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      08-20-2020, 07:50 AM   #110
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Originally Posted by jhall1957 View Post
I'm with you on this. Chris Harris bought the M2 C and then spent a bunch of money to make it better but it's still not a CS.
And as all of us know, money spent on "upgrades" are pretty much "zero return on investment".
So like buy a C for $60kUSD add $10k car depreciates over 4 years down to maybe what $40k?
While CS is $85k, no money thrown at "upgrades" and it's likely to stay at $80-85k in 4 years because of limited quantities.
I believe that no-one claims that an M2C (even if heavily modded) is an M2 CS or a wannabe M2 CS. Both cars are siblings of a great F87 bloodline. An M2C will always be an M2C and an M2 CS will always be an M2 CS. And the M2 CS will always be at the top of the F87 pecking order.

But any claim that the M2 CS is to the M2C, what the the E46 M3 CSL was to the the E46 M3, is flawed IMHO. BMW did quite some surgery on the E46 M3 to develop the E46 M3 CSL, shaving off 110 kg (1495 kg reduced to 1385 kg), never called it "limited edition" and made 1383 cars. This E46 M3 extraordinaire justified its 50% markup. One cannot say the same about the M2 CS. Great car, undoubtedly, but compared to the extra mile(s) walked by BMW M for the E46 M3 CSL (see for example here, here and here), BMW M took the easy road for the M2 CS and charged a flatteringly immodest markup when considering the M2C price (and discounts), regardless the marketing trick of "only 2200 cars" (817 more M2 CS than E46 M3 CSL or almost 60% more).
  • E46 M3 CSL: 1383 built (see here);
  • E92 M3 GTS ("limited edition"): 150 built (see here);
  • E90 M3 CRT ("limited edition"): 67 built (see here);
  • 1M: 2700 scheduled - 6309 built (see here);
  • M4 GTS ("limited edition"): 700 scheduled - 803 built (see here);
  • M4 DTM ("limited edition"): 200 scheduled - 200 built (see here);
  • M4 CS: 3000 scheduled - 2043 built (June 2019 figure) (see here);
  • M3 CS: 1200 scheduled - 1263 built (see here);
  • M2 CS ("limited edition"): 2200 scheduled (2020) (see here).
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