 Hey, it's Chris from The Verge. I'm standing in front of the BMW M2 Coupe. Now, if you're a BMW enthusiast or just a performance car enthusiast, you're very excited about this car, and you have been for a long time. It was actually announced back in October. This is the first time we're seeing it in the flesh, though. The reason people are so excited is because over the years, the 3 Series, now the 4 Series, and the M3 and M4 have gotten progressively larger and heavier over time, so they're not really the small, light performance coupes they used to be. The M2 is a smaller car, so it gets BMW back to the place that it used to be with the M3. The car has 365 horsepower, which is more than the E46 M3 just about a decade and a half ago, so you can see how performance kind of changes over time. It gets us back to that level. It's going to start around $51,000, a little bit over that. Not bad for what you're getting. And it looks beautiful. It's so much more shapely than the standard 2. A lot of fans of the 1M, which is the previous version of this car, made in very limited numbers a generation ago, and now we have this version. I think it's a proper successor. They did all the right things here. Looks great inside and out. Launching this spring in presumably very limited numbers, so if you want one, move quickly. That's it for now from the Detroit Auto Show. We are here at the BMW booth, but there's going to be a lot more from all over the floor. Check out our YouTube channel, The Verge or theverge.com.
 Hey, it's Chris from The Verge.
 I'm standing in front of the BMW M2 Coupe.
 Now, if you're a BMW enthusiast or just a performance car enthusiast, you're very excited
 about this car, and you have been for a long time.
 It was actually announced back in October.
 This is the first time we're seeing it in the flesh, though.
 The reason people are so excited is because over the years, the 3 Series, now the 4 Series,
 and the M3 and M4 have gotten progressively larger and heavier over time, so they're not
 really the small, light performance coupes they used to be.
 The M2 is a smaller car, so it gets BMW back to the place that it used to be with the M3.
 The car has 365 horsepower, which is more than the E46 M3 just about a decade and a
 half ago, so you can see how performance kind of changes over time.
 It gets us back to that level.
 It's going to start around $51,000, a little bit over that.
 Not bad for what you're getting.
 And it looks beautiful.
 It's so much more shapely than the standard 2.
 A lot of fans of the 1M, which is the previous version of this car, made in very limited
 numbers a generation ago, and now we have this version.
 I think it's a proper successor.
 They did all the right things here.
 Looks great inside and out.
 Launching this spring in presumably very limited numbers, so if you want one, move quickly.
 That's it for now from the Detroit Auto Show.
 We are here at the BMW booth, but there's going to be a lot more from all over the floor.
 Check out our YouTube channel, The Verge or theverge.com.