{"id":76014,"date":"2024-08-22T12:03:58","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T16:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=76014"},"modified":"2024-08-22T12:03:58","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T16:03:58","slug":"new-track-only-bmw-2-series-wants-to-bring-racing-to-the-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=76014","title":{"rendered":"New track-only BMW 2 Series wants to bring racing to the people – Autoblog"},"content":{"rendered":"

The entry point into BMW’s<\/a> range of M-branded coupes will soon become an attractive entry point into the world of racing. The German brand previewed a track-only evolution of the 2 Series that will bundle race-ready equipment into a relatively affordable package.<\/p>\n

BMW M<\/a> Motorsport is currently developing the car, whose name hasn’t been publicly announced yet. However, since M is involved the model will most likely land as an evolution of the M240i or as an evolution of the M2<\/a>. It doesn’t sound like the 230i, which is the cheapest version in the range, has received clearance to go racing. While this is pure speculation, the muscular body kit<\/a> strongly hints at M2<\/a> roots. If we want to push the speculation to the next level, it’s perhaps telling to point out that the next M2 CS<\/a> is allegedly right around the corner.<\/p>\n

What’s certain is that the upcoming coupe will be marketed as a followup to the M235i Racing, the M240i Racing, and the M2 CS Racing<\/a>. Beyond the M2-like front end, we spot a carbon fiber<\/a> roof panel, a bigger rear spoiler, a roll cage, and an OMP racing seat for the driver.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As for what will be under the hood, your guess is as good as ours. We’re betting that the engine won’t be significantly different than the one that powers the street-legal, regular-production model \u2014 don’t expect to find a twin-turbocharged V8 between the punched-out front wheel arches. BMW might make tuning changes to ensure the 2 complies with the rules of a given race series, however. Like its predecessors, the coupe will likely receive a handful of specific parts in the braking system<\/a> and the suspension system to post the quickest possible lap times.<\/p>\n

“Proximity to our customers is one of the maxims we pursue at BMW M Motorsport. From our point of view, this also includes offering a car for grassroots racing that teams and newcomers to racing can afford and that at the same time offers them BMW M Motorsport technology at the highest level,” explained Bj\u00f6rn Lellmann, the head of customer racing for BMW M Motorsport, in a statement.<\/p>\n

More details about BMW’s next track-going 2 Series will emerge in the coming months, and the coupe will make its racing debut in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The entry point into BMW’s range of M-branded coupes will soon become an attractive entry point into the world of racing. The German brand previewed a track-only evolution of the 2 Series that will bundle race-ready equipment into a relatively affordable package. BMW M Motorsport is currently developing the car, whose name hasn’t been publicly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":76015,"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-76014","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\/76014","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/76015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}