First Drive: 2014 BMW M235i Coupe

Story and photos by John LeBlanc LAS VEGAS, Nevada — While Germany’s BMW chases a wider audience as it strives to become the world’s largest luxury automaker, the new 2014 BMW 2 Series is a reminder of where the once cultish sporting brand came from.

Top 10s: Most anticipated test drives for 2014

By John LeBlanc Who would have thought the Ultimate Driving Machine makers at Germany’s BMW would ever build an electric city car (the new i3?) Or the best family sedan you could buy would be a new Chevy (the new Impala)? But that was sooo 2013.

Official images of new 2015 BMW 2 Series unofficially leaked

By John LeBlanc Well ahead of its January 2014 debut at the Detroit auto show, official images of the new, 2015 BMW 2 Series Coupe have been unofficially splattered all over the Internet. And based on what little information we have so far, traditional BMW fans should be happy.