Ciao everyone, here it's Marchettino and today let's have fun with the BMW M2!
Right, today I'm behind the wheel of the BMW M2, I'm not hiding I'm truly excited to drive this car because
I think the M2 is the best M you can buy nowadays on the market - obviously brand new.
If I set myself a higher budget with the idea to buy a BMW, I think I would have gone for this.
I find the M3 very pretty, not to mention the colour!
For being an exotic, the size is right - it's not too small and not too big like an M4 for example.
It's compact but still, it has 4 seats - 4 seats that are real because you can sit in the back without problems.
In terms of power I already drove the M4 and I can tell you I find it a bit exaggerated, it's more challenging because it has lots of power and torque hard to unleash whereas
this M2 we can define it more civilzed and practical, in fact in front of us we have a 3.0L inline-six turbo
able to produce 370hp and 465nm of torque that sound pretty much like this!
Sound is not bad at all and as I told you I think
all this power is the right power to have fun without being costantly worried to risk to slide and crash.
We're talking about a RWD with almost 400hp, you need to be careful anyway but compared to an M4, I think you have more fun with a car like this.
The engine sounds pretty good for being turbo!
By smashing the foot on the throttle you feel a bit of turbo lag between the response of the throttle and the engine
but you can feel all the 465nm of torque that keep you pushed to the seat!
and the engine pulls nicely up to 7000rpm!
One of the things I like most about the M2 is that all the power gets unleashed without much problems
compared to an M4 with the electronics ON, you can feel the electronics that costantly cuts the power and if you turn them off you need to have good skills because it slides all the time!
You know I'm a lover for the manual gearbox but honestly this double clutch is not bad!
Gear changes are quick and at every upshift you feel the kick in the back, it's not a flat gear change.
Overall it's a good gearbox and what I love also about the M2 is that on request you can have it manual too.
If we press again the manettino of driving settings and set Sport+
we unleash the best of this M2, its most racing side.
Gear changes are even more sharp and quick, electronics is partially off by making this car even more fun and tail happy.
I like the steering very much because it's not just very precise and accurate but also very communicative,
around these tight corners with the electronics off you have a perfect idea of what's going on the front tires but also about the grip of the rear tires.
Overall this M2 gave me the idea of being the car I was expecting it to be, I think it's the perfect sports car to daily drive and
to take on a racetrack or winding roads like these on weekends!
In Comfort it feels like to be driving a normal BMW with exhaust valves closed and soft suspensions but by switching to Sport or to those who da dare more - Sport+
The suspensions get stiffer, the steering more direct, and this car becomes into a pocket rocket
that is more usable, enjoiable and fun than an M4.
The performance of this M2 are remarkable, 370hp may be a not so impressive number but still, this car goes from 0 to 100kph in 4.3s
with a top speed limited to 250kph and overall these figures and performance are ideal to have fun.
And another factor to keep in mind is the the mod factor because it's turbo which means with a few mods you can unleash lots of power and even more performance!
A stock M2 is enough to have fun to me, in terms of performance is similar to my M3, I can't think of an M2 with full exhaust and ECU remap!
It's a second hand car that can be bought at 45.000€ and it's a car with a great potential,
So at this stage of the video you may have understood that I like this M2 very much!
After having acted like an hooligan around winding roads in Sport+, I have set back to Comfort in the city and here's the double character of the M2,
from a civilized car that can be daily driven you press a button and it becomes a truly exciting and fun exotic to drive.
I thank Alex the owner of this 2 weeks old M2 with just 1000km - we just finished properly the break in period!
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