[JustinHEMI]

Originally Posted by 10"

*pulls toothpick out of his mouth*

Heard that thing got a Hemi in there

*puts toothpick back in his mouth*

Exactly why I'm attracted to it.

[///M TOWN]

Originally Posted by NathObeaN

Gents, why the hell are you arguing about the 0-60 of the M2 vs M240? Let’s be real, the results from C&D are from perfect conditions after repeated tests. Yes, you ‘might’ be faster in the M2, but 9 times out of 10 anyone in a quick auto AWD car is going to out-launch a RWD car, especially one that is a manual, especially if the weather/surface isn’t perfect.

Either way, who the hell cares? If you care about 0-60, go and buy an EV. My Tesla absolutely spanks my M2 from a dig, but I don’t care. The M2 is a track weapon and I love driving the pants off it.

💯

[///M TOWN]

Originally Posted by JustinHEMI

Exactly why I'm attracted to it.

Yeehaw ‼️

[Tag]

Originally Posted by JustinHEMI

Exactly why I'm attracted to it.

I used to park my F87 at work in a parking garage right next to a Redeye. Every time I got out of my car I'd look back at the F87 but I'd also cheat on it and look at the Hellcat. It looked so mean and was pretty badass that we were parked one spot from each other. Only saw the owner couple of times, we gave each other the nod of approval.

[Baldilocks73]

Depends on what source you “believe” when it comes to M240i XDrive vs M2. Consistent 3.6-3.8 is the norm for the M240i XDrive with launch control on normal unprepped surfaces. The M2 (auto) is about the same, but not consistent. The manual is slightly slower.

The 1/4 mile and 1/2 mile is where the M2 shines.

I can’t even imagine the M2 with XDrive. Monster.

[JABCAT]

Originally Posted by NathObeaN

Gents, why the hell are you arguing about the 0-60 of the M2 vs M240? Let’s be real, the results from C&D are from perfect conditions after repeated tests. Yes, you ‘might’ be faster in the M2, but 9 times out of 10 anyone in a quick auto AWD car is going to out-launch a RWD car, especially one that is a manual, especially if the weather/surface isn’t perfect.

Either way, who the hell cares? If you care about 0-60, go and buy an EV. My Tesla absolutely spanks my M2 from a dig, but I don’t care. The M2 is a track weapon and I love driving the pants off it.

And there it is, the EV appliance gets inserted into the discussion. The discussion wasn't about 0-60, it was about launching rwd car with only ~470 whp. To get that, one would have had to read the origin of said discussion & then understand where 0-60 factored in.

[///M TOWN]

Originally Posted by JABCAT

And there it is, the EV appliance gets inserted into the discussion. The discussion wasn't about 0-60, it was about launching rwd car with only ~470 whp. To get that, one would have had to read the origin of said discussion & then understand where 0-60 factored in.

Well, that’s funny because I understood it exactly how he wrote it.

Try to reread what he wrote… You might Interpret it completely differently.

[JustinHEMI]

Originally Posted by Tag

I used to park my F87 at work in a parking garage right next to a Redeye. Every time I got out of my car I'd look back at the F87 but I'd also cheat on it and look at the Hellcat. It looked so mean and was pretty badass that we were parked one spot from each other. Only saw the owner couple of times, we gave each other the nod of approval.

This is what started my journey to BMW, when I saw this little beast in a parking lot. The rest his history and my username is no longer accurate.

[Dave07997S]

Originally Posted by Bumpinjeep

lol what? So it would make more power than the M3/4? This goes against everything BMW has done in the past. Based on the few dyno runs people have made on this car, it does make similar power (almost identical) to the base G80/82 models. But why market it as having more power unless the 3 & 4 are making more power now too?
Will there be any hardware updates? Is this a software tune? Or is this simply reissuing the "correct" numbers?
So many questions.

I read the M3/4 base car is getting over 500.

[DFW_M]

Originally Posted by Dave07997S

I read the M3/4 base car is getting over 500.

