M2 [Spy shots] 2025 BMW M2 CS

[Gor134]

I'm sure they considered it but it's likely either a cost thing or purposefully sandbagging to make room for a future CSL

 

[Rolf]

Because it's a track car and it would cost four times as much to fix a CF panel vs a plastic one. And the plastic one doesn't weigh a gram more.

Having more Carbon on the rear is logical as one's far less likely to f&*% up the rear on a track.

Lol if you are a BMW driver on the N-Ring then it could be a moment to F up the rear end hehe.

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[leylandi]

The key sales markets are the USA, Germany and China. The market launch will begin in late summer 2025. The BMW M2 CS will be priced at € 115,000 in Germany.

 

[hoffmeister_fan]

Standard complaint: I wish it was lighter. I love how it looks.

 

[Sunny]

Really love the profile of the car -

The grill, not so. Looks like the real one fell off and you are just seeing the insides -

My peeve is though, looks like the car hasn't got the usual CS bits. No CS style strut braces, no talk of additional chassis strengthening. No CS specific dampers, no CF hood, no yellow DRLs. It is really a M2 Comp, than CS. I would have still not minded if it had a manual.

 

[Jonathan19]

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[klier]

My peeve is though, looks like the car hasn't got the usual CS bits. No CS style strut braces, no talk of additional chassis strengthening. No CS specific dampers, no CF hood, no yellow DRLs. It is really a M2 Comp, than CS. I would have still not minded if it had a manual.

It'll still be the best driving of the bunch. At least it's proper RWD. The M3 Comp with this power has AWD.
No manual is a damn shame indeed....and very hard to understand even.

 

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[manuelf]

It'll still be the best driving of the bunch. At least it's proper RWD. The M3 Comp with this power has AWD.
No manual is a damn shame indeed....and very hard to understand even.

It is to understand... they even had to massively torque-limit the S58 in the bespoke 3.0 CSL ... to not eat up the manual tranny ... in reality no one buys a 550Nm/480hp M2 CS manual over a 650Nm/530hp M2 CS ZF8HP auto...

 

[Sunny]

It is to understand... they even had to massively torque-limit the S58 in the bespoke 3.0 CSL ... to not eat up the manual tranny ... in reality no one buys a 550Nm/480hp M2 CS manual over a 650Nm/530hp M2 CS ZF8HP auto...

a. I would. And I doubt I am alone given 20% of M3/4 buyers in US picked the manual. It is 50% for M2.
b. And "we don't have a manual transmission that can handle the torque" is a silly cope out. It is not like manual transmissions have some natural limit beyond which they fall apart. Cadillac has a 6 speed manual that handles 900Nm. I am sure BMW could source one that can handle 650Nm if it wanted.

 

[Swissbob]

I guess space is the problem.
It wouldn’t fit.

Both transmissions are from ZF. The Tremec from Cadillac is far bigger than the ZF.

 

[Sunny]

I guess space is the problem.
It wouldn’t fit.

Both transmissions are from ZF. The Tremec from Cadillac is far bigger than the ZF.

No one said they have to use the exact same transmission as Cadillac. The point is developing a manual transmission that can handle 650nm is not sisyphean task.

It would take a little bit of balls though. Something, I do not expect some one who rolls a second account on an internet forum and goes - "hey, look first time poster here" to have.