The M3-Engined BMW M2 CS Is The Porsche 718 Cayman's Worst Nightmare
Although the BMW M2 has earned the sort of rave reviews that the famous M Division had been falling short of in the few years before its release, the Munich speed freaks have kept their feet well and truly on the loud pedal with an even madder M2.
The M2 CS will use the S55 double-blown straight-six from the M3/M4 brothers to give an extra performance kick over the usual M2 motor, which is apparently close to its performance limits bearing in mind cooling and reliability. There’s also speculation that using the S55 platform will allow better production efficiency for an M2 GTS to follow the CS as the M2’s run-out final hurrah.
It’s a car we’ve known about for a while, but now we know how powerful it’ll be, courtesy of a new report in Car Magazine.
In the M2 CS, the 3.0-litre twin-turbo straight-six will shove 402bhp and 370lb ft to the rear wheels, marking 37bhp and 27lb ft increases over the standard M2. Weight is said to drop by 25kg thanks to an aluminium roof, composite body panels, thinner glass and lightweight seats unique to the CS. It’s not a limited edition, but it should still feel special.
It will smash into its 155mph speed limited unless BMW decides to set the bar higher for the CS. The 0-62mph sprint is shot down in 4.2 seconds; just a tenth faster than the regular M2 because of the obvious traction issues, but beyond that speed the CS should come into its own both in a straight line and on track.
It’s expected that production will start in March next year, with deliveries slated for the summer. UK prices should be around the £52,000 mark, which should make the near-£54,000 four-cylinder Porsche 718 Cayman S very nervous…
Via: Car
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would still have a 718 though
or an A110
Straight six kills flat four.
They just need to make it sound good now ….
Why still have the car covered up? Need for speed showed it. So why not show it.
Where do you guys get your numbers? OMG…The Porsche 718 Cayman S PDK with the lower chassis and 20” turbo wheels, and sport chrono package underwent instrumentation testing with Car & Driver. It ran the 0-60 IN 3.6 SECONDS and the quarter mile in 12 seconds flat. Automobile Magazine hit 186 mph on the Autobahn in speed testing with the same variant of the car. PLEASE—reference the VARIANT when you speak about Porsches. M2 Nightmare? The nightmare is and will be trying to get the M2 to hold tight on the corners given the oversteer issues. The traction issues at launch will never go away. The 718 Cayman S PDK—the 2017 World Performance Car of the Year (selected over the Audi R8 and the McLaren 570S) may very well be the best handling sports car in the world as any price.
All the stuff youve stated are expensive optional extras. With the M2 you cant add more than £10000 worth of extras. By the time uve finished with the porsche configurator, uve added upwards of £15000 of options
Dream on about the M2 CS. The 718 Cayman S PDK already had big brother for lunch. It outlapped the M4 GTS.
http://www.carbuzz.com/news/2017/7/29/Porsche-718-Cayman-S-Outlaps-The-BMW-M4-GTS-At-The-Anglesey-Circuit-7740352/
The base 911 with PDK and sport chrono was 1.5 seconds or so faster on Anglesey than the standard M4 with the competition package. The 911 has the better chassis and a massive advantage being rear engined (corner exists), there is a video somewhere about this test. Do not forget that the M4 can seat 4 adults without issues and have a much bigger boot compared to either 911 or 718 S. Personally i am starting to care less and less about how fast cars are on track, i am not Schumacher and nor do i care if i am 0.789 seconds slower than the car ahead, how the car drives and makes me feel is becoming more important for me now.