The Electric BMW M2 Prototype Has Over 1,000 Horsepower
BMW M admits the electric M2 test car based on the F87 generation is hard to control because it has over 1,000 horsepower.
BMW M admits the electric M2 test car based on the F87 generation is hard to control because it has over 1,000 horsepower.
BMW has unearthed an electric M2 prototype. Based on the previous-generation sports coupe, the M2 EV was known internally as 'The Beast.'
Mecum is auctioning an unique BMW M2 F87 painted in Austin Yellow. It was commissioned by collector Michael Fux and had an original sticker price of $114,085.
German tuner Manhart is sending off the first-generation BMW M2 with a 715-horsepower Competition model and only two seats.
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The new BMW M2 was pitted against its predecessor in a drag race to show how much quicker the G87 is in a straight line compared to the F87.
BMW Czech Republic shot a family portrait with the two generations of the M2 at the Autodrom Most where it also brought the new M3 CS.
The BMW 1M fights the M2 and M2 CS from the first generation in a drag race before all M2 models duke it out in a different drag race.
In a battle of new versus old, we lined up the new BMW M2 against its predecessor. Both compact sports coupes had a six-speed manual gearbox.
G-Power worked its magic on a BMW M2 CS and dialed its twin-turbo, inline-six engine to 800 Newton-meters (588 pound-feet) of torque.
BMW sold about 60,000 M2 units during the initial F87 generation: 20% in Germany, 19% in the United States, and 11% in the United Kingdom.
This BMW M2 Competition looks like a veritable windowmaker while it unleashes supercar levels of power on the unrestricted Autobahn.