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BMW Goes Behind The Scenes In New Video Of The M2 Racing

BMW is kicking off a brand new video sequence to focus on the event of the M2 Racing. Bavaria’s new entry-level race automotive could carry the “M2” identify, however there’s a purpose it sounds so completely different from the G87. The engine soundtrack you hear throughout observe testing doesn’t come from the highway automotive’s S58 engine. As a substitute, engineers have fitted a tuned B48. Sure, there’s a 2.0-liter, four-cylinder engine below the hood.

Regardless of dropping two cylinders and one liter of displacement, the M2 Racing nonetheless delivers an aggressive exhaust word. That’s largely due to a motorsport-specific exhaust system with a racing catalytic converter. Dubbed the “little brother of the M4 GT4 EVO,” the automotive has already racked up round 20,000 kilometers (12,427 miles), with one other 10,000 km (6,213 miles) of testing scheduled to wrap up by the tip of June. The large check will come on the 24 Hours of Nürburgring forward of its official race debut within the 2026 season.

2025 BMW M2 RACING G87 (8)

Within the meantime, BMW’s new official video offers us our first take a look at the M2 Racing in motion. We’re advised the race automotive is far nearer to the street-legal model than the M4 GT3 EVO is to its road-going counterpart. That’s important as a result of it means decrease operating prices throughout the racing season, due to the various shared elements between the 2 M2 variants.

The event program included 17 exams with three completely different prototypes: an software automotive on the Munich manufacturing unit, an software automotive for observe testing, and an endurance automotive for part validation. The 2 software automobiles had been used to judge which elements from the road automotive could possibly be carried over and which wanted to be tailored. The endurance automotive targeted on lifetime testing for sturdiness and reliability of the racing elements.

The M2 Racing made its public debut throughout the DTM season opener in Oschersleben and is ready to go racing in 2026. BMW M Motorsport has priced it at €98,000, with gross sales beginning in late June and deliveries anticipated earlier than the tip of the yr. Just like the road-going M2, the race automotive is constructed on the San Luis Potosi plant in Mexico, the place the roll cage and all racing-specific elements are put in. Earlier than buyer deliveries, every automotive undergoes a rollout to make sure all the things is functioning correctly.

Video: BMW M / YouTube

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