BMW M240i xDrive - Cheaper 911 Rival? (ENG) - Test Drive and Review

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BMW M240i is larger, more powerful, and quicker, than the model it replaces. The current generation is called G42, and it replaces the F22. At launch the M240i was offered only with xDrive, the RWD version was launched in mid 2022. This is the xDrive, but the AWD is rear-biased, which you can feel in the corners. The 3-liter inline 6-cylinder engine in the M240i produces 374 hp. That’s more than in the BMW M2 F87, and more than in the BMW Z4 M40i. Way more, than in the old M235i. And it makes 500 Nm of torque. But as the M240i xDrive weighs over 1700 kilograms, the engine has a lot of work to do.
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↔ BMW M240i xDrive dimensions:
✔ length: 4548 mm
✔ width: 1838 mm
✔ height: 1404 mm
✔ wheelbase: 2741 mm
✔ boot/trunk: 390 L
💲 BMW 2 Series Coupe G42 starting price: 39 400 euro
💲 BMW M240i xDrive price as tested: 69 990 euro
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Index:
0:00 intro
0:40 new BMW M240i G42
2:30 driving impressions
5:10 performance
5:45 suspension
6:55 xDrive
7:20 rivals
9:15 sound
10:15 soundproofing
10:40 brakes
10:55 fuel economy
11:25 design
12:15 cockpit
13:10 rear seat
13:45 boot
14:15 pricing
14:45 conclusion

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Комментарии : 82

@thefactor6909 Год назад

Love my fully loaded BG M240i and I’ve had it for a few months already and keep liking it more and more . What a great well rounded car that gives you the best of all worlds . Great review !!

@MarekDrivesENG Год назад

Great choice! Enjoy it.

@vathrosable Год назад

What color is it?

@jdbsoccer100 3 месяца назад

Just bought a used 2022 a couple days ago! Delivered to me in a few days.. can’t wait!

@nigel.w Год назад

Very good review. Thank you.

@wolfrick5300 Год назад

bell rang,Marek time!Ty for another great review!

@michelvermeulen61 Год назад

You are right my friend... M240i xDrive VS basic 911 carrera 4 is a very good performance match up for half the price of the Porsche. The BMW is a bargain !

@924Tomek Год назад

Świetne auto 😍

@Ambienfinity Год назад

I love that colour.

@rocketdreamer Год назад

The Aubergine paint is perhaps not my pick, all the rest really great and more, review on top: there is as much energy in how you did the review as under the car hood! And v precise & complete info for us car fan. Super bravo Marek! PS the comparison with 911 is to me relevant up to a certain extend, the two animals might share numbers, but their spirit is v different.

@MarekDrivesENG Год назад

I was hoping for SEO :)

@Anthropos_X Год назад

Excellent review as always! Nice to see cars like that. But, unfortunately, we go backwards. Every month its passes, is even harder to buy a new car.

@extreme8808 Год назад

All valid arguments, but there's one to counter them all - balance and feel. You cannot replicate the inherent balance and the feel of a car with an engine that's sitting on its rear axle. It's just a different beast altogether to drive exuberantly. Having said that, you can't beat the practicality advantage of the BMW. :)

@nigel.w Год назад

Have seen 0-60 in 3.7secs...same as a base Carrera.

@alliejr Год назад

When I first glanced at the thumbnail, I thought, “cool, he is reviewing a Mustang!” Then I started playing the video. DOH! On second thought… it is a Mustang, isn’t it?

@MarekDrivesENG Год назад

I recall many people said the current Mustang looks a BMW :)

@scotty7 Год назад

EU cars are so large they look like US cars now, bavarian muscle...

@JOFEALVI Год назад

Suscribed :)

@Nick-bz5xv Год назад

Really enjoyed this review; entertaining and informative! I do have a question, though: It was mentioned that there is a rear suspension issue, and was that in reference to faulty rear shocks? I ordered my M240i six months ago, picked it up a week ago, and one of the first things I noticed was an intermittent clunking noise coming from the passenger rear of the car; is this a known issue?

@MarekDrivesENG Год назад

Sounds about right. Apparently this car had the issue, when my colleague was reviewing it in February 2022. He said it's probably a faulty shock issue, and he reported it to the press office. When I was reviewing the car in early July I noticed the noise as well, so I asked the press office about it. They said the issue has been addressed since February, and if there is a problem again, they will look into it. I will ask again, because it does seem like a bigger issue.

@Xetenor Год назад

I ordered a 2023 m240i xdrive but I am still debating between this or going for a 2023 GT2 AWD stinger that I test drove. I currently have a 2021 GT1 stinger and am debating between these two cars. Even the stinger has a known annoying trunk rattle and terrible brake pads that cause the brake rotor to warp over time from dust accumulation supposedly. I had to get mine resurfaced at 14k miles which left me wondering if I should change cars. I test drove a 2022 m240i xdrive and really loved it. Dual personality car like the stinger and I do not really need 4 doors so I am debating. We'll see what happens by next year as ordering any car takes literally years to get and I don't see that changing for long time to come.

