- After the recent renewal of the 8 Series and 4 Series coupes (the 6 Series having become a large five-door sedan), BMW is renewing the 2 Series coupe, which however looks a lot like the old one.

- Within the Series 2 range, the coupe (and the future convertible) remains the only one to adopt rear-wheel drive, since the Gran Coupé (which is in fact a five-door sedan) as well as the Active Tourer and Gran Tourer minivans adopted traction technology.

- BMW wanted to designed all of its coupes with propulsion, but it should be remembered that all 3 Series, 5 Series and 7 Series are also rear-wheel drive. The 2 Series Coupe uses a modified version of the platform “CLAR” also mounted on the 3 Series and 4 Series Coupe.

- The previous generation of the 2 Series coupe saw sales fall between 2017 and 2019, dropping from 62,000 units to 26,000 during this period. The new generation marketed from 2021 will therefore have to do a lot to boost sales of the model. Inovev is expecting a volume of 40,000 units per year (production in Leipzig) because the current trend is not to sporty coupes. It is indeed rather on SUVs, which account for almost half of sales, and of electric sedans, which will multiply over the next ten years.

- The new 2 Series Coupe will be powered by the 1,500 3-cylinder petrol, 2,000 4-cylinder petrol, 3,000 6-cylinder petrol and 2,000 4-cylinder diesel, i.e. the engines already fitted to the previous generation.