Hey bmw blog because you close the comments is a shame from 1 series made sedan and call 2 series this funny because bmw strategy reduce cost and take from 1 series style failed bad design this not bmw you see comments people open mouth says true they lost DNA of bmw and try copying Kia and ford design style this bad because Europe and bmw or Mercedes never listen the costumers they no give Shiz about them unlike china Chinese EV they listen all people all criticism that make different from china vs Europe that make failure the bmw Mercedes because they focus only to Rich people that's is fact and this car nothing do with real Gran coupe you ever see old 2 series or m8 Gran coupe go check see what is mean real Gran coupe style ok this 1 series just failure can't call 2 series because is not and never be Gran coupe shame fail design compare vs kia bmw need eat many millions bread to catch this unique style design of Kia kia always far far go to right roads of the future but bmw is just shame this not bmw DNA
@@joetaka7620 If there was an M2 Gran Coupe you should have a longitudinal mounted engine, so same engine but mounted longitudinalidly. If that makes sense
@@joetaka7620 because then it would be a better competitor to the RS3, although actually the RS3's engine is also transverse but yeah you get what I mean
@@thefilmbrothers9821 no I didn't like the other saloon style 1 series but this one for me is right, interior is lovely and exterior looks up their with CLA imo if not better.
@@tangenikwedhi4314 I own an f44 and was excited for the new f74 , but seeing the front end, and the fact they switched from the 8speed aisin to a getrag that cant handle as much power , only 400nm compared to the f44 aisin trans at 451nm
Even he admits they flopped, but he still can’t justify this design either, it’s like they re forced to like it. As head designer his really struggling to sell us this design
This and other new models from BMW make my FIL's 2019 X5, my friend's 20 M340i and my wife's 23 X4 M40i stand out. Besides those, only the 8 Series and GC look like handsomely built BMWs.
This car is much improved - struggling with BMWs new lights but more because Angles are so iconic as opposed to the new look being bad. Otherwise this is a winner for me
Very nice, looks a lot better than the first generation, it looks really for an entry BMW, young people are going to love this one, finally BMW is turning team around when comes about design, the model 5 looks awesome too 🎉
As an F44 235 owner, the only improvement is the rear design. As people have already mentioned, the front end is characterless and Kia-esque. And oh yeah, true to bmw form, the F74 is bigger and heavier. TBH the F74 is closer to an LCI than an entirely new car.
Seats are awesome. They feel luxurious than the new plastic ones in the x3 . But overall a very good product for the price . Looks sporty. I have no problem with this car being 35-40k usd have good seats and sporty looks and interior is perfect. but for a 70k car to have worse interior and plastics in a x3 is a concern
I prefer the grill, but that's about all. I don't think they will ever capture the elegance of the 90's to late 2000's design. The last great looking car was the OG M2, and I'm keeping mine as nothing new in my price range floats my boat.
I lost my car due to car accident on highway a month ago. For now I do not have enough money to buy new car. However, I will gether money to buy BMW for my new car ! ! ! Toward to M235i or M340i or M440i ! ! ! Maybe require 2-3 years? :)
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First Mercedes did the weird looking egg-shaped cars and now BMW. What a shame. German car manufacturers once had some beautiful cars. Looks like a Mazda 3 from the back
It will be interesting to see this in the “flesh” as it were, l have to respectfully disagree with you on the quad exhausts, l think it looks better, my daughter has just ordered the X2 M35i which as you know, has Quad exhausts. I have a new M8 completion grand coupe in the Brooklyn Grey with orange interior and it’s a good combination. (Of course I don’t have the curved screen) I like being able to operate a physical switch, rather than fumble around with different programs …. Many top brands still have switches! Your videos are always professionally presented and your questioning of BMW staff is excellent. All the best
As I love this kind of car and other sporti cars with combustion engines, it is harder and harder every year to maintain such cars with well over 200-300HP economically. Every year taxes, insurances, fuel with CO2 emissions increasing dramatically, it is truly not affordable anymore. Hence, an EV with 600-700HP is cheaper in insurances and Taxes like a 300HP car, absurd.
Haha exactly I felt x3 has worse interior than this almost similar plastic we can forgive a car in 35-40k price point with this car . But damn the seats are sexy in this m model . X3 I will never forget the new one it’s such a disappointment
Just when you think BMW's design team can't possibly push the 2 Series further into the depths of disappointment, they manage to find a whole new level of rock bottom. It's like they're competing to make each version worse than the last!
