And now, a word about purity. While we can\u2019t deny that crossover SUVs are the quintessential American vehicle (they\u2019re big, they\u2019re roomy, and they\u2019re comfortable), the quintessential driver\u2019s car has always been, and will always be, a small, lightweight, rear-wheel drive coupe with a strong engine.<\/p>\n
Enter the BMW 2 Series, the replacement for the uber-tiny 1 Series, a small and lightweight coupe that strips out all the bulk of larger vehicles and aims to appease people who like to throw vehicles into corners, shift manually, and send power to the rear wheels.<\/p>\n
Why is this the platonic ideal?<\/strong><\/p>\n Simplicity, in a word. Rather than adding elements, the best driver\u2019s cars remove them. While the 2 Series doesn\u2019t have cloth door handles as some purist\u2019s do, and it does have air conditioning (which some purists opt to toss), it has incredibly responsive electronic steering. It has a four-cylinder engine that surpasses a six-cylinder because of the reduction in weight. And it has a manual transmission in case it\u2019s more important to you to have fun instead of economizing fuel.<\/p>\n Sure, it has computers like every other modern vehicle. The genius of the 2 Series, however, is how it uses those computers to optimize the driving experience. Vehicle computers regulate everything about the engine from the running temperature, to the rev limits, to the amount of air that\u2019s allowed through the intake. So how you program the computer to run has a big impact on how the car performs.<\/p>\n So if I\u2019m into driving, this is the BMW for me?<\/strong><\/p>\n That\u2019s what we\u2019re saying. If you\u2019re looking to haul people and run errands, then you might be better served by something else in BMW\u2019s lineup. However, if you\u2019re a driver\u2019s driver, and your car is primarily about your enjoyment, then the 2 Series is for you. And possibly even the M2. Check it out at Leith BMW today.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" And now, a word about purity. While we can\u2019t deny that crossover SUVs are the quintessential American vehicle (they\u2019re big, they\u2019re roomy, and they\u2019re comfortable), the quintessential driver\u2019s car has always been, and will always be, a small, lightweight, rear-wheel drive coupe with a strong engine. Enter the BMW 2 Series, the replacement for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[84],"class_list":["post-1956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-bmw"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1956\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}