Kind of cool, but that's a lot of coin. At least you get "hand-painted stripes" instead of decals (and I'm not being snarky).
I'm sure they'll sell every one of them, and probably with a healthy adjusted dealer markup.
Photography courtesy BMW
BMW loves to pay homage to the Bimmers of old, and its latest special-edition M2 is no different.
The 2026 M2 “Turbo Design Edition,” which debuted at this past weekend’s Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta, takes inspiration from the 2002 Turbo–most prominently with the iconic reversed “Turbo” script on the hood.
Hand-painted M stripes on the hood and trunk lid further accentuate the model, which is available exclusively in Alpine White.
BMW also fit a carbon fiber rear spoiler, Style 930M wheels in black–with style 1000M wheels in matte gold bronze available as an optional extra–and unique Turbo badging.
Inside, you’ll only find a single choice for the transmission, a six-speed manual gearbox, though you’ll also be treated to more Turbo badging as well as a heated Alcantara steering wheel, carbon fiber trim and heads-up display.
As for performance, expect a similar experience to the “standard” M2: 473 horsepower and 406 lb.-ft. of torque. (Of note: The eight-speed auto, not available on the Turbo Design, does bump the M2’s torque output to 443 lb.-ft.)
Unlike the standard model that starts at $64,900, the Turbo Design Edition carries an MSRP of $82,900, and that’s before the optional M Carbon bucket seats ($4500), M Driver’s Package ($2500) and the aforementioned 1000M matte gold bronze wheels ($6266).
BMW says the Turbo Design will be built in “extremely limited numbers,” with deliveries expected in early spring of next year.
Kind of cool, but that's a lot of coin. At least you get "hand-painted stripes" instead of decals (and I'm not being snarky).
I'm sure they'll sell every one of them, and probably with a healthy adjusted dealer markup.
Coniglio Rampante said:I'm sure they'll sell every one of them, and probably with a healthy adjusted dealer markup.
I don't doubt that at all.
FWIW, the current M3 Competition starts at $82,600. That's $300 less than the M2 Turbo Design.
It's weird that the M2 exists at all, since it's basically just a smaller remix of the M4. I mean, I love that BMW gets away with it, and both of them are great cars, but ultimately they're both S58-powered two door sports coupes in the $80-90,000 range and not many companies could pull off selling two models so similar to each other.
Every M2 I've driven really outperformed its quoted numbers, which is kind of a BMW thing anyway, so I guess I wasn't completely surprised. They're super driver-friendly.
No real interest in any of the modern BMW stuff, but I do appreciate that they included the politically-incorrect mirrored "turbo" script (it was intended to intimidate people out of the left lane of the autobahn - BMW removed it from the original after some public outcry about the antisocial and aggressive nature of it, so the story goes).
02Pilot said:No real interest in any of the modern BMW stuff, but I do appreciate that they included the politically-incorrect mirrored "turbo" script (it was intended to intimidate people out of the left lane of the autobahn - BMW removed it from the original after some public outcry about the antisocial and aggressive nature of it, so the story goes).
And yet, it still has turn signals.
As much as it costs, the new one is still less expensive than the old one. Those are averaging about $120K.
TravisTheHuman said:02Pilot said:No real interest in any of the modern BMW stuff, but I do appreciate that they included the politically-incorrect mirrored "turbo" script (it was intended to intimidate people out of the left lane of the autobahn - BMW removed it from the original after some public outcry about the antisocial and aggressive nature of it, so the story goes).
And yet, it still has turn signals.
Yes, well, you want the left one on constantly in the left lane of the autobahn; the right one is only there to avoid unpleasant visual asymmetry. In the US, of course, they're only there due to regulations; no one seriously expects them to be used.
I was trying to generate and AI of this with a Hulk Hogan mustache on it. Failed with the time I had available....
New BMW models just keep getting uglier and uglier. Wonder if critics of the Bangle era cars would have been so critical of those had they known what was coming?
In reply to wspohn :
The front end gives Bavarian Dodge Nitro vibes.
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