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2017 BMW M2 Long-Term Update 6 Review: Grabbing Seventh Gear
This is will be the last update before the 2017 BMW M2’s long-term verdict. In the spirit of report card season, here’s a list of notes I’ve been keeping, some of which might not make it into the verdict. NEEDS IMPROVEMENT: “Speed limit in nav screen” An Executive package feature displays the speed limit, but rather than in a corner…
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2017 BMW M2 Long-Term Update 5: Is the M2 Too Hard, Too Hot, And Too Pricey?
We love our M2, love its size, its blistered fenders, and really love its snarling 365-hp 3.0-liter N55 twin-scroll turbo-six. What might be hard to love is its $57,795 as-tested price. Recently, we reviewed a $48,070 (as tested) 248-hp turbo-four 2017 BMW 230i and came away delighted and mightily impressed, but we still felt like Goldilocks in search of juuust…
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2017 BMW M2 Long-Term Update 4: Hot Lapping our M2 on Fresh, New Tires
There was a cliffhanger in our last update. Seven months into our year-long test, we had just completed the M2’s first scheduled maintenance and swapped out the abused, stock Michelin Pilot Super Sport (PSS) tires with just-released Pilot Sport 4 S (PS4S) successors. The improved ride quality was immediately noticeable. There’s an almost buttery smoothness to the way the new…
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2017 BMW M2 Long-Term Update 3: Oil, Scheduled Maintenance, and New Shoes
“Clank.” The Slack app notified me that I had received a message. Tap, tap, and I found this from testing director Kim Reynolds, who was driving the M2 for the weekend: “The BMW needs a quart of oil. I see it needs 0W-30, but do you have any other particulars before I go to the car parts store?” I replied:…
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2017 BMW M2 Update 2: Taking it to the Streets
Because an M-car owner might do the same, we took our bone-stock M2 with 7,655 miles on the odometer to a track to see how well it would withstand hot lapping on a hot summer day in the California high desert. In the capable hands of our tame racing driver, Randy Pobst, we ran three sets of laps around the…
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