Frank van meel, CEO of BMW M department, confirmed in an interview with BIMMER today that M2 is the last m power performance car in the era of internal combustion engine. "The rear drive M2 equipped with a straight six engine is a pure driver's car. Electrification is spreading to other models in different ways. At least it is a 48 volt light hybrid, then a hybrid, and then a pure electric drive."
"From this point of view, the (New) m2 is the last pure blood fuel vehicle of the M series. It does not contain any electric drive components, nor does it even have a 48 volt light hybrid. I am sure," Frank said.
Considering that M2 also provides hand-held transformers that are becoming increasingly rare today, plus 100% pure blood fuel vehicles, it is simply the best choice for m power fundamentalists. If you miss this village, you won't have this store.
M2 is scheduled to be mass produced in BMW's Mexico factory at the end of the year. Before that, there is the M3 big ass travel version that appeared on the 23rd of this month (the following are folk renderings):
If I4 M50 is not included, the first model of M Series in the era of electrification is BMW XM, which is also scheduled to be mass produced at the end of the year to witness the advent of the era of electrification with m2.
XM is driven by a complex hybrid system. The core of XM is a 4.4-liter dual turbine eight cylinder gasoline engine with 48 V ISG light hybrid, and it also has a pure electric mileage of 80 km (meeting the conditions of the green brand). At present, it is not clear whether this system is self generating hybrid or plug-in hybrid. It can only be inferred from a few words disclosed by several car reviewers in the prototype car experience report that plug-in hybrid is more likely. This hybrid system will be distributed to the new M5 or even X5M in the future.
