BMW M2 CS SHATTERS NüRBURGRING RECORD - COMPACT IN SIZE, COLOSSAL IN SPEED
BMW just reminded everyone why the M badge still carries serious weight. The new M2 CS has stormed the Nordschleife - aka the Green Hell - with a savage 7:25.5 lap time, rewriting the record books for compact cars and flexing BMW M's motorsport muscle in a way few saw coming. Piloted by BMW M development guru Jörg Weidinger, this stealth missile knocked a full eight seconds off the previous class best, and a massive 13 seconds quicker than the old M2 benchmark. That's not just quick - it's a mic-drop moment for compact performance cars. Suddenly, anything slower looks like it’s standing still. Forget “baby M car” - the M2 CS is all grown up, ripped, and ready for war. Packing 390 kW and 650 Nm from its straight-six M TwinPower Turbo, this rear-wheel-drive rocket fires through an 8-speed M Steptronic ‘box, hitting corners like it owes them money. BMW’s also put it on a serious weight-loss programme. Thanks to generous lashings of carbon fibre-reinforced plastic (CFRP) - including the roof, bonnet, front splitter, rear diffuser, and centre console - it drops 30 kg over the standard M2. That may not sound like much until you’re hunting apexes at 250+ on one of the world’s most punishing circuits. From its adaptive M suspension, M compound brakes, and bespoke engine mounts, to those forged M wheels hugging the tarmac - every part of the M2 CS is engineered to slice milliseconds off your lap time and make you grin like an idiot on the school run. This car isn’t just quick - it’s focused, ferocious, and utterly addictive.
It's 7:25.5 time around the 20.8 km Nürburgring-Nordschleife puts it in the same league as much pricier metal. Just for context, it’s just seconds off the M4 CS, M3 CS, and M4 CSL - the latter being the fastest BMW production car ever at 7:18.137. Not bad for the smallest M car in the lineup. The Nürburgring isn’t just a racetrack, though; it’s where performance legends are born - and buried. Dubbed the Green Hell by Jackie Stewart himself, it throws 70+ corners at you over nearly 21km of rollercoaster tarmac. And BMW M knows it intimately. With a 25-year relationship with the ‘Ring - from the M Test Centre and M Power Grandstand, to countless 24H race wins and high-speed product development - the Nordschleife is more than just a test venue. It’s home. It’s tradition. It’s the M Division’s heartbeat. Built at BMW’s plant in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, the new BMW M2 CS will launch as a limited edition model, priced at €115,000 (roughly R2,380,000) in Germany and set to hit roads in late summer 2025. And you better believe it’s going to sell out before you finish this sentence. It’s compact. It’s carbon-clad. It’s Nürburgring-certified. And now, it’s the new king of the compact class.
"The BMW M2 CS has achieved a significant milestone with its lap time of 7:25.5 minutes on the Nordschleife, showcasing the potential for combining performance, technology and exceptional driving dynamics into a single vehicle," stated Franciscus van Meel, the Managing Director of BMW M GmbH. “We are proud that the M2 CS has once again set a new benchmark in the compact car class with this lap time.”Take a look at the YouTube video that shows off just how rapid the new BMW M2 CS is when you put the right driver behind the wheel - this thing just set a class record, but did you honestly expect any less from the coolest M Car ever made?: THE M2 CS. Record Lap Nürburgring Nordschleife. | BMW M
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