New BMW M2 CS Featured At Goodwood Festival Of Speed: Video

The M3 CS Touring shouldn’t be the one Competitors Sport mannequin BMW is displaying this weekend on the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Bavaria’s tremendous wagon is sharing the highlight with the brand new M2 CS, dressed to impress in Particular person Velvet Blue. The corporate’s UK department is taking us on a tour of the meanest G87 (thus far) to point out what’s modified over a daily mannequin.

The carbon ducktail spoiler isn’t the one modification BMW has made to the physique, because the entrance splitter can also be unique to the M2 CS. Not like the F87-generation automobile, which featured a carbon fiber splitter, this one is created from a mixture of plastic and rubber. Why? In response to Dirk Häcker, head of engineering at M, it’s not a cost-cutting measure. The brand new splitter’s building is a results of the automobile’s decrease nostril, which makes it extra prone to scraping on uneven roads.

Whereas another CS-badged automobiles provided patrons a selection of various wheel finishes, that’s not the case right here. The M2 Competitors Sport comes solely with matte Gold Bronze cast alloys. Fitted with Pirelli P Zero Trofeo RS tires, the M2 CS is the fastest compact car around the Nürburgring.

Not like its predecessor, which got here with a handbook gearbox, the brand new mannequin is an automatic-only affair. The six-speed handbook wouldn’t have been capable of handle the extra power delivered by the upgraded S58 engine. The eight-speed Steptronic’s gear lever is located inside a carbon fiber heart tunnel, which isn’t out there on a typical M2. The carbon fiber bucket seats, optionally available on the common automobile, are customary on the CS. BMW contains an Alcantara-wrapped steering wheel with a flat-bottom design, however fees additional for a heated model.

For the reason that Goodwood FoS takes place within the UK, it’s price noting the M2 CS prices £92,475 domestically. That’s almost £24,000 greater than the bottom model, sufficient to purchase a brand new MINI Cooper 3-Door with the distinction. The value hole is partially justified by the extra customary gear and further energy. Nonetheless, it’s an enormous premium that many will discover exhausting to justify, particularly given the dearth of a handbook choice.

Towards all odds, the M2 CS is already proving to be a industrial hit. Sylvia Neubauer, Vice President of Buyer, Model, and Gross sales at M, advised us there’s “huge demand.” For some markets, BMW has allotted a major variety of additional construct slots. On the time of writing, america is the main area when it comes to gross sales, adopted by Germany and China.

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