The
long-awaited BMW M2 Competition will premiere on April 25, ahead of the Beijing
Motor Show. Bimmer Post suggests that the M2 Competition will feature a
variant of the inline-six S55 engine from the larger M4. While this engine
delivers 425 hp in the M4, it will be detuned to roughly 410 PS for
use in the M2 Competition.
It’s unknown if the manual transmission of the
regular model will remain an option but the seven-speed dual-clutch is a
certainty for use in the M2 Competition. It should also help reduce the 0-100 km/h time from the current car’s 4.3 seconds, to roughly 4 seconds
flat. Due to an electronic limiter, the top speed will remain unchanged at 250
km/h.
The images you see
here aren’t real and are instead realistic renderings we published in November
last year. Nevertheless, they provide what should be an accurate look at the
vehicle’s tweaked exterior design, which will include carbon fiber front and
rear aprons, a more pronounced diffuser and a lip spoiler on the trunklid.
Given its added power, it is all but inevitable that
the M2 Competition will be slightly more expensive than the current model. In
2019, a hardcore M2 GTS could follow suit.
