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Known as G87, the second-generation M2 is rumored with more power and some aesthetic updates for the 2025 model year. According to ynguldyn of the Bimmerpost forums, 2025 model year production will kick off at the San Luis Potosi plant in August 2024.
The insider says the newcomer isn't the Competition or CS, but the regular M2 that currently produces 453 horsepower (460 ps) at 6,250 revolutions per minute and 406 pound-feet (550 Nm) between 2,600 and 5,950 spinnies. The 2025 model is allegedly getting 475 ponies, which is a huge jump.
22 more horsepower, that is, although there may be a confusion between metric and mechanical ponies. In the former's case, 475 pferdstarke converts to 469 horsepower. Whatever may be in the offing, there's no denying the S58 engine of the M2 is capable of it. Based on the B58, the M-spec mill is also used in the M3, M4, X3 M, and X4 M.
Its pokiest iteration yet is the S58 in the 3.0 CSL, which pumps out 553 horsepower (560 ps) on full song. The M3 Competition and M4 Competition, as well as the X3 M Competition and X4 M Competition, offer the most torque at 479 pound-feet (650 Nm). Better still, every single version of the S58 produces more power and torque than advertised.
Turning our attention back to the M2, the G87 is also getting redesigned wheels. Skyscraper Gray will join the exterior color palette as well, and production is believed to come to a grinding halt in July 2029. This yet-unconfirmed timeframe fits perfectly with BMW M head of development Dirk Hacker's account of manual transmisisons getting discontinued from the M lineup by decade's end.
He suggested the G87 would be the last M car with a manual transmission, and we also know from big kahuna Frank van Meel that the M2 is the Motorsport division's final purely combustion-engined vehicle. With the XM available exclusively as a plug-in hybrid and the M5 going plug-in hybrid in both sedan and wagon formats, the slow but steady transition to electrified performance shouldn't surprise you.
BMW M GmbH has also hybridized the successor of the S63. Referred to as S68, this force-fed eight comes exclusively with mild-hybrid assistance. Rather weird for the Bavarian automaker, the S68 is also used by non-M vehicles like the 760i sedan and M Performance vehicles like the X5, X6, and X7 in M60i guise.
Despite being a bit on the fat side of small coupes, the G87 is rightfully considered the purest and most fun M vehicle in production today. Manufactured in Mexico rather than Germany, the M2 carries a starting price of $62,200 (excluding the destination charge) in the United States. By comparison, the M3 and M4 retail from $76k and $78k.
22 more horsepower, that is, although there may be a confusion between metric and mechanical ponies. In the former's case, 475 pferdstarke converts to 469 horsepower. Whatever may be in the offing, there's no denying the S58 engine of the M2 is capable of it. Based on the B58, the M-spec mill is also used in the M3, M4, X3 M, and X4 M.
Its pokiest iteration yet is the S58 in the 3.0 CSL, which pumps out 553 horsepower (560 ps) on full song. The M3 Competition and M4 Competition, as well as the X3 M Competition and X4 M Competition, offer the most torque at 479 pound-feet (650 Nm). Better still, every single version of the S58 produces more power and torque than advertised.
Turning our attention back to the M2, the G87 is also getting redesigned wheels. Skyscraper Gray will join the exterior color palette as well, and production is believed to come to a grinding halt in July 2029. This yet-unconfirmed timeframe fits perfectly with BMW M head of development Dirk Hacker's account of manual transmisisons getting discontinued from the M lineup by decade's end.
He suggested the G87 would be the last M car with a manual transmission, and we also know from big kahuna Frank van Meel that the M2 is the Motorsport division's final purely combustion-engined vehicle. With the XM available exclusively as a plug-in hybrid and the M5 going plug-in hybrid in both sedan and wagon formats, the slow but steady transition to electrified performance shouldn't surprise you.
BMW M GmbH has also hybridized the successor of the S63. Referred to as S68, this force-fed eight comes exclusively with mild-hybrid assistance. Rather weird for the Bavarian automaker, the S68 is also used by non-M vehicles like the 760i sedan and M Performance vehicles like the X5, X6, and X7 in M60i guise.
Despite being a bit on the fat side of small coupes, the G87 is rightfully considered the purest and most fun M vehicle in production today. Manufactured in Mexico rather than Germany, the M2 carries a starting price of $62,200 (excluding the destination charge) in the United States. By comparison, the M3 and M4 retail from $76k and $78k.
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