Even the designer wasn’t excited at all. They just had to throw some vaguely BMW design elements on a generic blob shaped thing that doesn’t fit in the traditional BMW design language
@treasurem2491 car brands have a design DNA. Back in the day you saw a car on the road and without seeing it's badge you could tell it's a bmw, same with mercedes, audi, porsche etc. Now BMW's design is all over the place
I mean I know it’s a 2 series and shouldn’t expect much, but damn that thing is awful. Looks like a flounder on wheels. Again it’s a 2 series so don’t expect groundbreaking people
They started with series 4 and its grill.. then people use to “grow in them” (but not, something beauty is beautiful since the first moment), then they fucked m3, m4, m2, the suvs, series 5, eliminates x4, introduce the x1 and x2 (they are horrendous) and now this… design leader has to hate BMW.
Dawg, wtf is going on in Germany. This is a travesty. These dudes need to review the design language of older BMWs and the heritage that they keep destroying with these atrocious models.
Ok it does look like a KIA, but honestly I quite like it, not sure I can get onboard however with the big M2 and big M1 on the M235 and M135. Also please manufacturers stop adding the car number to the pillars looks awful.
It's unbelievable that things have gotten even worse compared to the previous model. The market for these cars is mainly Europe, especially Germany. Nobody wants a car that looks like Japanese models (no hate), but this has no BMW DNA at all. What does the design team do when they know that the last model wasn't popular either 🤦🏻♂️
Somebody has to stop this, really
Don’t buy it. But keep whining about it. I’m sure BMW cares.
Hey bmw blog because you close the comments is a shame from 1 series made sedan and call 2 series this funny because bmw strategy reduce cost and take from 1 series style failed bad design this not bmw you see comments people open mouth says true they lost DNA of bmw and try copying Kia and ford design style this bad because Europe and bmw or Mercedes never listen the costumers they no give Shiz about them unlike china Chinese EV they listen all people all criticism that make different from china vs Europe that make failure the bmw Mercedes because they focus only to Rich people that's is fact and this car nothing do with real Gran coupe you ever see old 2 series or m8 Gran coupe go check see what is mean real Gran coupe style ok this 1 series just failure can't call 2 series because is not and never be Gran coupe shame fail design compare vs kia bmw need eat many millions bread to catch this unique style design of Kia kia always far far go to right roads of the future but bmw is just shame this not bmw DNA
Don't worry. Somebody was already stopped. Check news on their design chief
How about you first whiner
@@aeonokwap
BMW is changing their entire design department. It’s about time.
Somebody please fire this guy. We need a new designer for BMW. He is ruining the brand.
The more new models releasing from bmw, the more I’m loving old bmw models ❤
I like it when my car looks cheaper than what I paid . Perfection.
buttons, i want buttons
Very gorgeous, KIA! Love it!
True if we look at it as a Kia, beautiful but as a beemer I'm not sold especially the back
Why does it accually look good, I like it, just wish there was an M2 Gran Coupe
Why would you want a full 'M' car with a transverse mounted engine? it'll still be front biased AWD system...
@@joetaka7620 If there was an M2 Gran Coupe you should have a longitudinal mounted engine, so same engine but mounted longitudinalidly. If that makes sense
@@joetaka7620 because then it would be a better competitor to the RS3, although actually the RS3's engine is also transverse but yeah you get what I mean
I agree. That would be great. I wonder why BMW hasn’t done it yet, because it can be done
Is this the kia ceed or optima facelift model?
Looks nice especially when I close my eyes
😂😂
😭😭
looks like Ford Fiesta …
Nothing like a Fiesta
More like a kia ceed
It won’t drive like one though :)
@@thefilmbrothers9821 no I didn't like the other saloon style 1 series but this one for me is right, interior is lovely and exterior looks up their with CLA imo if not better.
Elegant front end
I like it, I consider getting one next year. Don’t really get the hate, this looks much better than the regular 2 series.
I think that it looks very good I don't know why everyone is hating on it
I just bought a M235 and it's a great car..
the front of the old m235i GC looked great , it was the rear end that was ugly, now they flipped it
This is the comment I was looking for
@@tangenikwedhi4314 I own an f44 and was excited for the new f74 , but seeing the front end, and the fact they switched from the 8speed aisin to a getrag that cant handle as much power , only 400nm compared to the f44 aisin trans at 451nm
Nah the front was hideous
This looks soooo much better, when he said the previous one was “clumsy” 😮 yeah he was right
Even he admits they flopped, but he still can’t justify this design either, it’s like they re forced to like it. As head designer his really struggling to sell us this design
This and other new models from BMW make my FIL's 2019 X5, my friend's 20 M340i and my wife's 23 X4 M40i stand out. Besides those, only the 8 Series and GC look like handsomely built BMWs.
