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Originally Posted by ACZakka325i
What do we think the timeline is on this car?
Release of concept in 2016 > Testing in 2017 > customer acquisitions in 2018?
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According to a source (see
here):
- an M2 featuring an S55 engine exists already;
- it has been tested throughout 2015 at the Nürburgring (very likely camouflaged as base M2 test mule - maybe it discreetly features in one of the test mule videos, though they should sound differently);
- it clocked over 8 seconds faster laptimes than the M4 (thus 14 seconds faster than base M2 laptime and 31 seconds faster than the 1M laptime).
As pointed out in the first post of this thread: the M2 lifecycle impulse (LCI) is
rumored for no earlier than MY 2018 (
"M2 will have LCI alongside F22/F23 in 2017 (pretty much same deal as happened with F80)"). Hence, I doubt witnessing the release of an M2 CS at an earlier point in time.
And this month, another
rumor surfaced too: an F82 M4 CS.
The "CS" category recycled (remember the BMW E9) and soon pitched as ///M+ brand (stronger, faster, hardcore and more expensive - in brief: more GT4-esque) ? Bring it on !
