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- The caller exemplary volition outmuscle some the modular and rear-wheel thrust Competition versions of the M4.
- Several aerodynamic changes person besides been made to the car.
- BMW is investigating the M2 CS astatine the Nurburgring earlier its motorboat adjacent year.
In the years since the BMW M2 was archetypal introduced, the German carmaker has dilatory accrued powerfulness from a debased of 365 hp to arsenic overmuch arsenic 473 hp successful the precocious updated 2025 model. Soon, the M2 volition transverse the 500 hp obstruction for the archetypal time, acknowledgment to the motorboat of a potent caller CS variant.
BMW has been investigating the archetypal hardcore mentation of the second-generation M2 for rather immoderate clip and precocious headed to the Nurburgring to enactment a camouflaged prototype done its paces. While we’re not large fans of however the caller M2 looks, there’s nary denying that it’s a superb sports car and this latest mentation promises to beryllium adjacent better. It besides looks highly speedy astir the bends.
Read: BMW M2 CS Rumored To Have As Much As 525 HP
Like the regular model, the M2 CS volition beryllium driven by a 3.0-liter twin-turbocharged six-cylinder but it could battalion betwixt 518 hp and 525 hp. To enactment that into perspective, the modular BMW M4 delivers 473 hp portion the rear-wheel thrust M4 Competition is capped astatine 503 hp, meaning the M2 CS could outmuscle some of them. While that’s large quality for enthusiasts of the smallest M car, it whitethorn hitch immoderate M3 and M4 owners the incorrect way.
The motor of this prototype isn’t the astir sonorous we’ve heard from the M section but we tin perceive it’s mated to an automatic transmission, which volition astir apt beryllium the lone option. That’s a shame, but BMW is evidently aiming to maximize show from the car, and utilizing an eight-speed automatic is the champion mode to bash this.
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Several different upgrades person been made to the car, including a revised beforehand fascia, caller wheels, and a pronounced articulator spoiler connected the decklid. The CS should besides measurement little than the modular exemplary acknowledgment to the much extended usage of lightweight materials and respective interior changes, which should see caller bucket seats.
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