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Lightbulb VIN specs & features of over 100 pre-production BMW M2 Competition cars

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In September 2017 USA-spec VINs of BMW M2 Competition test mules (pre-series) (2U73) were posted the same day on the German BMW enthusiasts forum 2erTalk (see here) and on Bimmerpost (see here):
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Originally Posted by ingmv View Post
Hello,
here are some VIN number F87 M2 CS with S55 engine (for U.S. market)
VB08875
VB08876
VB08877
VB08878
VB08879
VB08880
VB08881
VB08882
However, EURO-spec VINs remained unknown: 2U71 (left-hand drive) and 2U72 (right-hand drive).

That has changed earlier this week:
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Originally Posted by SickFinga View Post
as7920 Artemis
VB08368
VB09868
Indeed, the revealed information allows to easily retrieve the VIN specs and features of over 100 BMW M2 Competition test mules (pre-series) with a public BMW VIN decoder. Why easy ? Well, as the VIN sequence follows a logical numeric pattern, simply decrease/increase the last number of the revealed VINs, and the decoder will show the previous/next result (75, 74, 73, etc. and 68, 69, 70, etc.).

Below a compiled overview of the retrieved specs and features on the basis of the VIN sheets. Needless to say that the USA-spec data known since a couple of months made it easier to puzzle the overview together this weekend. Status: 118 retrieved cars so far (Jan 28, 2018).

Beware: the overview shows all specs and features reported in the retrieved VINs since October 2016 (even if included only once) + keep in mind that these are all still pre-series cars (some features are merely for development purposes and some features may be or may have been superseded at a later development stage). Hence, we may reasonably expect that several of those features won't feature on the final version of the car. Furthermore, several features are of course market-related. And maybe more pre-series cars exist too. But all in all, it may give us already an idea of what can likely be expected later this year (some recent cars are PR campaign cars, as the VINs indicate a "special check").

Anyways, alike all other BMW enthusiasts, and also as M2 owner, I'm also looking forward to this car. I trust that BMW M is gonna live up to the high expectations with this new pocket-rocket iteration.


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Cars reported to get a special check (update status: March 26, 2018):

code 901: Special Check Movie Cars (Sonderkontrolle Filmfahrzeuge):
  • WBS2U71080VB08417 = 6MT (HS+blue) (Nov 15, 2017) (2U71)
  • WBS2U7106KVB08435 = M-DCT (HS+blue) (March 10, 2018) (2U71)
  • WBS2U710XKVB08437 = M-DCT (HS+blue) (March 12, 2018) (2U71)
  • WBS2U7C50KVB08889 = M-DCT (HS+blue) (Jan 22, 2018) (2U73)
code 902: Special Check Press Vehicles (Sonderkontrolle Pressewagen):
  • WBS2U71020VB08445 = M-DCT (HS+blue) (scheduled) (2U71)
  • WBS2U71040VB08446 = 6MT (HS+blue) (scheduled) (2U71)
  • WBS2U71060VB08447 = 6MT (HS+blue) (scheduled) (2U71)
  • WBS2U71080VB08448 = 6MT (HS+blue) (scheduled) (2U71)
  • WBS2U710X0VB08449 = M-DCT (HS+blue) (scheduled) (2U71)
  • WBS2U7C57KVB08906 = 6MT (HS+orange) (scheduled) (2U73)
code 903: Special Check Trade Fair/photo Vehicle (Sonderkontrolle Stand-/fotowagen):
  • WBS2U71000VB08413 = M-DCT (HS+blue) (Nov 13, 2017) (2U71)
  • WBS2U71020VB08414 = M-DCT (HS+blue) (Nov 17, 2017) (2U71)
  • WBS2U71000VB08430 = M-DCT (AW+blue) (Feb 19, 2018) (2U71)
  • WBS2U71080VB08434 = M-DCT (BSM+blue) (March 7, 2018) (2U71)
  • WBS2U7C5XKVB08897 = M-DCT (SO+orange) (Feb 21, 2018) (2U73)
  • WBS2U7C51KVB08898 = M-DCT (HS+blue) (Feb 20, 2018) (2U73)
  • WBS2U7C53KVB08899 = 6MT (SO+orange) (Feb 21, 2018) (2U73)
code 904: Special Check Type Test Vehicle (Sonderkontrolle Typpruefwagen):
  • WBS2U710X0VB08421 = M-DCT (AW+orange) (Nov 16, 2017) (2U71)
code 906: Spec. Check Photo Veh.f Nw Series Run-in (Sonderkontrolle Fotofahrz. B.neuanl.):
  • WBS2U71090VB08393 = M-DCT (HS+blue) (Jul 12, 2017) (2U71)
  • WBS2U71030VB08423 = M-DCT (HS+blue) (Nov 16, 2017) (2U71)
  • WBS2U7C58KVB08901 = 6MT (SO+orange) (March 12, 2018) (2U73)
code 997: Dealer Presentation (Haendlerpraesentation):
  • no cars reported yet
code 998: Control Of The Launch Internal Demands (Anlaufsteuerung Interne Bedarfe):
  • no cars reported yet
code 999: Order Control First Dealer Cars (Auftragssteuerung Hea)
(HEA = Handler-Erst-Ausstattung = dealer demo cars):
  • no cars reported yet
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