View Single Post
      01-03-2020, 02:44 PM   #1114
akkando
Major General
akkando's Avatar
5873
Rep
6,638
Posts

Drives: 17 M2 DCT LBB,11 e90 M3 ZCP IB
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Bay Area

iTrader: (1)

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tag View Post
You may recall the interview by forum member MR. with BMW's head of M, Frank van Meel. They had to give the M2C the S55, because the N55 couldn't reliably be tuned for more power. They planned to use the S55 even before any final decision was made to produce the M2CS. They originally had planned to sell both the N55 M2 and M2C side by side until WLTP made that impossible.



Source: Frank van Meel, the BMW M Division boss who gives us more…
I don't believe that, that's spin after the fact so they don't look stupid. The M2C comes with parts marked M2CS.
Appreciate 0