BMW M2 lapt Nürburgring in 7:58 minutes

Posted on 14-10-2015 at 13:50 by sir_smokalot – 75 Comments”

Sub-8-minute laps around the Green Hell or GTFO. But this Ringtijd as a bit of a blamage.

BMW’s M-division has launched a brand new product under the M3/4, in the form of a M2. Itself draws the comparisons with the 2002 Tii and the E30 M3, but most autoliefhebbrs will the car see it as a spiritual successor to the 1M, to more because there are now no four-cylinder, but a 3-litre six-in-line under the hood.

With the advent of the M2 is also a promovideootje, and this is a Nordschleife-lap time of 7:58 minutes claimed. That sounds smooth, and that is also, until the times of the Renault Megane RS Trophy-R (7:54) and the Seat Leon ST 280 (7:58) there at the bottom.

These two hot lead drive, for less than half of the money, with front wheel drive and much less peekaas, this M2 so it snot for eyes, or him, in any case, keep up. And before you well BMW is flaring, may say more about the hot lead of the competition than about the latest product from BMW’s M-division. But it is still striking, with almost 100 hp more under the hood and an undoubtedly more expensive chassis are not faster than a car.

Every kilo counts

The obvious reason for this? Weight. The Seat and Renault weigh 200 to 300 kg less than the Bimmer, and you’ll notice that on a circuit. A 2 Series, the weight of a simple C-segmenter get, however, seems a utopia.

You only focus on Ringtijden is a tunnel vision to create, and moreover, no one has yet but a meter in the new M2 driven, so we will not all bold theses posit. Additionally: how often you come on the Ring? I never, and if rijdersauto seems such a BMW-zespitter me something more enjoyable than a frantic four-cylinder with plastic panels in the interior.

Nevertheless, it is a sign on the wall that the crème-de-la-crème of BMW, in the form of a minimum of 80.000 euro costing pure product of the M division, the lap time will have to take against what is in the basic modal C-segmenters. That was a BMW 20 years ago never happened, but then dominated the supercharging also not the motorenlandschap. The M’s of today are good daily usable, supplying astronomical figures, but with a vanafgewicht and small 1,500 kg simply too heavy to really be playful by turns to throw. Better take an MX-5 if you use the Stelvio on or off. A M of today is a friends with everyone, but that is also what the customer wants, and who is BMW to not provide?

Lightweight or thick BMW?

As a BMW purist glove dares to tackle, then makes a feather-light, very compact, and playful Z2 two-seater. Stripped of all the luxuries (power adjustable things e.(d.), with rear-wheel drive, a low unsprung weight and a nice sporty tuned 1.5 three-cylinder under the hood, that would be really great. Moreover, BMW is already in bed with Toyota, the GT86 makes (hint, hint!) In that case, the purists happy, and proves BMW is that it is still well in real rijdersauto. As for me, they produce than millions of those ghastly Active – and Gran dramas next to it, which toleration, we in the streets

All of the above criticism to the contrary, give me a month of such a M2 and you probably have a Remy Bonjaski, Peter Aarts and Ernesto Hoost needed to get me there again on the day that he has to return to Rijswijk. Because only Ringtijden are certainly not a panacea, but a tiny part of the overall autobeleving. This is a car that in 4,3 seconds for the 100 accelerates, and if you’re a bit of means easy 1 on 10 drive.

M4 GTS

Who is more hardcore books picks up the M4 GTS, which is a round Ring in a stunning 7:26 mins, but probably costs more than 2 euroton in the purchase.

On the actual 1-on-1 rounds Ring let BMW we also have to wait a while.

Gallery: BMW M2 Coupe

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