BMW M235i — Specifications & VIN Lookup
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About the BMW M235i
The BMW 2 Series is a range of subcompact executive cars (C-segment) manufactured by BMW since the year 2014. The 2 Series was created when BMW spun-off the 2-door models of the BMW 1 Series into a separate series.
The BMW 2 Series is a range of subcompact executive cars (C-segment) manufactured by BMW since the year 2014. The 2 Series was created when BMW spun-off the 2-door models (coupé and convertible) of the BMW 1 Series into a separate series. The 2 Series was first launched as a 2-door coupé and convertible, both based on a rear-wheel drive platform. A year later, the Active Tourer 5-seat compact MPV body style was added, based on the unrelated front-wheel drive platform shared with the Mini Countryman. This was followed by a 7-seat version called the Gran Tourer. In 2019, the Gran Coupé fastback sedan joined the 2 Series family as a front-wheel drive vehicle based on the 1 Series hatchback and has been marketed as a 4-door coupe. In 2021, BMW released the second-generation 2-door coupé, rear-wheel drive 2 Series in July 2021. The BMW M2 is the high-performance version of the 2 Series 2-door coupé. The first generation of the M2, the F87 coupé, was introduced in 2016 and featured the BMW N55 turbocharged inline-six engine.
Coupé/convertible
First generation (F22/F23; 2014)
The first-generation 2 Series was a rear-wheel-drive 2-door coupé (F22 model code), and 2-door convertible (F23 model code). This generation started production in November 2013 as the successor to the E82 1 Series coupé and E88 1 Series convertible. It was produced in Leipzig alongside the F20 1 Series hatchback range and using the same platform. There were many different models including the 220, 228, 230, and the range topping version of the coupe, the M235i, which used the BMW N55 engine. This was later replaced by the M240 which used the BMW B58 engine. The top performance car was F87 M2 model. The M2 was powered by two different turbocharged inline-six engines, the BMW N55 in the original version, and later the BMW S55 in the Competition and CS models.
Second generation (G42; 2021)
The second-generation 2 Series coupé was revealed in July 2021 as the successor to the F22 2 Series coupé and convertible. Remaining a rear-wheel-drive-based model, the G42 is built on the CLAR platform with a roughly 50-50 weight distribution and shares many mechanical components and engine options with the G20 3 Series and G22 4 Series. The second-generation 2 Series is not available with a manual transmission or as a convertible. The launch models consist of the mild hybrid diesel engine 220d, the petrol engine 220i and 230i and the top M240i xDrive. The G42 2 Series is exclusively produced in BMW's San Luis Potosí plant in Mexico, and the first BMW vehicle designed by BMW of Mexico. Production of the G42 2 Series commenced on 2 September 2021.