As an owner of a 230i, I can honestly say this is a fantastic little coupe with a great design and beautiful interior. It drives great too, it’s nimble and quick. Sharp handling in corners with comfy seats. The gas mileage is amazing. But it with more minimal options and the 18” wheels look good and aren’t harsh over poor roads like 19” or 20” types.
@@mikemayers8672 - This is a very minimally optioned car. Only has the convenience pk. And heated seats and steering wheel. The MSRP was $39,500. Frankly the performance options are totally unnecessary unless you want to track it. A base car like mine is great as a daily. It’s got a luxury look both inside and out and handles great with plenty of torque and speed. The gas mileage is also amazing! Consumer Reports gave it a glowing review. 2022 230i coupe. Alpine White with Cognac interior.
Never a BMW fan but I got this car because it came in purple. I ordered it not knowing how it would drive but went with the looks inside and out. I love how the seats feel firm and supportive, the console is easy to figure out, buttons where there should be, and the sound of the turbo whistle in the 230i is a little treat as well. The thundernight metallic gets a lot of attention on bright sunny days the color just pops out from eggplant to plum.
@@tresjolieme81 can you tell me what packages if any you added to your 230? And final price? I'm really considering this or the Civic type R as my next car.
@@porfiriato84 base: 36k, Thundernight metallic: 550, M Sport package includes the 19" black gloss rims, M sport suspension, m steering wheel, shadoline exterior trim: 3250, Heated seats and steering: 550, and the sunroof 800 it all came out to be 42,300 with tax 47K. I put 25k down. 26 city and 35 hwy for that I got the 230i instead of the m240i. The civic type R might be faster? The nice thing about this car is I've had it 6 mo and still havent seen another, there are civics everywhere, I see GR86s, chargers all other coupes, this one is rare in the wild.
I recently sold my car and CarGurus instant offer was by far the lowest I got. At least 2 grand less than anyone else. And I ended up just selling it private party for $7k more than their offer. Pass on CarGurus offers for me. That being said, I liked this video and I do love this car.
Watched this video again and I was impressed again. As an owner of this model you are absolutely right! It’s a great daily driver and fun driver’s car for a good price.
I’ve had mine for 9 months and as a DD it’s fantastic, the only thing I’m not a fan off is steering feel or lack of which is like most modern cars and the brake pedal feels soft although they work fine. I drove it from Kansas to San Francisco and it eats up the miles extremely well.
Just ticked ~10k on my daily 230 M-Sport. Averaging 38-40 mpg. 1/2 back roads - 1/2 highway commute. Brakes do settle down to not 'quite' so grabby but some of that is prob muscle memory. It sucks but turning the lane departure setting on low helps w/ the steering feel. It seems to track better and feel less 'loose'.
You don’t need adaptive cruise control in a sporty car, isn’t it about the drive? Throw all those drivers aids in the texting package into the trash bin.
M240xi Brooklyn Grey with Red interior, delivery in Dec. They have been dyno'ed at over 400HP. 0-60 depending on the driver - 3.7 sec. Getting it modded, should produce approx 450HP with a very good bump in torq as well. Was never a fan of all wheel drive, I test drove the Xi, it was an instant - I want the all wheel drive version. This will be the last gas BMW that will be a true drivers car (M2 coming next year).
Ordered an M240i for delivery in December because I want the new iDrive 8 that comes with all 2 series manufactured in July onwards. I still haven’t seen a review with that interior though.
The ultimate daily. This car is really one of a kind in its segment. For people who want to grow up from an immature 86 to something that looks respectable yet still has some edge when you need it but you are not quite ready to move on to a sedan.
I liked the video. I feel like it was 6-months late, though. I ordered a 2023 m240i and it's getting delivered in 4-weeks. The whole interior is changing in terms of curved display and the shift console. Maybe in the future if you're going to be making a review video so late in the cycle, allude to the changes that are imminent.
@@ryanlen2115 I got my '22 230 in April. I'm glad I got a '22 w/ the i7. I probably would have bought it if it had i8 but I'm not a fam. It looks to much like an EV dash for me.
@@josephcitizen4195 now that I have mine, I actually love idrive8 and the shifter knob doesn’t bother me. The screen is so vibrant and the graphics are nice. I guess personal preference
@@ryanlen2115 The shifter know doesn't bother me. It's the 'lack' of a center stack type of dash that I don't care for. Personal preference, you're correct though. How are you liking the car? I love mine, best daily driver I've ever had. Relatively cheap, outstanding mpg, and upscale enough for the girls I date.
@@josephcitizen4195 agree. Incredible car for the money. So smooth in comfort. That surprised me. Great MPG. I traded a stinger for this, same money but this so refined
I have a 2021 F22 230i with MSport, manual and performance non-runflats. It's a feisty, light footed, sweet drive. My car is one of the last manuals imported to the U.S. I like the look of the G42 but it doesn't come with a manual transmission (which a pure driver's car must have) and the performance tires have disappeared from configurator. I have read that the generous headroom of the F22 has been reduced in the G42, a potential problem for drivers with long torsos. My car is built in Germany but I think the U.S market G42 is a Mexican build.
He should buy a new BMW 2 series. Reward car manufacturers for making great driver’s cars. The Gran Coupe is a glorified BMW Kia Forte GT x Dodge Dart.
Dear Cargurus Team, i like the 230i but believe that the m sport package should have been a standard. The 230i is advistised as a driver's car and having to pay another $6k to for all those specs is criminal. Additionally, I do agree with the adaptive cruise control and lane keeping. For a car that cost almost $50k it should be included.
6'-0" (183cm). I rode in the back of my 230i a couple of months ago for prob 15-20 min across town. Could not wait to get out. It sucked. Bad. Looked and felt just like the vid.
Nope, 2 series coupe is the better car IMHO (M240i is brilliant), that is if you don’t need 4 doors, if you do need four doors then yes go straight to the 3 series, because the 2 series grand coupe sucks…
Also you won’t get an ELSD and double pot brimbo breaks in the 3 series for the same price. It really just comes down to if you want something a little more performance focused 2 or if you want the easy to live with 3 series.
I bought this car for someone else and I got to say even in individual sport mode this car does not compare to my jeep wrangler (especially the mojito edition)
it's comical that Capt. Obvious bothers w/ review of rear seats. It's a 2 door sports car w/ rear cargo seats, get a mini van or sedan for your rear seat gyrations. The M240i produces 0-60 numbers close to 8 cly turbo & 12 cly supercars and it's a daily driver. Also, it's not a compact, but most are too fat to fit into it.
The previous gen was much more attractive outside. BMW does much better with classic, palatable design; when they adhere to their roots with measured modernization. This exterior design is lacking in character by trying to be too modern/different, for me. I realize that some will appreciate this more cubic, forward, and masculine design, but I can’t help but wonder if they understand that this car is not going to appeal to as wide of an audience as the previous gen did, it having some classic BMW character on more than just the interior/split grill. I could be mistaken but I highly doubt this will sell more than the previous 2 series.
I'm definitely in the other camp. I was attracted to this model because of the exterior. I feel previous models look TOO ordinary, they don't stand out from our parent's sedans on the road.
@@icebruner yeah but a car is not its rear end design. There's much more to a car than 1/3 of its exterior design. Only a 8yo kid would give a definitive opinion based on looks alone (which are subjective). Facts.
an even BETTER car is the original 1 series, 135i. and my rag top is just so much car and motor, it was a steal/bargain at 9,000.00 and only 68k on it.
