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Attend pretty much any track day in the UK and you\u2019re almost guaranteed to see a BMW M2 of some vintage there. Good out of the box, relatively easily made even better, and liveable enough for the drive home, they\u2019ve become a popular track tool of late. BMW, having cottoned on to the situation (we’ll assume it’s also a thing in Germany), has decided it wants a bigger slice of the modified M2 pie: ergo the new M Performance Track Kit.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As the name suggests, it promises \u2018even sharper handling and performance on the race track\u2019 thanks to new features like the adjustable front splitter, \u2018wheelarch diffusers\u2019, front flics and spectacular swan neck rear wing. Usually when manufacturers suggest a part is borrowed from motorsport, it tends to be a term used quite creatively – but when BMW says here the spoiler is used \u2018on the M4 GT4 and M4 GT3 customer sport models\u2019, that sounds very believable, even with a brake light included.<\/p>\n
As you can see, it\u2019s enormous. A Race Mode can move it 50mm further back for even better downforce, while the restricted Street Mode keeps a Track Packed M2 compliant with German Road Traffic Licensing Regulation (StVZO). That\u2019s probably what you call serious fun. The attack angle can also be adjusted, so best pack your Allen keys.<\/p>\n
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New suspension is also a feature of this M2 package, BMW claiming that what it\u2019s offering here is the \u2018first special motorsport damper system to also be road-legal.\u2019 Some others would surely contest that claim, but it sounds trick alright: four-way adjustable (low-speed and high-speed compression and rebound), adjustable support bearings, and 20mm of ride height adjustment. Between the suspension and the aero, you\u2019ll be so busy fiddling at the track day there won\u2019t be time to drive any laps\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
BMW reckons the Track Kit, optimised in the wind tunnel and signed off by its record lap driver Jorg Weidinger<\/a>, is \u2018a truly special achievement that requires the exceptional know-how of a carmaker like BMW\u2019. For the moment, this M2 option has only been confirmed for Germany, where it will be available from July, but given its missive was enthusiastically thrust into our hands by the UK press office, it’s safe to assume wider availability is in the offing. We love a track day and we love an M car, after all. The price over there will be \u20ac23,500, before installation and without what are being called \u2018ultra-track tyres\u2019, so assuming it does come here, that\u2019s got to be at least \u00a325k all in. A lot to spend on what\u2019s a \u00a350k car even secondhand<\/a>, but we all know of track projects that have ended up much more expensive\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n