BMW's Mighty M4-Engined 'M2 CS' Has Been Spotted At The 'Ring
The rumoured M2 Club Sport is moving ever closer to reality, if this video is anything to go by.
Combining the M2 body with the engine and suspension from the M4 sounds like a mighty combo, and this footage from the Nurburgring claims to show a test mule for exactly that.
Camouflage around the sides and bumpers of this prototype ‘M2 CS’ could be hiding extra intake ducts, wider arches or added cooling vents.
So far the suggestion is that the M2’s N55 six-pot would be swapped for the S55 from the larger car – a move that hasn’t thrilled everyone – but with a new state of tune dropping output to around 400bhp.
The N55 is said to be close to its limits in terms of performance without major upgrades, hence the wholesale change of block. There’s a lot of crossover in the rumour mill between an M2 CS and a lightweight M2 CSL, but both could ultimately be spawned from this project.
Whichever version arrives first is expected to plug the sizeable cost gap between the M2 and M4. BMW Australia managing director Marc-Heinrich Werner was quoted earlier in the year as saying the upgraded M2 “looks fantastic”, before adding: “there is more to come.”
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Just read a bunch of comments regarding how bad the s55 sounds and i beg to disagree. The n55 is at its limits unlike the n54 in the 1M and the s55. 550 hp is the highest ive seen from an n55 335i thats reliable enough to daily it. Okay i give the n55 sound credit, but that fact that its potential is not as good compared to the s55 gives it the upper hand. Kudos to BMW
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I sure hope they just dont give it more power but also less weight
it’s sounds good but it’s just wrong and it’s a good wrong
I’m surprised that this is happening because now what’s the point of the M4?