BMW, it seems, has kept one more card up its sleeve for the current M2. According to a well-known BimmerPost forum member going by ynguldyn, one more special coupe variant should arrive before the G87 generation wraps up production. For now, it's just a rumor: BMW hasn't announced anything, and the CSL badge, a CS xDrive designation, and a manual gearbox remain guesses from journalists and fans of the brand.
There's genuine room for BMW to complicate its lineup further. The current M2 CS makes 530 hp and 650 Nm — 50 hp more than the standard M2 — and carbon fiber helped shave off roughly 30 kg. It stays rear-wheel drive and comes exclusively with an eight-speed automatic. In Germany, the limited run is priced at 115,000 euros.
Since June, BMW has also offered a fundamentally different M2 — the first-ever all-wheel-drive M xDrive. Its three-liter inline-six makes 480 hp and 600 Nm, and the coupe sprints to 100 km/h in 3.7 seconds.
German pricing starts at 81,300 euros. So the technical foundation for a potential CS xDrive already exists — though BMW hasn't said a word about actually developing one. The other scenario is an M2 CSL. In that case, expect less of a power bump and more serious weight-cutting with an even harder track-focused setup.
The current CS already hits 302 km/h and laps the Nürburgring in 7 minutes 25.5 seconds. A follow-up would need to pull well clear of that to justify the more extreme badge. There's also a rarer possibility — a final rear-wheel-drive M2 with a six-speed manual. The standard M2 still offers that gearbox, while the CS and xDrive are automatic-only.
There's no confirmation of a dedicated “manual” special edition. According to the same ynguldyn, current G87 production is slated to run until July 2029 — a timeline BMW hasn't confirmed. If that's accurate, the brand has plenty of time left for one more limited run. But calling it an M2 CSL today would be premature.