Everytime someone reviews a bmw and tells its good to retain this feature.... its gone in the update. Now its the OG iDrive controller...BOOM
If you could combine the design of all compact sedans from asian car manufacturers from around 2015 this would be it.
BMW one of the best car in design and performance
Is that a Kia?
This car is much improved - struggling with BMWs new lights but more because Angles are so iconic as opposed to the new look being bad. Otherwise this is a winner for me
It’s like a giant insect. 😢
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Very nice, looks a lot better than the first generation, it looks really for an entry BMW, young people are going to love this one, finally BMW is turning team around when comes about design, the model 5 looks awesome too 🎉
Looks good, kinda wish it was rear wheel drive though. Saw a new 1 series on the road and it’s a big improvement to the previous models
I swear bmw make them uglier and uglier
Well don’t buy
@@tennysonborja1412 ima buy a g87 still and change that ugly grill 😴
You can tell who was too young to remember the Chris Bangle design era. Brother, I’m talking about you.
Why doesn’t this has Auto Hold function?
What in gods name did they do to that front. The fish grill I got used to, but this? It looks like a damn ford fiesta.
Pros: Rear end, quad exhaust, interior is really nice
Cons: Front end, grill, too much M stuff that dilutes the M division
even the bmw guy sounds like he want to vomit looking at this thing
As an F44 235 owner, the only improvement is the rear design. As people have already mentioned, the front end is characterless and Kia-esque. And oh yeah, true to bmw form, the F74 is bigger and heavier. TBH the F74 is closer to an LCI than an entirely new car.
Looks awesome!
Seats are awesome. They feel luxurious than the new plastic ones in the x3 . But overall a very good product for the price . Looks sporty. I have no problem with this car being 35-40k usd have good seats and sporty looks and interior is perfect. but for a 70k car to have worse interior and plastics in a x3 is a concern
I prefer the grill, but that's about all.
I don't think they will ever capture the elegance of the 90's to late 2000's design.
The last great looking car was the OG M2, and I'm keeping mine as nothing new in my price range floats my boat.
Bravo BMW. You fixed the back and ruined the front👏
I lost my car due to car accident on highway a month ago.
For now I do not have enough money to buy new car.
However, I will gether money to buy BMW for my new car ! ! !
Toward to M235i or M340i or M440i ! ! !
Maybe require 2-3 years? :)
Every time they say sporty, just replace it with ugly.
The man is also having a difficult time explaining wtf they did
no ambient light on the doors
It's still an entry level model
@@bmwblog All the other competitors have a better ambient light then the 1 and 2 series. (also entry level)
bmw is ripping us off :(
why did they decide to employ the DCT in this model? not complaining but why does an economy model get the cooler transmission
Because it's the same gearbox as in all the front-wheel drive BMWs
Just because it’s DCT it’s not cooler . It’s weird dct just like Hyundai dct on their cheap models .
I may be the minority here but I think this car looks great.
TF is that? 🥴
the front really looks like Ford Focus
and the rear look like Honda Civic
Chevy Malibu called and wants it’s Tail Lights back!
Is it kia forte im looking at?
I kind of like it
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The old model (2024) was super sexy, this one looks too bad from the front kind of like a common car experience
First Mercedes did the weird looking egg-shaped cars and now BMW. What a shame. German car manufacturers once had some beautiful cars. Looks like a Mazda 3 from the back
*Anyone can tell that the latest design language, is wanted and sold best in ASIA* ✌️😎
Nice Elantra
I thought it was a Mercedes A or C class without the front grill 😂😂
How come no one have good things to say on this cars ?
Kia ///M
Nice Ford Focus
1:20 looks like sportcar??!
Wow very nice design i cant wait to test drive i think im going to have a hard time deciding between this or the 2025 audi s3.
We did a photo comparison on the website between these two
@@bmwblog ill check it out. Thanks
I think i now like the more aggressive styling of the bmw.
It will be interesting to see this in the “flesh” as it were, l have to respectfully disagree with you on the quad exhausts, l think it looks better, my daughter has just ordered the X2 M35i which as you know, has Quad exhausts.
I have a new M8 completion grand coupe in the Brooklyn Grey with orange interior and it’s a good combination. (Of course I don’t have the curved screen) I like being able to operate a physical switch, rather than fumble around with different programs …. Many top brands still have switches!
