BMW offering Track Handling Package for 2 Series
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="https://www.autoblog.com/category/new-york-auto-show/" rel="tag">New York Auto Show</a>, <a href="https://www.autoblog.com/category/coupes/" rel="tag">Coupe</a>, <a href="https://www.autoblog.com/bmw/" rel="tag">BMW</a>, <a href="https://www.autoblog.com/category/luxury/" rel="tag">Luxury</a></p><a href="https://www.autoblog.com/photos/2014-bmw-228i-track-handling-package/"><img alt="BMW 228i Track Handling Package" data-credit="AOL" data-mep="222292" src="https://s.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/eccb01bb84cab35e6581ee358 a33696e/200042379/slide_0001.jpg" /></a><br />
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After getting a chance to <a href="https://www.autoblog.com/2014/01/21/2014-bmw-m235i-review-first-drive/">drive the BMW M235i</a> earlier this year, we mentioned our regret at not being able to sample the lighter and less powerful <a href="https://www.autoblog.com/bmw/2+series/">228i Coupe</a>. We'd like to have seen how close the latter could get to the former, noting that "there's a lot of room for upgrades with the $11,000 retail difference." <a href="https://www.autoblog.com/bmw/">BMW</a> is closing that performance gap slightly, announcing that a Track Handling Package will join the options sheet for the 2015 228i Coupe.<br />
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The group bolts on Variable Sport Steering, Adaptive M Suspension and M Sport Brakes behind new 18-inch lightweight wheels wearing Michelin Pilot Super Sport tires. There's no change to the 240-horsepower four-cylinder, but a coupe so equipped should be able to do plenty more with the horses it has thanks to a faster steering rack, sharper handling due to additional sensors and a ten-millimeter drop in ride height, and larger brakes and discs.<br />
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BMW has used the <a href="https://www.autoblog.com/new-york-auto-show/">New York Auto Show</a> as a venue to introduce the new Track Handling Package, and it will roll onto showroom floors in July and pricing will be announced sometime between now and then. Takers can get it with both the six-speed manual and eight-speed Sport Automatic, see it in the high-res image gallery above, and read about it in the press release <a href="/2014/04/17/bmw-2-series-track-handling-package-new-york-2014/#continued">below</a>.<p><a href="https://www.autoblog.com/2014/04/17/bmw-2-series-track-handling-package-new-york-2014/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>BMW offering Track Handling Package for 2 Series</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="https://www.autoblog.com/2014/04/17/bmw-2-series-track-handling-package-new-york-2014/">BMW offering Track Handling Package for 2 Series</a> originally appeared on <a href="https://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Thu, 17 Apr 2014 14:20:00 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="https://www.autoblog.com/2014/04/17/bmw-2-series-track-handling-package-new-york-2014/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://www.autoblog.com/forward/20869170/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://www.autoblog.com/2014/04/17/bmw-2-series-track-handling-package-new-york-2014/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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