The Facelifted BMW M2 Has Been Leaked Early
It’s facelift time for the M2, and thanks to images appearing before they were supposed to on BMW Belgium’s website, we’re getting an early look. The pictures of the updated car were picked up by Bimmer Today before they were taken down, and as you can see, it’s a typical BMW facelift. By that, we mean you’ll be rather hard pressed to tell the difference.
As with the recent M3 ‘facelift’, the changes are limited to the internals of the front and rear light clusters. Handily, the leaked images seem to be retouched versions of existing M2 press shots, making for a nice, clear comparison (above).
Bimmer Today also grabbed some screen shots of the spec list, showing that the M2’s performance stats remain unchanged. That means 362bhp from the car’s 3.0-litre turbocharged straight-six, allowing a 0-62mph time of 4.3 seconds (or 4.5 for the manual).
Of more interest on the performance front is the much anticipated M2 CS, which is expected to come with a tweaked chassis and the ‘S55’ twin-turbo straight-six from the M3/M4.
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Comments
Plot twist: CT swapped the two images around as a joke. Nobody noticed.
Who ants to play the hardest game of spot the difference?
The only difference I can see is the plate on it. Indicators still only for show?
Who does BMW think it is, Porsche?
will say it’s different and charge them 10,000 more that should work
This is a prank, right?
The headlights are a tad edgier…that’s all I notice
This time they really killed off the indicators
Look at all the different parts l cannot see !!
More dust in the new photo. Must mean it’s faster