@MarekDrivesENG Год назад

Yeah, the Stinger is a cheaper 4 Series/A5, but if you want something more nimble this 240 should please you.

@stanislavdostal283 Год назад

Carrera was my dream car from my 20years old, but then I drive it a few times, in Prague and around, and I was said. Too stiff, boring car in low RPM, no space in interior for mobile phone, for water bottle, for my hockey bag :-/ yes - when you go to 5000rpm it starts to be beast -but suddenly you drive 180km/h and you are without your driving licence very soon :) in Czech Rep there are very high prizes of Porsche, its close to the Ferrari (new Porsche 150.000€) so for me this BMW is now the choise because: daily car for the city like Prague, good suspension great power nice color Brooklyn Grey and with these improves/must have: alcantara wheel JB4 for 450Hp carbon front splitter and carbon wing for the trunk 4wheel drive Roof window and Im happy man :-) for 60.000€ I will be good enemy for most od Carreras drivers and I can put my hockey bag to the trunk and 2 small people to the back seats :-)

@toddstevens8506 4 месяца назад

Yes, a hockey bag fits easily. Glad to hear you have your priorities straight! And I'm glad we have your David Kampf on my Leafs.

@witnesspropro Год назад

Still sounds better than a Tesla, and a Porsche Taycan for that matter.

@nigel.w Год назад

I agree that its closest competitor is a Carrera 4. As to whether you'd realistically cross-shop the two, I'm not so sure. Fully spec'd it's less than half the price of a spec'd Carrera [2] for a car with identical straight-line performance. I suspect that most people who buy a 911 aren't cross-shopping. But, if you can't afford a 911, aren't a die-hard Porchephile, and are open to more of a GT sports car, this car doesn't really have any rivals for what you get for the money. For me, the choice would probably be this or a 911 991.1 Carrera S PDK. So, a new BMW vs a 10yo Porsche. To my mind, it certainly blows away a base Cayman. As always, YMMV.

@MarekDrivesENG Год назад

Definitely Carrera S, although I'd probably choose a manual.

@nigel.w Год назад

@@MarekDrivesENG I'm in the UK, so for the same money as a spec'd M240i xDrive, it would have to be a base 991.1 Carrera 3.4...if wanting a manual with low-ish miles. But maybe the 3.4 is actually ideal with a manual, because with the long gearing, you'd be able to rev it out more without endangering your driving licence than you would a 3.8 S.

@MarekDrivesENG Год назад

😅

@HaloDude557 Год назад

You said there is lane keep assist? I don’t see anything about that on bmw website

@MarekDrivesENG Год назад

Perhaps some of the options are temporarily unavailable due to chip shortage.

@HaloDude557 Год назад

@@MarekDrivesENG the option is available on the 3 series but not for the 2. Did the car you drove actually have it?

@stevehs4287 Год назад

@@HaloDude557 Lane assist is part of the ‘Active Guard’ features . It’s standard in the UK, not sure if it’s an option in some markets or not .

@HaloDude557 Год назад

@@stevehs4287 in the US I think there is lane departure safety (beeps and ping ponging on the lines) but no lane keep assist. It’s an option for the 3 series so I have no idea why it would be standard on the 2 series

@andi8489 Год назад

its about 20k too expensive, as almost everything in the last 2 years

@bokichko Год назад

11:14 same as my LPG Fiesta ... 🥲

@MarekDrivesENG Год назад

That's a thirsty Fiesta.

@bokichko Год назад

@@MarekDrivesENG we really don't trash it 😭 the LPG quality is so bad in Macedonia...

@bokichko Год назад

@@MarekDrivesENG it's down to 9 now 😁

@numbereightyseven Год назад

At 6:33 to 6:35, look at how the whole flimsy bracket depresses.

@Tom-uk2ow Год назад

What are you know🤣it is supposed to be like that🤣...👍

@shiugen676 2 месяца назад

Supposed to yes.. its not a bracket but one big button, same on all recentish bmws

@laupakhin Год назад

This is such a hooligan of a car and I love the fact that this exists in 2022. I'm not sold on the styling, but I guess it's fine if I'm only seeing it from the inside. Also, 1700kg?! Did they hide a few hefty German gents under the panels to make those fake engine noises?

@MarekDrivesENG Год назад

Bavarian men drinking beer and burping to the precise exhaust tune :)

@HongWong-qr8xn Год назад

I am F22 and G42 owner . I have more fun with the F22😅G42 is more GT car

@Tom-uk2ow Год назад

Probably my dream car beside Bmw 5 estate i know,it is probably shizofrenic but i am weak for coupes and estates..

