BMW professes to build the ultimate driving machine. Perhaps the purest distillation of that vision is the M2, the high-performance version of the 2 Series Coupe. BMW for the 2023 model year.
We already knew that it would be BMW’s last pure-combustion M model; now, the brand has just dropped a new teaser image of the new sports car testing on track at the Salzburgring in Austria and more details about what we can expect — beyond it not having an enormous kidney grille.
The new BMW M2 will borrow from the M3 and M4 — and offer a manual
BMWThe M2 will get the same engine and braking system from the M3 and M4 models, a twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-six. BMW will offer the M2 with six-speed manual and eight-speed automatic transmission options.
The new M2 will deliver performance similar to the previous M2 CS
BMWBMW says the performance level will be similar to the previous-generations hardcore M2 CS version, released as a cut above the M2 Competition. That car had 444 horsepower, and Car and Driver clocked it accelerating from 0-60 mph in 3.9 seconds.
An output of around 450 hp would be a substantial bump over the standard 2 Series, which tops out at 382 hp with the same 3.0-liter inline-six Toyota uses for the Supra.
