, I suppose.