Is The BMW M2 Still the Best M Car? Video Review
The BMW M2 is the cheapest and smallest fully-fledged M car in the model range, and it might be the best one.
There’s a lot to be said for a do-everything car. A one-car solution. Scores of enthusiasts all want their daily driver to also be a track car, and a drift car, and a grocery getter, and a road tripper. Very few cars can actually fulfill this mandate, but one gets very close: The updated 473-horsepower 2025 BMW M2. It’s the enthusiast darling.
Uncorrupted by hybridity and all-wheel drive, the M2 is the simplest, most barebones, and cheapest M car you can buy. And I wanted to see if it was the true one-car enthusiast solution, so I reviewed a manual one for our newest video on the Motor1 YouTube channel.
For 2025, the M2 got some updates, most notably a 20-horsepower bump, optional silver wheels, and nine new colors. The interior is now unified with the M3, which has new air vents and ambient lighting, and you get the excellent iDrive 8.5.
Otherwise, it is business as usual inside the M2, which is it say it feels like an M3. At the time of filming, the 2025 M2’s base price was $66,375, but the tariffs have bumped that price to $69,375. Still, it's almost $10,000 cheaper than an M3 with identical hardware, making it a relative bargain.
As far as how it drives and what it’s like to live with, you’ll just have to watch our video. It’s an incredible performance bargain. But is it the perfect one-car solution?
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