BMW’s compact rear-wheel-drive sports activities coupe, and one of the crucial enjoyable BMWs to drive immediately – the two Sequence (codename G42), has already acquired its mid-cycle facelift—however you’d be hard-pressed to identify the modifications. Even the newest technical replace, which raised the M240i xDrive’s output to 386 horsepower, leaves the outside practically untouched. And whereas the present mannequin stays certainly one of BMW’s most partaking driver’s automobiles, the way forward for the two Sequence lineup is something however sure.
Neue Klasse Affect and Digital Redesigns
Current design renderings by Theo Throttle reimagine the G42 by the lens of BMW’s Neue Klasse design language. The Photoshopped ideas mix the compact coupe’s athletic proportions with cues borrowed from the brand new BMW iX3 (NA5)—the primary manufacturing mannequin to embody BMW’s next-generation styling route. We’ve already heard from BMW that the Neue Klasse design language will trickle up and down throughout the lineup, not just for new fashions, but additionally for facelifts.
Whereas the iX3’s upright SUV kind isn’t a direct template for low-slung fashions like the two Sequence, the design train reveals how the identical visible philosophy might translate fantastically right into a sporty coupe. A small kidney grille built-in right into a black horizontal band, paired with clear surfacing and upright proportions, recollects the E30 3 Sequence of the Nineteen Eighties—a automobile that when served the identical youthful, fanatic viewers as immediately’s 2 Sequence.
On the rear, the idea repositions the license plate into the bumper to make room for extensive, horizontal taillights that span the automobile’s width, interrupted solely by the BMW roundel. Regardless of the fashionable gentle signature, the coupe retains its signature built-in trunk spoiler, whereas a re-sculpted diffuser adapts to the Neue Klasse’s visible language, emphasizing width and sportiness.
An Unsure Future For the two Sequence Coupe
Past hypothesis, BMW’s official plans for the two Sequence stay unclear. In line with sources, manufacturing of the G42 is anticipated to proceed till July 2029, however no combustion-powered successor has been authorised. There are rumors of a possible i2 mannequin constructed on the Neue Klasse structure, tentatively scheduled for 2028, however insiders counsel it might take the type of a four-door fastback relatively than a conventional coupe. We also needs to needless to say by having a versatile structure – CLAR – BMW can definitely bridge the hole between merchandise by merely refreshing the design on the identical platform and giving the ICE fashions a brand new life. For now, BMW has not confirmed any of those prospects.
Till then, the refreshed M240i, and its M2 counterpart, continues to fly the flag for BMW’s conventional driving values—rear-wheel-drive proportions, inline-six energy, and a steadiness of analog attraction and fashionable efficiency. Whether or not its eventual alternative will protect that spirit—or reinvent it for the electrical period—stays one of many model’s most intriguing open questions.
[Photos by theottle]
