{"id":36148,"date":"2022-11-15T19:30:16","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T00:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=36148"},"modified":"2022-11-15T19:30:16","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T00:30:16","slug":"2023-bmw-m2-zandvoort-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=36148","title":{"rendered":"2023 BMW M2 Shows Off its Newest Color\u2014Zandvoort Blue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BMW\u2019s latest M2 design is interesting. On one hand, it doesn\u2019t have a monster kidney grille, so that\u2019s good. On the other hand, it\u2019s a bit funkier looking than the standard 2 Series, which is a shame because the little 2er is a cool looking car. Still, there\u2019s a lot to like about the new BMW M2 and it probably looks best in this color\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2022\/10\/23\/2023-bmw-m2-zandvoort-blue-two-tone-wheels\/\">Zandvoort Blue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There aren\u2019t many color options for the new M2 and even fewer are interesting. Ironically, Zandvoort Blue is not only one of the most interesting, it\u2019s also one of the only two no-cost options. So you can get the best stock M2 color without paying an extra dime. It\u2019s also a flat color, without any metallic flake, which actually sort of works on the M2.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_439851\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-439851\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bmw-m2-zandvoort-blue-images-04-scaled.jpg\"><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-439851\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bmw-m2-zandvoort-blue-images-04-553x830.jpg\" alt=\"bmw m2 zandvoort blue images 04 553x830\" width=\"553\" height=\"830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bmw-m2-zandvoort-blue-images-04-553x830.jpg 553w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bmw-m2-zandvoort-blue-images-04-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bmw-m2-zandvoort-blue-images-04-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bmw-m2-zandvoort-blue-images-04-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bmw-m2-zandvoort-blue-images-04-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bmw-m2-zandvoort-blue-images-04-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" title=\"image of bmw m2 zandvoort blue images 04 553x830\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-medium wp-image-439851\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20553%20830%22%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bmw-m2-zandvoort-blue-images-04-553x830.jpg\" alt=\"bmw m2 zandvoort blue images 04 553x830\" width=\"553\" height=\"830\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bmw-m2-zandvoort-blue-images-04-553x830.jpg 553w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bmw-m2-zandvoort-blue-images-04-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bmw-m2-zandvoort-blue-images-04-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bmw-m2-zandvoort-blue-images-04-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bmw-m2-zandvoort-blue-images-04-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bmw-m2-zandvoort-blue-images-04-scaled.jpg 1707w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" title=\"image of bmw m2 zandvoort blue images 04 553x830\"\/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-439851\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by BMWUSA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One of the cool thing about Zandvoort Blue is that it\u2019s only offered on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2022\/11\/11\/bmw-m2-online-configurator\/\">BMW M2<\/a>, without going the BMW Individual route. That means you won\u2019t see anyone else driving around in a stock BMW with the same color as your M2 and there is something special about that.<\/p>\n<p>Some BMW fans aren\u2019t big fans of this color but I think it looks good on the M2. It\u2019s light, so it shows off all of the car\u2019s lines, creases, and muscular flairs. However, there\u2019s one body line on the new BMW M2 that just doesn\u2019t sit right with me. It\u2019s the vertical crease at the front of the flared rear fender, just past the doors. It\u2019s so upright and abrupt, it just looks wrong for some reason. It\u2019s cool that the rear fenders are so wide but the actual look of said fenders isn\u2019t great.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_439850\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-439850\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bmw-m2-zandvoort-blue-images-03-scaled.jpg\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-439850\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bmw-m2-zandvoort-blue-images-03-553x830.jpg\" alt=\"bmw m2 zandvoort blue images 03 553x830\" width=\"553\" height=\"830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bmw-m2-zandvoort-blue-images-03-553x830.jpg 553w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bmw-m2-zandvoort-blue-images-03-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bmw-m2-zandvoort-blue-images-03-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bmw-m2-zandvoort-blue-images-03-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bmw-m2-zandvoort-blue-images-03-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bmw-m2-zandvoort-blue-images-03-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" title=\"image of bmw m2 zandvoort blue images 03 553x830\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-medium wp-image-439850\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20553%20830%22%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bmw-m2-zandvoort-blue-images-03-553x830.jpg\" alt=\"bmw m2 zandvoort blue images 03 553x830\" width=\"553\" height=\"830\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bmw-m2-zandvoort-blue-images-03-553x830.jpg 553w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bmw-m2-zandvoort-blue-images-03-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bmw-m2-zandvoort-blue-images-03-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bmw-m2-zandvoort-blue-images-03-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bmw-m2-zandvoort-blue-images-03-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bmw-m2-zandvoort-blue-images-03-scaled.jpg 1707w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" title=\"image of bmw m2 zandvoort blue images 03 553x830\"\/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-439850\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by BMWUSA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The BMW M2 only comes in one flavor; the standard spec with a 3.0-liter twin-turbocharged inline six (S58) making 453 horsepower and 406 lb-ft of torque. It does come with two choices of transmission, though, a six-speed manual or an eight-speed auto. The former is likely more fun but the latter is faster and easier. Regardless of transmission, though, the M2 will only be rear-wheel drive, so you\u2019ll always be able to do smokey burnouts.<\/p>\n<p>When the BMW M2 debuts, it will truly be the last bastion of classic M car. After that, all future M cars will be hybrids or fully electric and most of them will be all-wheel drive. So if you want a proper old-school M car, this is your last chance.<\/p>\n<p>[Photos by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.www.bmwusa.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.bmwusa.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BMW\u2019s latest M2 design is interesting. On one hand, it doesn\u2019t have a monster kidney grille, so that\u2019s good. On the other hand, it\u2019s a bit funkier looking than the standard 2 Series, which is a shame because the little 2er is a cool looking car. Still, there\u2019s a lot to like about the new [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":36149,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}