We've had our first go a the new BMW M2 prototype, and things are looking very promising, with a compact chassis, heavy-duty hardware and manual transmission –
“We are in a unique position in the M2’s segment,” says Markus. “We will already be the fastest car in this marketplace so we don’t need to find another second on lap times. We want to make it more of a driver’s car.”As the wild camouflage decals suggest, I’m driving the M2 long before its development is complete. So hard stats simply won’t be finagled out of the feverish engineers buzzing around the heatsoaked Salzburgring pitlane. No matter how hard I try.
A bit more maturity to its demeanour goes hand in hand with a bigger, stockier car. Which means yes, like the M4 it sits below, it’s going to be somewhat heavier than any of its forebears. But Markus really isn’t fussed when I press him on the issue. “I’m not really sure that the weight figure tells the whole story of a car.
The overall impression is that the M2 is now less of a rambunctious hot rod, more of a bona fide sports coupe. It feels like its whole handling mood board has been drawn up on the circuit’s final ‘Schikane’; braking deep to point its sensibly sized kidney grilles into the apex, I can get straight on the power to punch onto the pit straight with no scurry for grip .
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