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Article courtesy of Auto Express UK

Wild cop car is the latest addition to Germany’s ‘Tune it! Safe!’ campaign



Achtung! BMW’s hot M2 is the basis for one of the craziest-looking police cars yet, thanks to German tuning firm AC Schnitzer.

Snappily called the Police BMW M2 by AC Schnitzer, the vehicle is designed to bring attention to the ‘Tune it! Safe!’ initiative which aims to promote responsible but exciting tuning that complies with all necessary regulations.

It’s the eighth time a car has been created for the German campaign, which is under the patronage of the German Federal Ministry of Digital and Transport and the German Police.

Previous iterations from AC Schnitzer have included a BMW i8 and 8 Series, while other contributions have come from Techart, which created the Polizei [Porsche] 911 in 2006 and Brabus, which managed to fashion a German police car out of the Smart ForTwo in 2008.

AC Schnitzer’s latest creation features a whole host of exterior changes, including the firm’s aerodynamic package consisting of a front splitter (which adds 60kg of downforce by itself), a new grille, side skirts, a rear roof spoiler and a motorsport-inspired wing. The reshaped rear diffuser embeds a new AC Schnitzer exhaust, which has valve control with improved gas flow.

The six-cylinder turbocharged 3.0-litre engine under the bonnet has been tweaked as well. While the regular car would keep up with most cars on the autobahn thanks to its 473bhp, AC Schnitzer has upped the output to 552bhp, with torque at 650Nm. The engine also receives a bespoke AC Schnitzer-branded cover.

Performance figures haven’t been revealed, but we suspect a decent improvement on the standard M2’s four-second 0-62mph time will be achievable. However, bearing in mind the extra emphasis on downforce and that big roof light, we’re not sure if it’ll better the M2’s 177mph top speed (which is unlocked with BMW’s M Driver’s Package).

AC Schnitzer says it has tested the Polizei M2 around the Nürburgring, and it even gets a new adjustable suspension kit which lowers the car by 25 to 35mm. The staggered 20-inch front and 21-inch rear wheels are wrapped in Hankook performance tyres, but the brakes look unchanged – although the standard set-up should comfortably provide enough stopping power.

According to the tuner, the interior remains “stylish and functional”. Here you’ll find bespoke AC Schnitzer bucket seats, new aluminium shift paddles, foot pedals and an aluminium cover for the rotary iDrive controller.

































Source: https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/bmw/2-...t-ac-schnitzer

[ednir98]

Now that's a police car you shouldn't run from.

[dienstag]

That's actually remarkably tasteful, I mean for being intentionally loud and garish. The design really works with the lines of the car.

[Scrippy]

Wooop wooooop, pull ooooovaaaaa! I’d gladly receive a ticket from this!

[hufington]

No roof light or at least a slimmer one would go better with the rest of the styling

[wizardofOz]

Get rid of the rear wing..

[vrooooom]

Originally Posted by wizardofOz

Get rid of the rear wing..

Agree. That should be more like an integrated into the body looking one like the old M3.

I too, like the graphics done.

Love the wheels. Wow!

[///M TOWN]

Originally Posted by ednir98

Now that's a police car you shouldn't run from.

No doubt

[wizardofOz]

Originally Posted by vrooooom

Agree. That should be more like an integrated into the body looking one like the old M3.

I too, like the graphics done.

Love the wheels. Wow!

I mean why would you need it for a police car??

"Come on man"

[wizardofOz]

Originally Posted by ednir98

Now that's a police car you shouldn't run from.

I wouldn't be able to, my car is slow

[///M TOWN]

Originally Posted by wizardofOz

I wouldn't be able to, my car is slow

Time for a not so safe tune… 💨

[cfm56d7b]

Well done. Congratulations to the officers driving this car. Definitely a departure from the ordinary.

[moriluvatar]

For what it is intended for, I really like the livery on this.

[Brandt51]

What is ‘Tune it. Safe!’

[Tallest]

Tihs car from the ugly era of BMWs will be the most sought after I bet. It has looked best from start but with mods matured best also. G8x will remaind the capable but ugly duckling. But M2 has a chance to become the next classic.

[///M TOWN]

Originally Posted by Brandt51

What is ‘Tune it. Safe!’

They just don’t like it when you have 1000 hp… 🤣

[OldButSmooth]

As a former Police officer, I could not imagine how difficult it would be to fit into the carbon buckets wearing a duty belt that consists of a .40 calibre Glock, spare magazine, handcuffs, ASP collapsible baton, capsicum spray....a slower 5 series please for comfort

[pyrat15]

Originally Posted by hufington

No roof light or at least a slimmer one would go better with the rest of the styling

Police officer here. You need the „big“ light bar to be able to have the text be shown. Slimmer light bars without text field work for example on VW T6 Bus where you have the „stop police“ bar inside the car on the window blinds. This would be difficult on the M2 as the car is low and the windows are rather small. The light bar on this M2 is from german manufacturer „hänsch“, model DBS 4000 I think. It‘s quite modern and looks good IMHO. We have it even on our duty iX50‘s.

[BmwIowa]

Originally Posted by pyrat15

Police officer here. You need the „big“ light bar to be able to have the text be shown. Slimmer light bars without text field work for example on VW T6 Bus where you have the „stop police“ bar inside the car on the window blinds. This would be difficult on the M2 as the car is low and the windows are rather small. The light bar on this M2 is from german manufacturer „hänsch“, model DBS 4000 I think. It‘s quite modern and looks good IMHO. We have it even on our duty iX50‘s.

I sense a lot of U.S. based police officers would be overjoyed to be assigned such a special patrol car! Perhaps a great recruitment tool?

[///M TOWN]

Originally Posted by BmwIowa

I sense a lot of U.S. based police officers would be overjoyed to be assigned such a special patrol car! Perhaps a great recruitment tool?

It’s a tough sell here in North America

50k signing bonus to join the Seattle Police… Such a shit-show in Seattle (As well as Portland)and what police are still left are transferring to other departments because doing their job is no longer rewarding or as honorable as it once was, so they’re moving to other jurisdictions where they are highly appreciated as they truly should be

[///M TOWN]

Originally Posted by pyrat15

Police officer here. You need the „big“ light bar to be able to have the text be shown. Slimmer light bars without text field work for example on VW T6 Bus where you have the „stop police“ bar inside the car on the window blinds. This would be difficult on the M2 as the car is low and the windows are rather small. The light bar on this M2 is from german manufacturer „hänsch“, model DBS 4000 I think. It‘s quite modern and looks good IMHO. We have it even on our duty iX50‘s.

I think the whole idea is to promote factory safe tunes, that BMW won’t void the warranty on, and at the same time connect with the car community and this car fits that bill perfectly

Yeah, I see your point and I didn’t even notice the seats until you pointed them out

Ball busters aside those seats are only comfortable for people who have smaller builds generally speaking

[TargaM2]

The wing is lame, nice concept apart from that.