Photo: Kleber Silva on Behance
The i3 is a curious little electric hatchback. The same can be said about the 2 Series Gran Coupe, which isn’t exactly grand or a coupe. What is exactly wrong with them?
For starters, BMW North America calls the i3 a “sedan” as you can tell from the Google search screenshot in the photo gallery. Secondly, the starting price of $44,450 excluding destination charge and potential savings such as the federal tax credit is too much in comparison to the standard equipment, size, and driving range of rivals.
The i3 offers… wait for it… 153 miles (246 kilometers) at most with a battery full of charged-up kWh while the Hyundai Kona Electric promises 258 miles (415 kilometers) for $37,190. Having hit the nail on the head, let’s move on to the 2 Series Gran Coupe.
A top-to-bottom redesign in 2019 didn't translate to rear-wheel-drive for the F44 even though the 2 Series Coupe is rear-wheel drive. Adding insult to injury, the 2er GC doesn’t have an equivalent specification to the CLA 45 S 4Matic+ from Mercedes-AMG.
The most offending thing about the 2 Series Gran Coupe is that BMW keeps butchering its own nomenclature. Remember when even numbers were used by actual coupes and uneven numbers like the 3 Series represented five-door body styles?
Well, that doesn’t apply anymore. In the day and age when the 6 Series is a five-door liftback and the 8 Series that replaces the previous 6 Series comes with two or four doors, anything goes as far as BMW is concerned.
Possibly in a bid to help the i3 and 2 Series Gran Coupe a little, Brazilian pixel artist Kleber Silva joined them together in a rather curious rendering. What is indeed curious about the “i3 Gran Sedan” is that the rear end – from the bumper to the taillights – comes from the i8 that was discontinued in April 2020 after six years of production.
Last time we heard anything on the i3, the Bavarian automaker's head honcho confirmed that it'll live on until 2024 and an unspecified upgrade is in the pipeline. A direct successor, however, isn't planned.
There’s no denying a larger footprint for the i3 would translate to a larger capacity for the battery, but then again, BMW doesn’t plan on giving the small EV any new body styles. Instead, the i4 will take over with 80 kWh in 2021, translating to more than 600 kilometers (373 miles) of driving range and 530 PS (523 horsepower) from two e-motors.
The i3 offers… wait for it… 153 miles (246 kilometers) at most with a battery full of charged-up kWh while the Hyundai Kona Electric promises 258 miles (415 kilometers) for $37,190. Having hit the nail on the head, let’s move on to the 2 Series Gran Coupe.
A top-to-bottom redesign in 2019 didn't translate to rear-wheel-drive for the F44 even though the 2 Series Coupe is rear-wheel drive. Adding insult to injury, the 2er GC doesn’t have an equivalent specification to the CLA 45 S 4Matic+ from Mercedes-AMG.
The most offending thing about the 2 Series Gran Coupe is that BMW keeps butchering its own nomenclature. Remember when even numbers were used by actual coupes and uneven numbers like the 3 Series represented five-door body styles?
Well, that doesn’t apply anymore. In the day and age when the 6 Series is a five-door liftback and the 8 Series that replaces the previous 6 Series comes with two or four doors, anything goes as far as BMW is concerned.
Possibly in a bid to help the i3 and 2 Series Gran Coupe a little, Brazilian pixel artist Kleber Silva joined them together in a rather curious rendering. What is indeed curious about the “i3 Gran Sedan” is that the rear end – from the bumper to the taillights – comes from the i8 that was discontinued in April 2020 after six years of production.
Last time we heard anything on the i3, the Bavarian automaker's head honcho confirmed that it'll live on until 2024 and an unspecified upgrade is in the pipeline. A direct successor, however, isn't planned.
There’s no denying a larger footprint for the i3 would translate to a larger capacity for the battery, but then again, BMW doesn’t plan on giving the small EV any new body styles. Instead, the i4 will take over with 80 kWh in 2021, translating to more than 600 kilometers (373 miles) of driving range and 530 PS (523 horsepower) from two e-motors.
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