Though we’ve been speaking in regards to the M2 CS for over a yr, BMW nonetheless received’t reveal it anytime quickly. The world premiere is locked in for a while in 2025. To ease the wait, we’ve determined to speculatively render the Competitors Sport with its rumored Velvet Blue paint. If this isn’t your cup of tea, the extra widespread Sapphire Black and Brooklyn Gray are prone to be supplied as effectively.
Echoing its larger brother, the M4 CS, the warmer G87 will mix that particular paint job with purple accents. BMW did the identical final yr when it launched the M3 CS sedan. Different similarities will embody yellow LED daytime operating lights and a carbon fiber physique package. Past the look-at-me Velvet Blue colour, the M2 CS will stand out due to a ducktail spoiler inherited from the 2022 M4 CSL. The latter’s trunk lid design was a homage to the M3 CSL (E46).
Our rendering portrays the second-generation M2 CS with cast alloys completed in black. The M3 CS and M4 CS each had this look, so it could make sense for the compact sports activities coupe to get darkish wheels, too. If you need one thing flashy, BMW is prone to supply a Gold Bronze look as effectively, subsequently echoing the opposite two CS automobiles.
The adjoining digital train illustrates a US-spec mannequin with the necessary aspect orange markers. These gold calipers are reserved for the carbon-ceramic brakes the M2 CS is prone to have as an possibility. The M3 CS and M4 CS have normal M Compound brakes, so BMW will cost additional for the upgraded brakes on the M2 CS.
We consider the M2 CS goes to be offered solely with the eight-speed automated transmission. Seeing the glass half full, BMW will push the “S58” engine past the 500-hp mark. Rumor has it the twin-turbo, 3.0-liter inline-six goes to ship round 523 hp. If our sources are correct, that’ll imply a large 50-hp bump over the common M2. For 2025, the rear-wheel-drive machine obtained an additional 20 hp for a complete of 473 hp.
For the reason that M2 CS will solely have two pedals, it’ll have at the least the 600 Nm (443 lb-ft) supplied by the most recent M2 with the automated transmission. The 2025 M2 with a guide sadly didn’t get the 50 Nm (37 lb-ft) bump. It’ll be fascinating to see whether or not BMW will unlock the total 650 Nm (479 lb-ft) obtainable within the M3 and M4 fashions. We consider it would simply occur. The ALPINA B3 GT, which makes use of the identical engine, trumps all of them with a large 730 Nm (538 lb-ft).
When it launches subsequent yr, the M2 CS may value greater than €110,000 in Germany. People ought to put together to fork out roughly $100,000. Manufacturing is believed to start out in August 2025 on the San Luis Potosi plant in Mexico. As with different CS fashions, BMW will make this automobile for roughly 12 months. Throughout this interval, fewer than 2,000 models will likely be assembled.