BMW Stuck A Massive Knife On An M2 Competition For A Weird World Record

As far as world record go, this new one from BMW - which sees an M2 chopping up bits of bamboo by going sideways - is pretty niche
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As car driving challenges go, this is probably one of the hardest - and daftest - there is on the Internet at the minute. The idea is partially given away in the title: ‘The Cutting Edge Stunt’.
In short, it involves fastening a blade to the rear of an M2 Competition, getting the tail out, and aiming for a row of bamboo poles.

The stunt, which has taken many months of planning and fine-tuning according to director Oisin Tymon, was not just for show. There was a new world record at stake, too. And it has all been captured in a seemingly Thor-inspired setting.

The previous best was 87 straws, but BMW cut that down to size - if you will excuse the pun - by destroying 117 rolled-up bamboo mats in under sixty seconds. To make it easier for the driver, these rows were arranged in a half moon shape so the blade on the back of the largely showroom-specification car could scythe through these during the drift.

BMW Stuck A Massive Knife On An M2 Competition For A Weird World Record

“This is a very tricky bit of driving - it is virtually impossible”, stunt coordinator, Marc Higgins, explains. “The demands on the M2 Competition are immense. Every drift has to be performed with absolute precision; there is no room for error. A strong presence and agility naturally help a lot.”

It seems records are a ‘thing’ for BMW bosses at the minute; only recently a laser was bolted onto the front of an M2 Competition car and used to burst almost 80 balloons…

By Jason Craig

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Comments

Anonymous

BMW, The Ultimate Cutting Machine

08/21/2018 - 15:29 |
65 | 3
Jun Kaile Yamauchi

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Especially on the motorways.

08/23/2018 - 08:29 |
10 | 0
CannedRex24

1999: BMW gets Cut in half

2018: BMW does the cutting

08/21/2018 - 15:33 |
48 | 1

Now that’s evolution people!

08/21/2018 - 16:35 |
11 | 0

Perfectly put.

08/22/2018 - 13:15 |
2 | 0

In this world it’s cut or be cut

08/24/2018 - 10:17 |
3 | 0
Slyline guy 09

(dead joke incoming)

It cuts so good it backstabed me !

(SORRY)

08/21/2018 - 15:34 |
3 | 0
EvoFan

Practical aswell now

08/21/2018 - 15:39 |
0 | 0
Hugh Jazz

This is some cutting edge innovation here…

08/21/2018 - 15:43 |
6 | 0
Anonymous

Oisin Tymon? Where have I heard that before? Someone help.

08/21/2018 - 15:50 |
5 | 1
cjcronin

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

That’d be the producer Jezza punched! Didn’t know he was a director now!

08/21/2018 - 15:52 |
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Duggan (koalafan) (koalafan7) (Esprit Team) (Z32 Group) (Lot

Hahaha hat pun you did here was pretty sharp. But rather noticeable it was kinda piercing. Not to burst their bubble or anything

08/21/2018 - 16:04 |
16 | 1

The phone call to the driver went something like this:

BMW Boss - “ We need you to drift with a knife stuck the back of the new M2 slicing bamboo and I need a driver a cut above the rest. Reckon you can hack it?”
Driver - “I’ll give it a stab.”

08/21/2018 - 16:30 |
14 | 0
RWB Dude

Koenigsegg is going to build a car just to beat this record lol

08/21/2018 - 16:14 |
9 | 0

rip bmw

08/21/2018 - 16:33 |
2 | 0
LamboV10

Did someone say ‘World Record’?

08/21/2018 - 16:42 |
34 | 1
woulditfitonmyhonda

In reply to by LamboV10

Enough christian von koenigsegg memes

08/22/2018 - 17:45 |
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Anonymous

Wait so now BMW is officially better then Honda?

08/21/2018 - 17:27 |
2 | 0