2025 BMW M2 CS Blends Lighter Chassis And 530 hp Punch Power

The 2025 BMW M2 CS storms in as a pint-sized brawler that tears up both road and circuit with equal relish. Hand-built in San Luis Potosí, each limited-run coupé wraps the newest M2 shell around a ramped-up 3.0-litre straight-six. Tap the starter and 530 hp rouses instantly; lean on the throttle and torque crashes the rear tyres into the tarmac, eight slick Steptronic ratios firing home with rifle-bolt speed while quad pipes snarl a hard-edged soundtrack.

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Weight-saving runs deep. A carbon roof, splitter, diffuser, boot-lid and forged alloys slice roughly 30 kg from the kerb figure, dropping the centre of gravity and sharpening turn-in. The CS lunges to 100 km/h in 3.8 seconds and thunders past 200 km/h in 11.7, then keeps hauling until an aero-clean 302 km/h. New rigid engine mounts and a lower ride height snap the car into bends; bespoke springs, adaptive dampers and an active rear diff pin it to the apex before slingshotting out with unflinching grip from factory-fit track rubber.

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Visual drama comes baked in. Exposed carbon weave flashes against Sapphire Black, Velvet Blue, Brooklyn Grey or Portimao Blue paint, while matt-gold double-spoke wheels and a red-outlined M2 CS badge leave no doubt about intent. Step inside and Alcantara, Merino leather and bare carbon create a cockpit that fuses race-bay focus with daily-driver amenity. Heated carbon buckets clamp you in place; a flat-bottom wheel carries twin red M-buttons for instant access to tailored powertrain and chassis presets.

The curved twin-screen array runs BMW Operating System 8.5, serving drift read-outs, lap timing and voice-controlled climate tweaks besides head-up graphics. Harman Kardon audio, two-zone climate and comfort access temper the rawness for commuter duty, yet a tap of M-Traction Control or Track mode sharpens every response, ready for kerb strikes and exit slides.

Allocation favours the United States, Germany and China ahead of a late-summer global roll-out, and production numbers stay tight. Miss your slot and you will watch from the sidelines as the leanest, hardest-hitting M2 yet carves its line through traffic, track-day queues and anything else brave enough to share the asphalt.

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