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Originally Posted by yaymitch
If you want a lighter weight car in the same category, go buy the Audi RS3.
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Let me correct that for you:
If you want a lighter weight car in the same category, go buy the current M2 with 6MT.
If weight matters a lot for you. Let's face it: the current/oldskool M2 isn't 'lightweight'. The 6MT M2 has the same 1495 kg weight of the E46 M3 and E82 1M. True that safety and environmental legislation has evolved in the meantime (requiring to implement changes). But so did/does lightweight materials technology.
The current M2 is approx. 10% less muscular (40hp & 50Nm delta) and doesn't feature the many 2018 optimizations & gizmos. That's a fact. But it got better fuel consumption (less thirsty engine and less weight to move around), less CO2 emissions (less taxes in many countries), better weight distribution and doesn't require you to spend extra money on M Performance Parts on top of the increased price to approach the already-rather-heavy 1495 kg weight figure.
It's perfectly OK to ask BMW M boss Frank van Meel questions about for example the redesigned side mirrors and red start/stop button. But please also ask him some hard questions about the further increase of the already high body mass index of the M2, about the apparent approach of 'fighting' increased weight by adding power but with equally hosting at the same time some kind of pay-per-reduced-kilo M Performance Parts slimming program (alike providing a bigger size of pants to 'remedy' increased body weight + offering at a price an optional gym subscription program). And give him the hat tip to make the possible 2019/2020 M2 variant '6MT only' (alike the 1M and the Porsche 911R): that measure effortlessly saves that car already 25 kg at once (just ensure that the manual gearbox can handle all the power 'thrown' at it). Thank me later.
