It’s been almost two years since BMWBLOG solely reported that there was a robust chance of an M2 xDrive. The rumor mill has continued to churn ever since, however no official affirmation has surfaced, not less than not but. Whereas we nonetheless don’t have a proper inexperienced mild, we now have the subsequent smartest thing. A senior government advised us over the weekend that an all-wheel-drive G87 M2 might occur sometime, with emphasis on “might.”
In an interview over the previous weekend at Le Mans, BMW M’s head of analysis and improvement, Dirk Häcker, urged that an AWD M2 is a chance. Nonetheless, he clarified that no ultimate choice has been made. Häcker defined that the G87 remains to be a comparatively new mannequin, having been available on the market for simply over two years. That offers BMW loads of time to degree up its compact M automotive past the just lately launched M2 CS.
Once we requested why the bigger Competitors Sport fashions (just like the M3 CS and M4 CS) function xDrive whereas the M2 CS doesn’t, Häcker responded:
“I believe the M3 and M4 CS are in a later stage. We launched the M2 about two years in the past, so we have now began with rear-wheel drive. We now supply the M2 CS, and we have now loads of time to the EOP [end of production] of the automotive. So there may very well be additionally concepts to supply for the long run an xDrive system, however there isn’t a ultimate choice.”
So, there you’ve got it: an M2 xDrive is a particular perhaps.
In response to our sources, the twin-turbo inline-six might begin powering the entrance axle in simply over a yr. BMW is reportedly planning to begin production in August 2026. If that occurs, it received’t mark the tip of the present rear-wheel-drive mannequin. Fanatics will nonetheless have the ability to purchase the RWD model with a handbook transmission. As you’ll be able to think about, the xDrive variant can be automatic-only.
Wanting additional forward, the second-generation M2 is predicted to stay round till mid-2029. If the xDrive taste does arrive subsequent yr, BMW will nonetheless have time to introduce extra variants. That is speculative on our half, however we definitely wouldn’t say no to an M2 CSL. Let’s not overlook that there’s a precedent, contemplating M secretly constructed an F87-generation M2 CSL as a one-off prototype.
We is likely to be getting forward of ourselves, however logic means that an M2 xDrive received’t be the final spicy tackle the G87.
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