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      09-17-2019, 11:31 AM   #1
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BMW M2 CS Gets 450 HP (Specs and Info From Exclusive Preview Event)

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M2 CS details from the private preview event held in Belgium yesterday:
  • 450 hp
  • Manual gear box, DKG optional
  • Adaptive suspension
  • Red caliper sport brakes, carbon ceramic optional
  • 763 M wheel gold or black, regular or sport cup tires,no change in tire size
  • Carbon fiber parts: hood, roof, outside mirrors, trunk lip, front spoiler lip, rear diffuser, central console, door handle
  • Chrome m2 cs badge on the trunk
  • Alcantara on side of the seats and doors like on the M2C, additional alcantara on top of the central console and on the dash board (ipo of the regular or carbon trim). CS embroied on the alcantara dashboard trim
  • Alcantara steering wheel optional
  • M4 Competition seats with red stitching and I believe Merino leather (for sure not Dakota). Dashboard and top door panel remain same than on the M2C and therefore imo do not blend well with the finer grain leather
  • M Performance exhaust
  • Back seats cannot be folded anymore
  • 4 paints only : Alpine White,Misano Blue,Hockenheim Silver and Saphire Black
  • Apparently no claim by BMW of any weight saving
    • Update: Regarding the weight I asked twice. First time I was told that BMW does not claim any saving for this car (vs the M2C). I asked again to another BMW person later and after checking his laptop he said weights look identical. I stealthily saw the screen and could read in 2 columns 1575 kg. If this a EU weight it would correspond to 1500 kg (a figure mentionned to another forum member) DIN, representing a 50 kg saving vs the M2C manual. If 1575 kg is a DIN weight it could be a figure for the DCT version but in that case would just be identical to the M2C with DCT. From what we know about the car I hardly see how they could have gained 50 kgs. I suspect that if there is any gain it is relatively modest and therefore not worth to advertise.
  • Climate control unit seems a little bit different than on my late 2018 M2C
  • Start of Production : 3/2020
  • End of Production : 12/2020 i.e 9 months production only
  • 2200 cars worldwide, 100 for Benelux
  • No word of a possible CSL version after (believe they were clueless more than trying to hide anything)

Was definively not convinced by the combo blue paint /gold wheel/red caliper. Others combo should work better. Also think the large mesh of the carbon roof does not look that nice. The dome of hood is not very noticeable although there is first a side recessed part than an elevation (may be this was due to the light of the room or the paint)

Should definitely be a great car but the base price is high (95 K Euro in Belgium) considering that it is mainly M performance and M4 competition bit and pieces added. Does not really feel unique.

M8 competition in frozen blue was also on display in the adjacent show room. Looks great but it is a big car !

Moderator edit:

The info above confirms the info in this earlier leaked M2 CS bulletin (original post: https://f87.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1614985)

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