Happpened to run into the editor in chief of BMWBLOG.COM at the turn-in site at the Munich airport as he was returning with his VO M Coupe.
He had nothing but glowing things to say about it. In conjunction with picking up his 1 M he was also there to report on the 24 hours of Nurburgring, and everyone including AM DB owner's he said were pouring all over the car.
I asked him about whether an upcoming F coupe 2 series M is a possibility and he said it's a virtual lock, probably around late 2014 or 2015 based on his talks with M reps. He said it's more likely a 6 cylinder would be used as opposed to the much rumored 4 cylinder. Only time will tell.
Anyway, the day before my dropoff I reconned the route to make sure I didn't get lost on the way to the airport from my hotel on dropoff day (didn't help 'cause I got lost anyway
) and coming up from behind it was a AW M Coupe in the parking lot. I couldn't tell the difference between it and a garden variety AW 135 until I was a moderate distance away.
One things for sure about VO, like it, hate it or be ambivalent about it there will be no doubt what you are looking at when you see it.
Personally, I really dig it. But another likely pipe M dream for me I'm afraid.
