More power than the old M2, and four-wheel drive, too. Has the 374hp M240i finally come good?
, and I'll tell you for why. Once, I was driving one along a humpback road that was a wee bit damp, and I gently caressed the accelerator pedal - and I mean caressed, gently - out of a bend. At that very moment the car pinged off the peak of a mild crest and suddenly the view through the windscreen wasn't road anymore, it was a large, earthy bank . Fortunately, the M240i didn't embed itself into it like a huge, BMW-shaped shovel, but it set the old heart racing, I can tell you.
As with the 3 Series, the new G42 comes with die-cast aluminium struts and extruded aluminium in the engine side members. The bonnet and side panels are also made of aluminium, which means that if you buy the 220i and 220d Coupés, which are being launched simultaneously, they're 9.6kg lighter than before. Sadly, adding xDrive to the M240i has made it 205kg heavier, although BMW has tried to reduce weight where it can: even the wheel bearings have shed 2.7kg.
Its steers fluidly, though. The rate of response is good and lets you connect a series of apexes with an easygoing sort of flow. If you prefer a lighter set-up, you can have one by sticking it in the Comfort mode. Or a heftier helm? No problem, pop it in Sport. Both work.
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