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BMW M2 Racing doing test laps at the Portimão circuit (Portugal)
Featured on BIMMERPOST.com EDIT by Artemis (July 2019): As we know, in the past BMW released the M235i Racing (see here and here) and last year the M240i Racing (340hp & 460Nm - see here, here and here). Track-only BMW 2-Series racecars. Looks like - apart from 450hp M2 CS test sessions (street legal car) - BMW is also testing a 470hp "M2 Racing" track-only prototype (Portimão Circuit - Portugal). Excerpt from a BMW press release of June 24, 2019 (see here): "BMW sets course for a successful Customer Racing future – New entry-level model based on the BMW M2 for grassroots and club racing.Repost (March 2019): Quote:
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06-25-2019, 04:21 PM | #2 |
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M2, m2c, m2cs, m2 gts....... m is not what it used to be
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06-25-2019, 04:35 PM | #4 |
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Yeah pretty lame. Add some CF panels to reduce 60 lbs to the CS, tune more HP and charge $25k more for the same car!
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I understand what they are doing. They are fighting Dinan and other tuners and tuning the base model themselves. I just don’t think that having three flavors of the same M makes sense. Definitely hurts the base M model.
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Bmw Motorsport brings an M2 race car for customer racing.
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06-25-2019, 05:06 PM | #8 |
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Since Albert Biermann went to Hyundai everything changed on M brand
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Definitely agree with you guys here. M is supposed to be special, and when there are 4 different versions in just the 2-series flavor is it really special?
And the funny thing is Genesis, Hyundai and Kia have now been 1,2 and 3 in JD quality raitings for 2 years in a row now.
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Wasn't the GTS moniker retired?
I thought the new hierarchy was M --> Comp --> CS --> CSL
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06-26-2019, 10:39 AM | #16 |
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Pretty sure this is the M2 Racing that's been referenced multiple times in this forum and is also on the official BMW model timeline information sheet
https://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=901686
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This is hands down the replacement for the m240ir. With the M4 moving up to be their next gt/ gt3/ gte race car the M2 is moving up to be the next club racer/ maybe gt4 car.
https://sportscar365.com/industry/ma...-next-gt3-car/ |
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