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wdc330i 10-21-2019 10:58 AM

No more 2 series convertible after this model year...
 
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https://www.bmwblog.com/2019/10/21/b...ll-remain-rwd/

"The sad part is that the new RWD 2er will not get a convertible anymore. That’s a move that has more to do with the business side of things rather than anything else. The sales of the drop top 2 Series weren’t doing too good and with so many models in the range these days, BMW decided to pull the plug on the project for the new generation."

Josh (PA) 10-21-2019 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by wdc330i (Post 552856)
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https://www.bmwblog.com/2019/10/21/b...ll-remain-rwd/

"The sad part is that the new RWD 2er will not get a convertible anymore. That’s a move that has more to do with the business side of things rather than anything else. The sales of the drop top 2 Series weren’t doing too good and with so many models in the range these days, BMW decided to pull the plug on the project for the new generation."

That's a bummer. It wouldn't have been offered with a manual anyway (I guess it is pointless bemoaning the loss of a clutch pedal at this point) and the 3/4 vert will have a real soft top this time around. Between that and the existance of the z4, the 2er probably doesn't have much of a market.

John V 10-21-2019 02:16 PM

I think I've seen a grand total of one of these. Doesn't surprise me that it's going away.

wdc330i 10-21-2019 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by John V (Post 552861)
I think I've seen a grand total of one of these. Doesn't surprise me that it's going away.

There are quite a few down here in Atlanta. Mostly the 4 cylinder iteration. We have a lot of convertible friendly weather here.

Alan 10-21-2019 03:42 PM

I rarely ever see a 2 series let alone a convertible.

John V 10-21-2019 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by wdc330i (Post 552862)
There are quite a few down here in Atlanta. Mostly the 4 cylinder iteration. We have a lot of convertible friendly weather here.

Like between October and March? Because from April to September it is pretty hot there, and brutally humid between June and August, no?

wdc330i 10-21-2019 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by John V (Post 552864)
Like between October and March? Because from April to September it is pretty hot there, and brutally humid between June and August, no?

Summer mornings are fine. But the top has to go up, if only because of the blazing sun, by noon or so.

ZBB 10-21-2019 07:50 PM

Atlanta isn’t as humid or hot as people think. There were humid days in the summer, but it would only last a couple days, then be less humid for a few days and cycle again. Summer temps rarely went over 100 - and low 90s were more common. I wouldn’t call that brutally hot...

John V 10-21-2019 08:29 PM

I've been to Atlanta in the summer and found it to be unbearably humid but maybe it was just that week.

Low 90s is pretty unpleasant to me. Way too hot for a convertible.

wdc330i 10-21-2019 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by ZBB (Post 552867)
Atlanta isn’t as humid or hot as people think. There were humid days in the summer, but it would only last a couple days, then be less humid for a few days and cycle again. Summer temps rarely went over 100 - and low 90s were more common. I wouldn’t call that brutally hot...

Right. The summers last longer, I think. but it actually doesn’t get as hot as DC. I think it’s the elevation. We’re at roughly 1,000 feet above sea level. Haven’t seen 100 since I got here. Whereas DC routinely had at least a week of 100-degree days, usually in July.


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