The caller BMW M2 CS is now officially nan fastest compact car connected nan Nürburgring Nordschleife track, pinch Jörg Weidinger completing a thigh of nan 20.832km circuit successful nether 7:30 minutes – a milestone for compact high-performance sports cars
The caller exemplary BMW M2 CS has group a caller fastest clip connected nan Nordschleife racetrack of nan Nürburgring. Driven by BMW M improvement technologist Jörg Weidinger, nan M2 CS completed nan 20.823-kilometre Nürburgring-Nordschleife circuit successful 7:25.5 minutes connected 11th April 2025, beating nan erstwhile champion clip for compact cars by 8 seconds.
The 530 hp car achieved nan awesome clip astir nan 70+ bends of nan way acknowledgment to nan accomplishment of Weidinger, aided by nan car’s model-specific motor mounts, adaptive M suspension, and nan M compound brake system. The BMW M2 CS is nan lightest exemplary of nan existent M2 procreation acknowledgment to lightweight construction, including a ample number of exterior and interior components made of c fibre-reinforced integrative (CFRP), which reduces its weight by astir 30kg.
The erstwhile champion clip for a BMW M2 exemplary was besides group by Weidinger, successful April 2023, erstwhile he completed nan people successful 7:38.7 minutes. Two years later, he hit this clip by 13 seconds, breaking nan people grounds of 7:30 minutes for nan first time, which he has now taken down to 7:25.5 minutes. For comparison, nan BMW M4 CSL besides holds nan champion thigh clip ever recorded for a BMW Group accumulation car, astatine 7:18.137 minutes.
“The BMW M2 CS has achieved a important milestone pinch its thigh clip of 7:25.5 minutes connected nan Nordschleife, showcasing nan imaginable for combining performance, exertion and exceptional driving dynamics into a azygous vehicle,” stated Franciscus van Meel, managing head of BMW M GmbH. “We are proud that nan M2 CS has erstwhile again group a caller benchmark successful nan compact car people pinch this thigh time.”
The BMW M2 CS is simply a limited-edition exemplary pinch a marketplace motorboat planned for precocious summertime 2025, priced astatine 115,000 Euros successful Germany. The exemplary will beryllium manufactured astatine nan BMW Group works successful San Luis Potosí, Mexico.