I’ve long argued that if you want a proper BMW M car, you have to get a special one, like one of its recent string of “CS” cars. The F87-generation BMW M2 didn’t feel quite as good as the 1M it ...

Short for "Competition Sport," CS models are sort of like the "M" cars of "M" cars for BMW enthusiasts. They're faster, lighter, and more extreme versions of the brand's fastest performance cars.

Update: Apparently, BMW just couldn’t help itself. The Bavarian company has released the first official photos of the new M2 CS, slipping them out during the opening of the 2025 Concorso d’Eleganza ...

Beneath the hood, the new CS uses the 3.0-liter twin-turbo inline-six S58 found in the regular M2, but here it makes 523 hp and 479 lb-ft of torque. For comparison, the regular M2 makes 473 hp and 443 ...