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Talkin' about success. Compare with this December 2015 article:
Rumor: BMW M2 Production Pegged at 10,000 – US to Get Around 1,800First-generation M2 life-cycle = 2015-2020.
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***Update*** Through early April 2017 11,750+/- M2's built see exact # breakdown below. Total M2's built including 2016, 2017 Model year and preproduction. not yet sure if M2 S55 Mules are in these numbers: 5600 EH91 Euro LHD M2 through 3/23/17 3194 EH92 Euro RHD M2 through 4/5/2017 2822 EH93 NA M2 (US and Canada) through 4/5/2017 Last edited by reppucci; 04-14-2017 at 08:00 PM.. |
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The 1M (manual gearbox only): 2700 initially scheduled. In September 2011, BMW ramped up the 1M production in the BMW Leipzig factory and squeezed out as much car as materially possible. 6309 1M cars were produced (March 2011-June 2012). That's about 234% of the initial figure. Due to its success, M2 production has also been increased in the meantime to meet customer demand. See the BMWBlog interview with BMW M boss Frank Van Meel at the 2017 Detroit Auto Show (January 2017) (01:18 to 03:13): "For us the M4 GTS is and was a halo car which helped M a lot regarding communication in 2016. The cars were sold out immediately. What was more important for us was that this car, driving 07m28s on the Nürburgring, is within the super sportscar league, even though it is a series production car building its base. But it's typically what M stands for to bring that motorsports properties into a car that can also be used on everyday roads. And it also strengthened the performance of the M3/M4 as the base cars that were behind that. And we are really happy with that car and we still have a lot of demand even though it's already sold out for a long time. But there are many people saying «Please make another special car or more special cars». And we're going to react to these demands and bring more special cars in the future. Well, the M2 has exceeded everyone's expectations. The customer demand has been so big that we're still working on increasing our production volumes to fulfill our customer needs, but we plan to get it in balance again in the year 2017 so that we get more cars available for our customers. We do plan to continue this tradition of making special models, especially the fact that the demand for competition packages was/is so high with M3/M4 is for us a signal to continue this in the future with more models, as well as the fact that the M4 GTS was sold out immediately which also had a long tradition with M3 special models. But we're planning to do that more often, not only to wait 5 to 7 years, but to bring more special models on a shorter time base."
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I agree with you in that it would be cool to have a limited run car. However, the thinking is short sighted. I hope BMW sells a million M2s. I really do. Why? Because it validates the idea that the Small car + Big Engine + RWD + Manual transmission formula still works and is in demand. The only thing that is keeping cars like the M2 from going extinct is customer demand and I for one am grateful that demand for the M2 has been so high it's made the good folks at BMW wake up and realize that not everyone wants an SUV or an M4 that's the size of a football field.
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In NA MY2016 about 40% chose manual see here http://f87.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho....php?t=1272805 DCT 402 56.4% 6MT 311 43.6% I would think that breakdown persisted through MY2017 (Much work to parse that out!) Silver lining.....6 sp MT M2's, especially MY16 in BSM (total 28 in NA), might be in high demand if BMW decides to pull the plug on manuals going forward. |
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Cross-reference: http://f87.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho....php?t=1404565 ("Pre-LCI M2 Production Data")
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As much as I'd love an exclusive....I'd love even more there to be continuation!
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Mine is yet to arrive, however I have only seen 2 M2s (LBB and MW) "in the wild" in a city of 6+M people. Granted it is Canada, so the M2 may not necessarily be considered by many as an 'acceptable' car to drive in the winter (I myself am looking at getting a winter beater for only the second time in my life). So rare are these cars here I had to harass a fellow board member (who cordially obliged) into meeting me just so I could see LBB in person for longer than a few fleeting seconds!
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Jason maybe it is handy to make this topic sticky...
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The Competition is looking like it will be very low production compared to the total number of M2s, since it’s just going to be made for 1-2 model years.
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It's all speculation at this point, but that's not what most ppl are expecting - the N55 M2 will only end up being in production for about 2.5 years, and it was built at lower volumes for 2016 (short year) and 2017. M2 Comp, which replaces the 'regular' one, has its production scheduled for just over 2 years, according to a production schedule posted on here a while back, which means it could end up being pretty close in volume. Not that everyone necessarily cares about that.
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