Your videos are always professionally presented and your questioning of BMW staff is excellent.
All the best
Thanks for the kind words. We try :)
@@bmwblog your most welcome
As I love this kind of car and other sporti cars with combustion engines, it is harder and harder every year to maintain such cars with well over 200-300HP economically. Every year taxes, insurances, fuel with CO2 emissions increasing dramatically, it is truly not affordable anymore. Hence, an EV with 600-700HP is cheaper in insurances and Taxes like a 300HP car, absurd.
The seats are nice tho
WHY? WHY? WHY? does a 2 series have metallic door handles but the new X3 does not? WHAT?
Haha exactly I felt x3 has worse interior than this almost similar plastic we can forgive a car in 35-40k price point with this car . But damn the seats are sexy in this m model . X3 I will never forget the new one it’s such a disappointment
Just when you think BMW's design team can't possibly push the 2 Series further into the depths of disappointment, they manage to find a whole new level of rock bottom. It's like they're competing to make each version worse than the last!
Even the designer wasn’t excited at all. They just had to throw some vaguely BMW design elements on a generic blob shaped thing that doesn’t fit in the traditional BMW design language
It actually looks good, yall are just criticising for the sake of it.
The car looks like a scared chipmunk 🐿️
It genuinely doesn't look like a bmw
@@icantthinkausername1136 is a bmw supposed to look the same throughout hundreds of years? Be so for real right now
@treasurem2491 car brands have a design DNA. Back in the day you saw a car on the road and without seeing it's badge you could tell it's a bmw, same with mercedes, audi, porsche etc. Now BMW's design is all over the place
The head of concept couldn't even answer properly. Something sus is happening at BM
😂😂 Slow clap for BMW. I ALWAYS wanted a 60k+ car that looks like a Kia😂
I genuinely didn't think it could look worse than the previous model.
What happens to passenger doors at 11:42?
I mean I know it’s a 2 series and shouldn’t expect much, but damn that thing is awful. Looks like a flounder on wheels. Again it’s a 2 series so don’t expect groundbreaking people
Ask this dude if he needs glasses.
front is like a kia...designer team should be from the far east
Nice KIA STINGER..OH NO IT IS A BMW..😂😂😂
And can how handle a Kia Stinger
Hmm it looks pretty good
They started with series 4 and its grill.. then people use to “grow in them” (but not, something beauty is beautiful since the first moment), then they fucked m3, m4, m2, the suvs, series 5, eliminates x4, introduce the x1 and x2 (they are horrendous) and now this… design leader has to hate BMW.
X5/6 and 8 series are actually the last good looking ones…
You can tell how passionate the exterior designer is about these craps... The product manager from China has also demonstrated a lack of knowledge...
Dawg, wtf is going on in Germany. This is a travesty. These dudes need to review the design language of older BMWs and the heritage that they keep destroying with these atrocious models.
Why are they making it so ugly the older one looks better
KIA K3
Looks like a Korean brand
The KIAfication of BMW has to stop!
Still ugly lol looks like a Hyundai....and watch they try and charge 50k for this shit lol
Can’t wait for them to say it’s the macroeconomic conditions and not the fact that its an overpriced POS
Those headlights what is that bro it ruins the car 😢
good god
Old model 🗿 New Model 🤡
It's called reverse engineering!
Why does it look like a abarth punto😢
Ok it does look like a KIA, but honestly I quite like it, not sure I can get onboard however with the big M2 and big M1 on the M235 and M135. Also please manufacturers stop adding the car number to the pillars looks awful.
It looks like KIA
So now Germans started copying Korean design 🤢
The cars look like cute mice it should have been a ford fiesta facelift from ford not a BMW
Yeah..... just no
Hinten zu hochbeinig 🧐
It somehow looks worse than the previous gen.
It’s the previous generation actually looked like a bmw, this here is a German Kia 😔
It's unbelievable that things have gotten even worse compared to the previous model. The market for these cars is mainly Europe, especially Germany. Nobody wants a car that looks like Japanese models (no hate), but this has no BMW DNA at all. What does the design team do when they know that the last model wasn't popular either 🤦🏻♂️
This looks tragic... 😭😭😭
Wait why does this looks like a kia forte from the front.....
That is making a predecessor car look better. Looks like a figid 5 series 🤮🤮
Isn’t this the designer that’s leaving BMW? I hope so…
Bmw designers need to fired, these shenanigans can't go on... Looks like a ford tbh