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
those taillights are much better than the current ones
“Facelift”
They photoshopped the right front headlight and altered the color ever so slightly. Woop de do.
the number plate, gosh guys, aint it obvious
Did they change the blinker fluid?
so they put new headlights, wow, much facelift
They didnt camo wrap it to hide from public because they knew no one can tell if its new.
headlights-lifted*
Is it just me or the new headlights don’t have indicators?
Nice new full LED lights so you can flash people out of your way even more effectively than with the pre-facelift bi-xenons.
The number plate is different!