Spied: New BMW M2 prototype testing at the Nurburgring

F80_M · 03-25-2015, 10:34 AM

This is exciting. Now strip the car naked already I wanna see this thing bare!!!

TheBingoBalls · 03-25-2015, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by JackB316

This should be the most bad ass bimmer since the E46 M3 CSL

That's what everyone was anticipating/saying about the 1M but it never really did capture the feel of the E46 M3. This is going to be the same. M2 will be a great car, but E46 it will not be.

Reedomn · 03-25-2015, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by TheBingoBalls

That's what everyone was anticipating/saying about the 1M but it never really did capture the feel of the E46 M3. This is going to be the same. M2 will be a great car, but E46 it will not be.

what?...I have driven both extensively.....The 1M and e46 aren't even in the same league...

AGAV13 · 03-25-2015, 10:56 AM

Looks good, cant wait to see the production version. Still cant decide if it is/will be ///M worthy.

noro · 03-25-2015, 10:58 AM

So is the speculation that there will be a open scoop in front of the rear wheel? Sounds like there will be an opening at the rear of the front wheel just like the M3/4.

bimmer4life24 · 03-25-2015, 11:02 AM

Still no CF roof...

///Mobbin · 03-25-2015, 11:05 AM

These pics are great, I can almost imagine what the final car will look like and I like it! Rotor glow shots are great too! Good M2 news day.

Still on my wishlist: CFRP roof and trunk. And I'm willing to pay for these as separate options if needed!

UpNcOmINg! · 03-25-2015, 11:08 AM

The amount of want is growing at a rapid rate!!!

rjd598 · 03-25-2015, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by TheBingoBalls

That's what everyone was anticipating/saying about the 1M but it never really did capture the feel of the E46 M3. This is going to be the same. M2 will be a great car, but E46 it will not be.

i don't think it was supposed to capture the feel of the e46. it was essentially a lighter e9x m3 with the n55. it sure as hell was a huge success.

Die ///M Rakete · 03-25-2015, 11:11 AM

I'm wondering why on some of the pictures the gas cap door cut-out is rectangular as expected and on some it's circular. Not the same prototypes I presume?

LinkF1 · 03-25-2015, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Nantucket

Nice looking pics.I was hoping we would see some new test cars with the carbon fiber roof.These new pics don't have it,so as W has already said,it probably won't have it.

I agree it is unlikely at this point, but on this color car could you really tell if it was CF or not from these pictures?

W/// · 03-25-2015, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Die ///M Rakete

I'm wondering why on some of the pictures the gas cap door cut-out is rectangular as expected and on some it's circular. Not the same prototypes I presume?

2 different cars. You can also see the antennas on the trunk are in 2 different spots.

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I agree it is unlikely at this point, but on this color car could you really tell if it was CF or not from these pictures?

Yea, because all new CF roof has a double bubble design. Pretty easy to spot, even from far away.

UpNcOmINg! · 03-25-2015, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Die ///M Rakete

I'm wondering why on some of the pictures the gas cap door cut-out is rectangular as expected and on some it's circular. Not the same prototypes I presume?

definitely 1 different cars, perhaps one manual, one DCT.
If you look, the aerial positioning is also different.
So perhaps we will see the round fuel filler cap being intro'd on LCI models.

M3 Adjuster · 03-25-2015, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by AGAV13

Looks good, cant wait to see the production version. Still cant decide if it is/will be ///M worthy.

That decision is not yours. Only BMW M decides if it's an M car, and once they do, then it is. No ifs, ands, or buts allowed.

LinkF1 · 03-25-2015, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by W///

Yea, because all new CF roof has a double bubble design. Pretty easy to spot, even from far away.

Is that necessarily something they would carry over to their Baby M?

Adem1534 · 03-25-2015, 11:32 AM

Artemis... so it begins... again...

But honestly, the more these lines become apparent, the more it seems to be different than the M235i.

The M2 will be the most serious looking M. I am calling it now.

Look at the red lines. They are new and different from the softer looking M235i. That will be the difference.

It is the pronounced intake vents that thus generate this creasing at the bottom of the headlight inwards.

technik330 · 03-25-2015, 11:33 AM

Thank you Jesus.

Now we've got something new to beat to death for the next couple of months.

WTB: Carbon Roof

RingMeister01 · 03-25-2015, 11:33 AM

Love. It.

Adem1534 · 03-25-2015, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by RingMeister01

Love. It.

Favorite picture? I'm going with this one. Looks like a God.

Artemis · 03-25-2015, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by TheBingoBalls

That's what everyone was anticipating/saying about the 1M but it never really did capture the feel of the E46 M3. This is going to be the same. M2 will be a great car, but E46 it will not be.

Just let the M2 be the M2: a league of its own.

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You can see the shift paddles in one of the pics. Have either the automatic or dct

Looks like paddles indeed.

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Originally Posted by Die ///M Rakete

I'm wondering why on some of the pictures the gas cap door cut-out is rectangular as expected and on some it's circular. Not the same prototypes I presume?

Good observation. Indeed different prototypes. The January 2015 test session prototypes (Scandinavia) featured rectangular fuel filler covers - no circular.

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W/// · 03-25-2015, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by technik330

Thank you Jesus.

Now we've got something new to beat to death for the next couple of months.

WTB: Carbon Roof

Hilarious

I figure if we drag this out long enough, it'll be time for the Frankfurt Auto show by then.

This pic is flat out amazing to me:

RingMeister01 · 03-25-2015, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by RingMeister01

Love. It.

Favorite picture? I'm going with this one. Looks like a God.

I'd tap that quicker than DCT

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