The BMW M2 is a 2-door coupe from Bmw, built from 2016 to 2023, as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market. Under the bonnet: 3.0 L BMW N55#N55B30T0. Hussein Al-Attar drew it.
Where it came from
The BMW M2 is a high-performance version of the BMW 2 Series automobile developed by BMW's motorsport division, BMW M GmbH. As the 2 Series replaced the 1 Series coupé and convertible models, the first-generation M2 was marketed as the most basic M model in the range.
The first-generation M2 used the F2x chassis from the 1 Series, codenamed F87 and featured the BMW N55 series engine, while its successors, the M2 Competition and M2 CS, featured a twin-turbocharged engine developed by BMW M GmbH (S55 engine). The second-generation M2 uses the CLAR platform, codenamed G87, which it shares with the G80 M3 and G82 M4. It features the BMW S58 twin-turbocharged inline-six engine, developed by BMW M GmbH.
Under the skin
Power comes from 3.0 L BMW N55#N55B30T0; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. It weighs 1495 kg. It shifts through a 6-speed Manual transmission / manual / 7-speed Dual-clutch transmission#BMW / M-DCT dual-clutch. The wheelbase is 2693 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
Its family tree is legible: it took over from the BMW 1 Series M Coupe; assembly was at Leipzig (BMW Group Plant Leipzig), Germany. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Chevrolet Bolt, the Tesla Model 3, the Chevrolet Camaro — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the Bmw catalogue sit the BMW 116 and the BMW 269.
What it costs now
The money question first: $93,300–$134,200 is the typical asking range today, and running it — fuel and maintenance at its age — costs about $4,355–$4,903 a year. Insurance sits around $3,050–$5,080 a year. The figures are class-level estimates from the federal record, with the formula on the methodology page; the model-year pages carry complaints, recalls and repair costs year by year.