BMW almost ready to roll out new 2 Series cabriolet
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/spyphotos/" rel="tag">Spy Photos</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/convertibles/" rel="tag">Convertible</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/bmw/" rel="tag">BMW</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/luxury/" rel="tag">Luxury</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/bmw-2-series-cabrio-spy-shots/"><img alt="BMW 2 Series Convertible" data-credit="CarPix" data-mep="288290" src="http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/bfdddab6b8803e24b39e786b8 68d8ea2/200232991/BMW-2-cab-spy.jpg" /></a><br />
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The <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/bmw/2+series/">2 Series</a> is a relatively new member of the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/bmw/">BMW</a> family, having been spun off of the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/bmw/1+series/">1 Series</a> (itself one of the company's youngest lines) just last year. So far the range has been split between the Active Tourer and the 2 Series Coupe, but soon the latter will breed a new compact convertible to take the place of the outgoing 1 Series cabriolet, and here we have our best look at it yet.<br />
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Spied with the most minimal camouflage and its top down while undergoing its final rounds of development testing, this pre-production 2 Series cabrio looks about ready for show time. While the Active Tourer is based on a different front-drive platform, this convertible is, as you might have guessed, essentially a 2 Series Coupe with a folding fabric roof. That means rear-wheel drive (or potentially all-wheel drive if BMW extends its availability from the coupe to the convertible) win either 228i or M235i specification - both of them turbocharged, the former with a 240-horsepower, 2.0-liter four and the latter with the 320-hp, 3.0-liter inline-six.<br />
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Considering that BMW got an approximately $8k premium for the 1 Series convertible over the coupe, expect the 2 Series cabrio to start at a little over $40k for the 228i and top out at around $53k for the M235i xDrive convertible. That is, assuming BMW offers it in that top spec, because at that rate we're getting perilously close to the $54,900 base price of the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/bmw/4+series/">435i</a> convertible.<p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/06/05/bmw-2-series-cabriolet-spy-shots/">BMW almost ready to roll out new 2 Series cabriolet</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Thu, 05 Jun 2014 14:00:00 EST. Please see our <a href="/rss-term-of-use/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/06/05/bmw-2-series-cabriolet-spy-shots/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20907011/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/06/05/bmw-2-series-cabriolet-spy-shots/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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