For all intensive purposes, you have the same car, with the same engine, and all that. Only one is a sexy droptop with the BMW famous straight-six ringing in your ears, and the other is a stiff coupe with a fastback look to it. Which would you rather have in your stable?

Without a picosecond of hesitation, the coupe for me please.

Same, easier to live with and better performance. In terms of looks, both are equally good looking imo.

hmmmm.....I'm going to be in the minority here, but I would get the M Roadster. A 2 seater is going to be a "fun" car for me, and a big part of the "fun" is open top driving in nice weather. I'll gladly give up on some body rigidity of the coupe for that......afterall, I'm not skilled enough to take these cars to their handling limits safely on everyday roads.

And face it guys, the M Roadster is already a VERY GOOD handling car.

of course but not good enough I have a feeling the Coupe is more fun to drive than the Roadster. Besides I like the design better on the Coupe.

I have the feeling that honestly most of us couldn't tell the difference.

I personally would go with the coupe. I love the roadster don't get me wrong, and would definitely want one if there wasn't the option for a coupe or I was in a sporty sporty mood, however, I can't get my mind off the fact that the coupe is so stunning and may be lighter and more stable than the roadster.

Not only that, I would feel like I would have a way more solid car than a roadster.

You took the words right out of my mouth....

Yes, the M-coupe will be faster around Nurburgring, Hockenheim, and the test tracks of Top Gear and Evo, but I don't think any of us can drive like that on everyday roads.

If you do plan to track the car regularly, I agree that you should definitely get a coupe over a convertible. For all those other times (which is >95% of the time for most of us), the M Roadster will feel just as good as the M Coupe when driving enthusiastically on everyday roads.

Styling, of course, is a whole different matter. I also agree with most of you that the M Coupe is a better looking car (slightly). But I would still want that open top experience of the M Roadster instead.

i say coupe just because i like the looks so much better. I was riding around with a few friends of mine a few weekends ago and a m3 conv pulled up next to us at a stoplight and my friends and i were having the same convo about wheter or not you would feel the diference and we all said that as long as you are not a pro driver it would be hard to. And one of these guys races his porsche.

Definately the coupe, firstly it looks better and is also better and more fun to drive!

Also it costs less!