The February issue of AutoBild SportsCars confirms again that the small BMW coupé will be built. In fact, the article claims that the small coupé genre will experience a renaissance of sorts. For instance, Mercedes is planning something similar, and Audi is floating the idea of an R4, with rear engine.
http://www.autobild.de/erlkoenige/ne...tikel_id=13183
Purportedly, it will debut with a new 2 liter engine (turbo and direct injection is the only thing that makes sense, as in the Mini Cooper S or Audi S3), and next year the M version, featuring the popular 3.2 liter inside the current M3, shall be introduced. This M-car will purportedly rival the 911 in terms of acceleration and speed.
With respect to branding and marketing, perhaps BMW will take a lesson from Porsche (which mades a Cayman out of a Boxster) and call the new coupé a Zweier. I presume they'll introduce this new 2-door at the Frankfurt Auto Fair this September.