Since BMW hasn’t launched – and doesn’t plan to – a more powerful car than the M135i xDrive in the 1 Series range, the Bavarian manufacturer is missing a hot hatch to throw against the likes of the Mercedes-AMG A45 or the Audi RS3. Therefore, that job might fall onto the BMW M2 Competition, a car that’s not a hatchback but a Coupe and yet has the power and the credentials to keep the fight interesting.
The guys from CarWow joined forces with Joe Achilles and put together a drag race with all these cars and a Golf R for some reason. To be fair, the Golf is considerably cheaper than the other cars here and doesn’t lag that far behind but we all know it’s not in the same league. As usual, the video shows the cars going at it in three different scenarios: a standing drag race, a rolling drag race and a brake test.
Predictably, the BMW M2 Competition lost the drag race and did it in a spectacular way. Putting the power down is tricky when you have 406 HP heading to the rear wheels alone. Furthermore, the weather didn’t help either as it was rather wet that day.
The other three cars all come with all-wheel drive and can put the power down a lot better. Furthermore, the A45 AMG has more power than the M2 Competition in the first place.
The result was completely different in the rolling race though. That’s because at higher speeds the M2 Competition can get the power down easier. Therefore, it was 1-1 before the brake test and then a surprise came along.
I won’t ruin it for you, but you will have to watch the whole video to find out what happened. Some interference might’ve popped up, that’s all I’m gonna say. Enjoy!
Useless BMW M2 Comp. I wouldn’t pay a penny on a car that gets whooped by the least performant in the competition. Respect to Mercedes-Benz for a car delivering 421hp from a 4-cylinder 2.0 litre engine.
Its AWD vs RWD what else do you expect? A Tesla Model S out-accelerates a Porsche 911, but which is a better driver’s car? The Porsche, no doubt.
How many times you need to do a launch on the track … ? ho yeah just once … Car is better at everything else than launching in the wet …
Both are street cars yes !! how many traffic lights in your town,so who wins !!
Respect to BMW for being the only manufacturer to offer both rwd. & awd. performance platforms. Do you know what track times are?
How about to give M340i Xdrive an S version with 410 hp? Next gen M2 could get the same engine with 11hp more and M Xdrive as option, to make Bmw M more competitive on the racetrack and faster on the straight line. It hurts when M2 loses the drag races and traffic sprints against it’s main rivals.
Why? Its about DRIVING pleasure. Not your pleasure on winnning auto trumps.