The BMW M2 is reborn as a short-wheelbase, rear-drive-only version of the M3/M4. The recipe is as good as it sounds...
, it’s a slower, wider-gated, more knuckly-feeling set-up. But then, it has a heck of a lot more torque to deal with than those cars , and it’s still perfectly enjoyable to use.
As was the case for the previous M2, BMW expects only ten per cent of UK customers to pick the manual, albeit with a bigger percentage for early sales to hardcore enthusiast buyers. I’d say it’s worth being among that ten per cent; the manual does give that little extra degree of involvement, the clutch is light enough to be easy in traffic but heavy enough to fit the car’s overall feel, and the pedals are sweetly spaced for heel-and-toeing.
Those tyres are bigger than the old M2’s – 19 inches at the front and 20 at the rear. ‘As well as the same track width as the M3 and M4, we have the same tyre size,’ Dirk Häcker, M’s head of engineering, tells us later. ‘Compared with the previous M2, that’s a big performance enabler.’ Torque is metered out to the rears via a standard-fit electronically controlled limited-slip diff.
You get the impression it will be great on track, too. Soft Michelin Cup 2 tyres are available as an option , ceramic brakes aren’t. Perhaps the latter may be saved for the as-yet-unconfirmed but strongly rumoured CSL and CS versions. Meanwhile, this cooking M2 is quite the source material to work with.
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