@MarekDrivesENG Год назад

I totally get you. How about M240i Shooting Brake? Like the clown shoe Z4...

@Tom-uk2ow Год назад

@@MarekDrivesENG oohh my,in Croatia we will say you get "sheep and money" and to be honest i still think in modest way 🤣 that after last M2 BMW will never made real car..

@MarekDrivesENG Год назад

Can you expand on that idiom? Is that like have your cake and eat it?

@Tom-uk2ow Год назад

@@MarekDrivesENG yes that is our idiom...Can i ask i think you drive f87 M2 if you are,can you compare it with M240?

@MarekDrivesENG Год назад

OK, I'll have to go back to the 1M Coupe, which is absolutely wild and terrifying, and I got to drive it on a wet and foggy day on some Greek mountain roads that I didn't know. I was mature enough to know how much power I had on tap, so I almost shit myself. After that experience the M2 feels very manageable, even if still a bit rough around the edges. But that's part of the experience. The M240i xDrive (I haven't driven the RWD version) is very refined, and it doesn't feel overpowered. The problem with recent BMWs is that they always seem to have too much power and too much grip to safely have fun in, until it's too late. This one is just the right amount of everything, but as you've seen at 7:07 it's possible to go too far in this one as well :) So, more refined and easier to live with, than the F87 M2, but at the same time fun enough, when you it.

@behemothinferno Год назад

I think the Audi S5 coupe is this car's closest competitor.

@MarekDrivesENG Год назад

Isn't S5 more of a 4 Series competitor?

@behemothinferno Год назад

@@MarekDrivesENG Price wise yes but on paper, I think it's the closest one yet.

@kevinn1158 Год назад

I'm renaming this video. Marek becomes a hooligan!! A good friend of mine had the previous M235i x drive. He loved it and was going to buy another but the BMW dealership in 2020 was being difficult about price. Audi on the other hand basically gave him a bright blue S3 so bye bye BMW. I think the 2 series is probably the best BMW avail. I'm sure they don't want to hear that as they'd rather pump out their more expensive models.

@MarekDrivesENG Год назад

I'm seriously wondering, whether the M2 will be such an upgrade over the M240i. I mean, how much power do you need in a relatively small coupe? Who am I kidding? All the power, and then some :)

@kevinn1158 Год назад

@@MarekDrivesENG LOL. I was egging my friend to buy the RS3....

@ericbury6826 Год назад

A Porsche 911 is so desirable... this thing is powerful but so dull.

@nigel.w Год назад

But, fully spec'd it's less than half the price of a spec'd Carrera [2].

@samuelreid603 Год назад

what 911 is practical?? 😑😑

@piglet5287 Год назад

Is something broken at the back, or is that just BMW finish? 10:11

@MarekDrivesENG Год назад

Nope, that's what it looks like.

@piglet5287 Год назад

@@MarekDrivesENG ah well, you can't expect everything for €60K

@michaelscurr9046 Год назад

I’ll keep my 1M I 🤔 think

@MarekDrivesENG Год назад

If you have one, you're a luck man!

@GinoFoto Год назад

Dear children, Once Upon a time, wealthy owner of a dark BMW had hassle-free time full of fun for whole years of leasing, though all those less-fortunate guys after him, well, less so. You heard fairy tale of any sporty BMW, Good night.

@Altesego1 Год назад

It’s just much too heavy in my opinion

@numbereightyseven Год назад

BMW "fixes" a problem, and it's still a problem. Oh how typical. It's never NOT like that! My parents gave up on bmw's and went back to Japanese reliability.

@richardkillian5657 Месяц назад

Japanese cars are better on reliability but that's all they are better on. In absolutely every other way German cars are so much better. Japanese cars are so boring and they get "hand me down" tech from German cars years afterwards. Also, I've been driving BMWs for the last 6 years and the only thing I've had to replace is 1 windscreen wiper - so very reliable in my experience. Also, even one of the very best Japanese cars, the Surpa, is actually a BMW really. The supra has the same engine and gear box as my car (I drive this G42 M240i).

@kevinscott6644 12 дней назад

Stupid review. The 0-60 straight line time is the only thing they have in common. 911 in a different league on a track. From an m440i owner.

@MarekDrivesENG 11 дней назад

M440i is a porker :)

@nikolaninkov Год назад

I really don't see why anyone would buy this over an M340i. Same platform and engine, but less practical and overall a lesser car. Almost the same price, too.

@jaydaley1294 Год назад

Shorter wheel base changes everything. It makes it feel far more playful to drive. Here in Aus the 340 is around $25k more, so, not an insignificant amount.