2023 BMW M2 review. With 460bhp & RWD only, is the junior M-car actually the best of the bunch?

Props to BMW for employing an all blind styling team.

Not very long ago 1.7 tons used to be the weight of a M5, that's crazy.

can't help but miss those elegant clean lines of E39

You know you’ve been successful in life when your car tells you off for speeding on your own driveway😂

"It's just nonsense, that's just styling..." Current BMW's summed up in a throwaway comment 😂

At least BMW made it easy to make a Lego version of it with that styling.

This just makes the last generation look that much better.

I used to be glued to the screen, waiting for Top Gear's review of the lateast M-car. Now a days i can hardly keep my focus. I watched this with several pauses, not because there's anything wrong with Harry's work, but because i'm bored with the car before the video starts. Oh well... We have the memories, and the cars they used to build.

Might be easy to live with but it's very hard to look at. Can't think of any reason why an owner of the previous M2 would want to trade in for this.

How can something that looks so cheap be so expensive?

The old one looked so much better

It should not be possible for a car to look ghastly from every angle, but here we are.... Well done BMW on such an achievement.

Good heavens BMW, you should send your styling department to Specsavers!

I clocked 36k km in a 2019 M2 Competition in 12 months of wonderful driving on New Zealand's narrow highways. Loved every minute of driving although it had several features I didn't like including: 1) the steering wheel seemed to perfectly block out the speedo no matter how I configured it, 2)BMW love their seats to be hard as two planks, and; 3) no matter how I configured the seat, my right ankle would throb after 10 minutes driving. For me, eventually, they became deal breakers and I traded out of it after a year. This one just doesn't excite. Don't like the looks, it is far too heavy, and I bet all of my criticisms of the driving experience remain. Now, that Lotus Emira...that's ahead turner

We know it’s the small M car but… It’s bigger than the e92 m3. (And weighs the same) Nobody ever mentions this. 🙃

I am so surprised to see so much negative feedback on the looks. I bought one and actually love that they designed a car that has its own look. It is all function vs stupid “looks”. If you drive it I guarantee you will be smiling and have a better opinion of this car. I’ve had 4 “M” cars now and this is the most pure and best so far. It is a driver’s car and just fits me perfectly. Go see one in the showroom. They are much better looking in person and the interior quality and seats are great. The manual is great too. Not the best I have ever shifted but it is very good and one of the only cars in this class available with a manual.

👍 Harry thank you for helping articulate and explain what's wrong with BMW feel today. Numb, distant, disconnected. Fast! But not as feelsome as they used to be. 😢

This is one of the few new cars you just know a decade from now will cost more than it was in '23. By then the number of RWD drive new cars pushing 500 hp with a three-pedal manual will be very rare indeed.

I think that’s one of the most repellent vehicles I’ve ever seen. And I thought the old one was nasty! Saw on on the road the other day and thought someone had tried to make their own body kit for it out of an old shower tub.

Great video Harry! As always.