BMW M2 Competition

The BMW M2 Competition was unveiled at the 2018 Beijing Auto Show and replaced the standard M2 Coupé as a more powerful variant. Production began in July 2018, with deliveries starting in early 2019.

The M2 Competition uses the BMW M GmbH S55 engine, a high-performance variant of the N55 engine, which has been detuned from its version used in the F80 M3 and F82 M4. The decision to use the S55 engine resulted from Europe’s adoption of the Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicles Test Procedure (WLTP) as the official procedure for measuring vehicle emissions, which meant that the standard M2's N55 engine no longer complied with European emissions standards. Compared to the N55 engine found in the standard M2, the S55 features a closed-deck engine block, a lightweight crankshaft, different crankshaft bearings, reinforced pistons and connecting rods, different springs and valve materials, twin turbos, twin fuel pumps, an active exhaust system, a revised cooling system, and intercoolers. The engine also features a redesigned oil supply system, a modified cooling system, and electronic locking differential components adapted from the BMW M4 Competition Package. It also includes a gasoline particulate filter in certain European Union countries to reduce emissions. Compared to the standard M2, the S55 produces an…