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Surprising amount of people caring about the M2's straight line performance in here. There are faster cars for straight line performance than the M2 or the M240i. No one who is buying the M2 is buying it for straight line performance period. It's fast 'enough' on the straight but you buy it for everything else.
They are both great cars but with different focuses. Right now we have a ton of good choices for sporty smallish powerfulish cars finally with a range of choices for different budgets. IMO the M2 may be the most balanced of the bunch while keeping it on the harder core side. This is always what an M car has been - less of a muscle car and more of a balanced car with better handling at the cost of comfort. If I cared less about fun and wanted something more practical but almost as fast (certainly faster in a straight line) I wouldn't go with the M240i but the RS3. 4 doors, awd, better interior IMO and good resale. But for fun I'd take a 6mt m2 any day of the week.
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