Automotive paparazzi at the moment based mostly in northern Sweden have noticed BMW whereas testing the M2 CS out within the chilly. Photographed in a veritable winter wonderland, the high-performance spinoff seems to be all too acquainted however there’s one thrilling change on the again. After the M4 CSL launched a few years in the past, one other M coupe is getting a ducktail spoiler as a visible nod to the M3 CSL and the automobile that began the development – the E9.

We’re pretty sure this prototype doesn’t have all of the manufacturing elements in place. In spite of everything, gross sales of the M2 CS are usually not scheduled to begin till later in 2025, so there’s nonetheless loads of time to check the spicy particular version. It’s an unusually lengthy testing program contemplating we first laid eyes on a camouflaged M2 CS all the way in which again in April 2023. That will usually counsel loads of upgrades are deliberate, however we’re not anticipating something uncommon.

An informed guess tells us the M2 CS can be a elements bin particular by inheriting the wheels, bucket seats, carbon fiber upgrades, and Alcantara-wrapped steering wheel from the big-boy M3 CS. Just like the tremendous sedan, don’t count on to row your gears because the spicy coupe is prone to be an automatic-only affair.

Because it’ll be a CS reasonably than a CSL, the load loss can be reasonable, so chances are high that BMW shouldn’t be eradicating the rear seats. Facet word – the previous-generation M2 (F87) did get the CSL therapy, however it was sadly only a one-off. Perhaps issues can be completely different with the G87? Time will inform. In the meantime, sources near Munich insist an xDrive variant is deliberate, however this M2 CS is to be completely RWD.

When precisely are we going to see the M2 CS? Properly, BMW hasn’t mentioned, however manufacturing is supposedly beginning in August 2025, so it’s unlikely {that a} world premiere is scheduled for this yr. That mentioned, 2024 will convey lovers an replace for the common M2 that can enhance energy with the vehicles produced from August. Rumor has it the inline-six will achieve an additional 20 hp for a grand whole of 473 hp whereas subsequent yr’s M2 CS might have as a lot as 522 hp.

When it does finally go official, the 2025 BMW M2 CS ought to have a particular purple shade, offered our sources are correct. It’s going to be manufactured for less than a few yr, throughout which fewer than 2,000 examples are going to roll off the meeting line. You’d higher begin saving because the previous M2 CS F87 retailed for $83,600. Taking inflation into consideration and the way automobile costs proceed to extend, the brand new one might get dangerously near the $100,000 mark.