BMW M2 News

Sports car icon levels up with big performance boost: Special 2025 BMW M2 CS confirmed for Australia to battle Audi RS3, Mercedes-AMG A45 and Porsche Cayman 718
By Samuel Irvine · 28 May 2025
BMW is launching the M2 CS in Australia later this year, bringing with it improved performance and a more striking design.
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Andrew Chesterton's Top 5 cars of 2023: From madhouse McLarens to cheap Chinese electric cars
By Andrew Chesterton · 28 Dec 2023
Well, that was quite the new-car year, wasn’t it? The wave of electrification continued to wash over the automotive world, China staked its claim a force to be reckoned with when it comes to EVs, and — on the opposite side of the coin — our favourite supercar makers kept churning out the petrol-burning hits.
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Subaru WRX, Porsche 911, Ford Mustang... the shrinking list of cars with manuals left in Australia | Opinion
By Laura Berry · 26 Mar 2023
Manual gearboxes are being killed off by the soulless, unromantic savages who want a car with an automatic transmission. Which is nearly everybody. So, the car manufacturers are making hardly any manual cars now. But for the few beacons of hope trying to save this rare animal from extinction we’ve made a list of new cars still with manuals that are for sale in Australia. But for how much longer?
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BMW Australia preparing for a spicy 2023 with new M cars coming
By Chris Thompson · 16 Jan 2023
BMW Australia is preparing for three new M Cars to land in the first quarter of the year, with the brand’s performance arm likely to increase its market presence in Australia in 2023.
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BMW M Performance Parts for the new BMW M2
By James Cleary · 01 Nov 2022
The new BMW M2 is coming to Australia in the first half of 2023, and the factory in Munich has announced a range of 'M Performance Parts' for those wanting a more hardcore and individual experience.
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Stick it to them! The battle for the BMW M2 Coupe to keep the manual transmission, but for how long?
By Byron Mathioudakis · 27 Oct 2022
BMW has revealed that factions both within and outside of the company fought hard to maintain a manual transmission option in its best-selling M2 Coupe.
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More power, more gear and a higher price! 2023 BMW M2 Coupe gets M4 powertrain tech and keeps rear-drive thrills
By Tim Nicholson · 12 Oct 2022
BMW has lifted the lid on its new-generation M2 sports coupe, and it gets an extra dollop of power over the old model, as well as a higher price.The original M2's combination of rear-wheel drive dynamics, punchy powertrain and lightweight thrills ensured
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Like a sieve! BMW cannot keep a lid on details of its all-new 2023 M2 sports car
By Tung Nguyen · 27 Sep 2022
It has been a terrible week for BMW as leaks of its hotly-anticipated M2 have popped up all over the internet.First, the exterior design was plastered all over the Bimmerpost forum, outing the aesthetics of the two-door sports car well ahead of its planne
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2023 BMW M2: Timing, price, performance and everything we know so far about the Audi RS3 and Mercedes-AMG CLA 45 S competitor
By James Cleary · 28 Aug 2022
In less than two months BMW is scheduled to pull the covers off the 2023 BMW M2; likely the famous Bavarian brand’s last ‘pure’ combustion M performance car.
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2022 BMW M2: How much power will Australia's newest Audi RS3 and Mercedes-AMG CLA 45 S rival pack into its rear-drive package?
By Stephen Ottley · 26 Oct 2021
BMW's all-new M2 won't need a 'drift mode' because it will be rear-wheel drive.While its direct rivals, the new Audi RS3 sedan and Mercedes-AMG CLA 45S, use all-wheel drive to help tame ever-increasing levels of power, BMW will stick with sending all of i
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