BMW 228 Gran Coupe

Value is on everyone’s mind these days, so we picked eight relatively affordable “dupe” vehicles that mirror the look and feel of a higher-end vehicle.

The second-generation 2025 BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe has more power and additional driver-assistance tech available.

For 2024, Porsche takes the top spot for premium brands as well as the overall crown, with Mini taking the honors among mass-market brands.

This year’s study is based on responses from 99,144 buyers and lessees of new model-year 2024 vehicles, and respondents were surveyed 90 days after acquiring their vehicles.

These cars offer panoramic moonroofs or sunroofs either as standard or optional equipment for 2024.

While the Gran Coupe still offers three different interior trims with ambient lighting, that’s one fewer choice than buyers had in 2023. And the high-performance M2 coupe will be available in two new colors later in the year.

An increasing number of vehicles with sticker prices of $40,000 or less, some much less, offer heated mirrors.

Wheel warming has gone mainstream, with the feature standard or optional not just on luxury vehicles, but on an increasing number of models with sticker prices of $40,000 or less.

The 2023 BMW 2 Series received a major redesign for 2022, so the German luxury automaker is making only minor changes to the compact coupe for 2023.

Seat belts are the focus of a recall affecting more than 21,000 BMW, Mini, Rolls-Royce and Toyota vehicles. Read more on the issue here.