Last week, we confirmed the upcoming BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe (F44) for the U.S. market. BMW must have been listening as the first prototype has just been spotted out in testing!
We expect the first ever 2 Series Gran Coupe to come in later 2019 riding on the UKL FWD platform. Therefore, the entry model (228i level) will likely be available in both FWD and AWD xDrive, while the M Performance model (M235i level) should come with xDrive standard. The prototype spotted here is the M Performance model as it wears blue M Performance brakes, lowered suspension, and M Performance bodywork.
It remains to be seen if an M2 Gran Coupe is in the works to take on the Audi RS3. Thus far, there has been no indication of plans to make UKL-based M models (only M Performance models), but that could always change.