[DR_G]

Originally Posted by Artemis

Added another video of the May 24, 2015 test session to post #1.

It contains the same video material of the Bimmerpost video, except for the 00:42-00:54 section: shifting on Karussell + flooring it hard:
[VIDEO]

What is that prototype out in front at 1:08 (plate has digits 5143) ??.... It sounds....

It's not the same as the 5 series prototype seen at the start (plate 5259).


Edit: If you pause it at 1:17 you can see it has quad exhausts.

[fuddman]

Originally Posted by DR_G

What is that prototype out in front at 1:08 (plate has digits 5143) ??.... It sounds....

It's not the same as the 5 series prototype seen at the start (plate 5259)

M5 mule.

[raysspl]

All good stuff

[swagon]

Found this, but it's not interesting at all.

[Artemis]

Added to the first post:

-24- October 2015 (BMW Performance Driving Center - Atlanta) (no camo):

[bim2er]

Originally Posted by Chris The Manx

Wahhh I just want to know the final specs of this thing. Hopefully some more info soon, really intrigued to see what carries over from the GTConcept. Heck I'm going to spin the game up right now.

I will say this, in the GAME that car is nowhere near as stable as the M4.

Regarding the videos were they released something like:-

May
July
Aug
Sep
...
...
...
Due a winter test video somewhere cold soon in some snow

If the GAME was Gran Turismo, I might be mildly concerned, not with Need For Speed.

[Artemis]

Added to the first post:

-27- December 2, 2015 (Germany) (no camo):

[Artemis]

On February 16, 2016 BMW will lift the embargo on M2 test drive reviews (Laguna Seca sessions).

Hence, it's unlikely that new videos will be added to this thread.

For a compilation of M2 test drive reviews: see http://f87.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho....php?t=1226088

[Artemis]

Reviving this thread with two new entries added to the first post:

2016 (M2 CS):

• September 8, 2016 (Nürburgring - Germany): here (00:40)
• September 25, 2016 (Nürburgring - Germany): here (01:08)

[Prodigy.]

Originally Posted by Artemis

Reviving this thread with two new entries added to the first post:

2016 (M2 CS):

• September 8, 2016 (Nürburgring - Germany): here (00:40)
• September 25, 2016 (Nürburgring - Germany): here (01:08)

What is the point of them using the camo? Would of been a lot less conspicuous without it as it would of just looked like a standard M2 lapping, unless they have made bodywork changes.

[ried]

Originally Posted by Prodigy.

What is the point of them using the camo? Would of been a lot less conspicuous without it as it would of just looked like a standard M2 lapping, unless they have made bodywork changes.

You assume "less conspicuous" is the goal. But the goal is more likely to start generating marketing buzz around the new model to gauge interest without publicly committing to delivering / pricing it.

[Prodigy.]

Originally Posted by ried

You assume "less conspicuous" is the goal. But the goal is more likely to start generating marketing buzz around the new model to gauge interest without publicly committing to delivering / pricing it.

Well going by this forum it appears to be working.

[Dante]

Originally Posted by Artemis

• September 25, 2016 (Nürburgring - Germany): here (01:08)

Definitely the S55 testing here, hence the lack of an Intercooler in the Air dam.
Also, S55 sound...

[Artemis]

Added to the first post of this thread:

• September 14, 2016 (Nürburgring - Germany): here (01:56)

[Artemis]

A new brief video surfaced of the late September 2016 test session on the Nürburgring: M2 sporting an engine that sounds not like an N55:

• known video (posted on Sep 25, 2016) (01:08)
• same test mule - same test session - new video (posted on Nov 3, 2016) (00:40)

Added to the first post of this thread.

[zenmaster]

Video shows exhaust tips like MY16-17 M2.

[Artemis]

The first 2017 entries are in: late March 2017 Nürburgring M2 test sessions:

• March 28, 2017 (Nürburgring - Germany): here (00:18) (S55 engine sound)
• March 29, 2017 (Nürburgring - Germany): here (00:13) (N55 engine sound)
• March 30, 2017 (Nürburgring - Germany): here (00:16) (S55 engine sound)
• March 30, 2017 (Nürburgring - Germany): here (00:10) (turning wide) (likely S55 engine sound)

Added to the first post of this thread.

[slashrawr]

That S55 actually sounds pretty damn good. Significantly better than when it's mated to the M3/4.

[Artemis]

First video is in regarding the April 2017 Nürburgring M2 test sessions:

• April 11, 2017 (Nürburgring - Germany): here (01:51) (S55 engine sound)

Added to the first post of this thread.

Thanks to forum fellow low_man for the heads-up.

[Artemis]

May 2017 Nürburgring M2 test sessions:

• May 7, 2017 (Nürburgring - Germany): here (00:50) (S55 engine sound)
• May 9, 2017 (Nürburgring - Germany): here (00:52) (S55 engine sound)

Added to the first post of this thread.

[Artemis]

June 2017 Nürburgring M2 test sessions:

• June 26, 2017 (Nürburgring - Germany): here (00:15) (S55 engine sound)

Added to the first post of this thread.

Thanks to forum fellow sithollie for the heads-up.

[M2joey]

Originally Posted by Artemis

June 2017 Nürburgring M2 test sessions:

• June 26, 2017 (Nürburgring - Germany): here (00:15) (S55 engine sound)

Added to the first post of this thread.

Thanks to forum fellow sithollie for the heads-up.

I was the person that shot this video. The CS was being tested all week, got a bunch of videos and photos, will post some photos soon. The engine sounds very good, sounds slightly "bigger" than the N55. Not as loud as the N55 with the MPE. The sound is a bit more linear, it does not produce a better sound in the upper rpms like the N55 does, in my opinion.