Absolutely, desperately needed power bump

[Highlander-M4]

Why is it that every time BMW raises their M2 pricing, I book a meeting with my line manager to ask for a raise?

[Tag]

Originally Posted by Dave07997S

I read the M3/4 base car is getting over 500.

Fact check

No, the base M3/4 is not getting over 500hp.

Base M4 (13HK) will continue to be offered with 473hp

To date M3/4C remains unchanged @ 503hp

M3/4CX will get a hp bump from 503hp to 523hp

[Tag]

Addendum to the above post.

Confirmed, MY25 M4C (23HK) remains unchanged.

375kW = 503hp

[M2PDX]

Originally Posted by DFW_M

Absolutely, desperately needed power bump

We live in a crazy world where 500 hp is not enough!

I remember Ford announcing years ago that the Mustang 5.0 would have 224 hp and being over the moon!

[Vmaxx]

Originally Posted by Tag

Addendum to the above post.

Confirmed, MY25 M4C (23HK) remains unchanged.

375kW = 503hp

But the AWD G80/82 get 525hp? I’m pretty sure the power increase for MY25 was confirmed, but perhaps just for AWD variants.

[Tag]

Originally Posted by Vmaxx

But the AWD G80/82 get 525hp? I’m pretty sure the power increase for MY25 was confirmed, but perhaps just for AWD variants.

523hp, follow the link above in post #450.

[Egrunt]

Originally Posted by M2PDX

I remember Ford announcing years ago that the Mustang 5.0 would have 224 hp and being over the moon!

I am right there with you, back in 1991 I bought a 91 Corvette with 245HP. My friend had a 91 Ford Mustang LX 5.0 with 225HP. We would go to the track almost every Friday night and run them down the track. I had to pull out the picture from the archives racing my 91 Corvette at Maryland International Raceway.

[TargaM2]

Originally Posted by NathObeaN

I must admit I saw it on the front page and clicked with interest. Skipped to the end and saw people arguing about 0-60 for a ‘purist’ RWD car and thought ‘wtf is wrong with people’. We all supposedly want the M2 to remain the ‘real’ M car and everyone’s arguing about 0-60. Can’t we just leave this ONE car out of the 0-60 chat. Go buy an M3 xDrive, bloody CarWow fan girls

Couldn’t agree more. People that argue about such trivial shit really need to get a life !. Americans are so obsessed with this 0-60 crap, go buy a Demon if that’s your gig.

[MKParris]

Originally Posted by TargaM2

Couldn’t agree more. People that argue about such trivial shit really need to get a life !. Americans are so obsessed with this 0-60 crap, go buy a Demon if that’s your gig.

I have an m3 compX and a g87 m2 and have done 0 to 60, 0 times.

[CadolinaRipr]

Originally Posted by TargaM2

Couldn’t agree more. People that argue about such trivial shit really need to get a life !. Americans are so obsessed with this 0-60 crap, go buy a Demon if that’s your gig.

F****n American Losers! Now 0-100km, that’s what I’m talking about!

[TargaM2]

Originally Posted by CadolinaRipr

F****n American Losers! Now 0-100km, that’s what I’m talking about!

Yer well that’s obviously altogether different. 😂

[Tag]

Originally Posted by bonvajoe

I totally get where you're coming from
It does seem a bit strange that BMW would market the car as having more power when it's actually similar to the base G80/82 models. It's possible that there might be some software tuning or reissuing of numbers going on. As for hardware updates, it's hard to say without more info.
I totally agree, there are definitely a lot of questions surrounding this. It'll be interesting to see if BMW addresses these concerns.
do you think BMW will have any other updates to the G80/82 models this year?

It's just a remapping of the engine tune, no updates to hardware. We know for certain the base M4 will not be making any more hp and the base M3 should also stay the same. It'll still have 473hp as before, it's the torque figures we don't have yet. Wouldn't make much sense to give the lower model M2 more torque than the base M3/4 so the odds are they will get a bump too. To answer your last question, see here.