The new M2 has only just been revealed, but a known BMW leaker says a Competition version is in the works.
The 2023 BMW M2 was unveiled today after months of anticipation, with the carmaker indicating it will be the last ever M car without hybrid technology.
In recent days, BimmerPost forum member known only under their username of ‘ynguldyn’ has revealed BMW has plans for a more powerful M2 Competition.
The highly-placed insider – with a proven track-record of leaking future model plans – says the M2 Competition will “likely” be introduced in August 2024, with the vehicle promising even more power from the car’s 3.0-litre twin-turbo inline six-cylinder engine.
The BMW insider suggests – like the outgoing model – the upcoming Competition will replace the standard M2 in the line-up, rather than the two variants being sold alongside each other.
The new-generation M2 uses a detuned version of the engine found in the M3 and M4, sending 338kW and 550Nm to the rear wheels through a six-speed manual or eight-speed automatic – with the latter delivering a claimed 0-100km/h time of 4.1 seconds.
To learn more about the 2023 BMW M2, our reveal story can be found by clicking here. Australian pricing for the high-performance coupe can be found by clicking here.
While the outgoing M2 Competition offered 30kW over the standard model, it’s unclear whether the next Competition will bring quite the same performance increase, given the new M2 is only 7kW/20Nm less than the base M3 at this point.
It could be the M3 and M4 receive their own power bump in the coming years, or the M2 Competition could instead offer a modest performance increase coupled with a weight reduction, given the new ‘G87’ M2 now tips the scales at 1710kg – or roughly the same as the V10-powered E60 M5 super sedan built between 2004 and 2010.
Whether an even hotter M2 CS or CSL follows at a later date – closer to the new-generation M2’s rumoured July 2029 end of production date – remains to be seen.
As this is the first plausible evidence of an M2 Competition, final details of the model are still thin on the ground.
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