Why no 2 Series?

[DG films]

It's the only one missing :(

[lolcantturn]

the germans like being weird and mysterious.

[B Randon]

what about 4 and 9?

[DG films]

what about 4 and 9?

Z4 haven't gotten to 9 yet

[franco90]

BMW planning rear-wheel-drive 2 Series?
by Zach Bowman (RSS feed) on Oct 25th 2010 at 5:23PM

Consider our fingers crossed. With all of the talk of front-wheel-drive BMW models coming down the pike, we simply assumed that the future of small German hatchbacks with roundels on the hood would be littered with soulless heaps. According to the sleuths over at Car and Driver, however, that's not the case. After discovering that BMW had filed for U.S. patents for the names 228, 230 and 235, someone at BMW let it slip that the new 2 Series would, in fact, send its power to the aft. But hold onto your teacups, kids, it gets better.

BMW has also filed for a patent for the M2 moniker.

Now, we know as well as anyone that a patent doth not a production vehicle make, but it's still exciting to know that BMW isn't walking away from the notion of a smallish, fun-to-drive model anytime soon. Supposedly the company is planning a rash of models positioned below the current 1 Series to help decrease its corporate average fuel economy, but the news of a rear-wheel drive model with an M badge on the back goes a long way toward salving any ails inflicted by the thought of a front-wheel-drive Bimmer.

[franco90]

[VinniE30]

2002?

[lolcantturn]

Hold your horses
-A front wheel drive BMW????


utter blasphemy.

[vegaskyle]

Z4 haven't gotten to 9 yet

I thought they had a z9 concept car. It was like a 6 series vert.

[Supadave]

What was the 2002s then?

[B Randon]

2002?

What was the 2002s then?

all round tail light 02's are 114
the square are e10,
tourings are e6
and the turbo are e20

Z4 haven't gotten to 9 yet

well its part of the z line so to me that dose not count. z1,3,4,8 are in a class all their own just like the x. so as it is we have the 1s,3s,5s,6s,7s,and 8s

[deutschman]

What was the 2002s then?

not really a 2 series because the 1500 and 1600 were part of that series.
they should be looked at like the lower and middle rungs of the evolutionary ladder leading to the 3 series.

[3ics]

Good question - I guess it would be a matter of where a "2" would fit.

On a random note, at one point there was consideration of the all sedans carrying the 3,5 and 7 moniker and coupes to carry the 4, 6 and 8 designations. But it became clear to BMW, they had establised M3 as a status/halo model.