{"id":84818,"date":"2026-02-08T04:34:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T09:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=84818"},"modified":"2026-02-08T04:34:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T09:34:05","slug":"bmw-brings-m2-cs-to-a-wine-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=84818","title":{"rendered":"BMW Brings The M2 CS To A Wine Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alcohol and driving certainly don\u2019t mix, but BMW had a good reason to bring the M2 CS to Mexico\u2019s Nation of Wines. The hardcore sports coupe is locally produced, so the marketing team couldn\u2019t pass up the opportunity to showcase the G87 in Competition Sport form.<\/p>\n<p>While the M2 CS wasn\u2019t used to shuttle people around, its static display served as a reminder that BMW builds the car at the San Luis Potos\u00ed plant. For the second consecutive year, the luxury automaker was named the official vehicle partner of the event. As fun as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2026\/01\/25\/bmw-m2-cs-the-crew-motorfest-video-game-debut\/\">M2 CS<\/a> may be, it\u2019s hardly ideal for rear-seat comfort. Instead, guests were transported in larger vehicles with more generous back seats: the X3 M50, M5, and 750e.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the M2 CS, several other models were displayed throughout the event. BMW cited the iX xDrive45 and X7 M60 as among its \u201cmost representative models.\u201d However, the former is not long for this world, as we understand there won\u2019t be a second generation. Instead, the polarizing electric SUV will be indirectly replaced by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2025\/10\/18\/bmw-ix5-electric-suv-foggy-day-spy-video\/\">iX5<\/a> later this year. However, the iX won\u2019t be retired immediately; production is expected to continue until mid-2028.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BMW-at-2026-Nation-of-Wines-8.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-510369\" title=\"BMW AT 2026 NATION OF WINES 8\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BMW-at-2026-Nation-of-Wines-8-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"BMW AT 2026 NATION OF WINES 8\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BMW-at-2026-Nation-of-Wines-8-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BMW-at-2026-Nation-of-Wines-8-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BMW-at-2026-Nation-of-Wines-8-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BMW-at-2026-Nation-of-Wines-8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BMW-at-2026-Nation-of-Wines-8.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>BMW will take a different approach with the X7, as the full-size SUV has a bright future ahead. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2026\/01\/29\/2027-bmw-x7-two-tone-color-planned\/\">second-generation model<\/a> is due next year, including an all-electric iX7. That EV variant will effectively render the iX obsolete, especially since the iX5 and iX7 will be Neue Klasse models. With next-generation batteries, motors, and an 800-volt electrical architecture, the new electric SUVs will have better technical specifications.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Nation of Wines 2026 event also gave BMW a platform to promote its \u201cPower of Choice\u201d ethos. The lineup underscored the breadth of the brand\u2019s drivetrain offerings, spanning gasoline, plug-in hybrid, and fully electric models. There were no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2025\/07\/23\/2026-bmw-x5-shadow-edition-australia\/\">diesel-powered cars<\/a> on display simply because BMW Mexico doesn\u2019t sell any. Diesel engines, however, will remain available in Europe and other markets for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s more exciting news coming out of Mexico later this year. The already announced M2 Track Package is on the way, and we strongly believe an M2 xDrive will also debut in 2026. Looking further ahead, BMW hasn\u2019t ruled out an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2025\/06\/19\/bmw-does-not-rule-out-m2-csl\/\">M2 CSL<\/a>, but even if it gets the green light, the extreme G87 likely won\u2019t arrive until 2027 or 2028. The Mexican-built M2 is reportedly set to remain in production until mid-2029.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alcohol and driving certainly don\u2019t mix, but BMW had a good reason to bring the M2 CS to Mexico\u2019s Nation of Wines. The hardcore sports coupe is locally produced, so the marketing team couldn\u2019t pass up the opportunity to showcase the G87 in Competition Sport form. While the M2 CS wasn\u2019t used to shuttle people [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84819,"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-84818","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\/84818","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=84818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/84819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}