{"id":31710,"date":"2022-09-19T08:00:56","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T12:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=31710"},"modified":"2022-09-19T08:00:56","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T12:00:56","slug":"bmw-m2-fest-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=31710","title":{"rendered":"New BMW M2 public debut at M Festival in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2022\/09\/19\/bmw-m2-fest-debut\/\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"photomain-article\"> <noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-77.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"2023 bmw m2 prototype review 77\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-77.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-77-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-77-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-77-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-77-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" title=\"image of 2023 bmw m2 prototype review 77\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%201920%201280%22%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-77.jpg\" class=\"lazyload attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"2023 bmw m2 prototype review 77\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-77.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-77-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-77-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-77-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-77-300x200.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" title=\"image of 2023 bmw m2 prototype review 77\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"bmwad\">\n<p><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\" itemprop=\"description\" readability=\"68.607372732592\">\n<p>We\u2019re only a few weeks out from the official reveal of the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2022\/09\/17\/why-bmw-m2-heavy\/\"> G87-generation BMW M2<\/a>, likely the last small gas-powered coupe BMW ever makes. After BMW officially digitally reveals the M2 to the world, it will make its first public appearance at the M Festival in South Africa a few days later, on October 15-16.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The South African M Fest will be a massive event to honor the 50th anniversary of the M Division and will be held at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2020\/12\/12\/bmw-m6-gt3-wins-the-intercontinental-gt-challenge-in-kyalami\/\">Kyalami<\/a> grand prix circuit. It\u2019s a fitting venue, given that BMW currently offers a Kyalami orange interior for many of its models. It\u2019s the first time in three years that M Fest returns to Kyalami and it\u2019s bigger and better than ever before. There will be hot laps with professional drivers in M cars, test drives of different M cars, live music, a beer garden, and, of course, the star of the show, the BMW M2.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-84.jpg\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-428137\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-84-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"2023 bmw m2 prototype review 84 830x553\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-84-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-84-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-84-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-84-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-84.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" title=\"image of 2023 bmw m2 prototype review 84 830x553\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-medium wp-image-428137\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20830%20553%22%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-84-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"2023 bmw m2 prototype review 84 830x553\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-84-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-84-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-84-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-84-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2023-bmw-m2-prototype-review-84.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" title=\"image of 2023 bmw m2 prototype review 84 830x553\"\/><\/a>It\u2019s hard to not be excited for the BMW M2. When it debuts, it will pack a 444 horsepower version of the 3.0-liter twin-turbocharged \u201cS58\u201d engine, which will hopefully make it quite the handful. The BMW M3 and M4 are so absurdly capable that they almost lack some of the rowdy M car spirit, so it will be interesting to see if the rear-drive-only, shorter wheelbase M2 is a spikier than its larger, more expensive siblings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The BMW M2 will also be the last small M car to feature a manual transmission, making it the last true driver\u2019s car BMW will make with a piston engine. There will be many more exciting driver\u2019s cars to come, soon with electric powertrains, but the M2 will truly be the last analog machine BMW M ever makes, which is why it\u2019s a huge deal that it\u2019s being celebrated at the Kyalami circuit during M fest.<\/p>\n<p>[Source:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmw.co.za\/en\/forms\/BMW-M-Festival.html\"> M Fest<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ADVERTISEMENT We\u2019re only a few weeks out from the official reveal of the G87-generation BMW M2, likely the last small gas-powered coupe BMW ever makes. After BMW officially digitally reveals the M2 to the world, it will make its first public appearance at the M Festival in South Africa a few days later, on October [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":31711,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}