If you鈥檙e into manual transmissions and BMW heritage, this next one鈥檚 for you. BMW is cooking up a limited-run M2 Coupe just for the US 鈥 and it鈥檚 strictly manual only. No automatic option.
They call it the Turbo Design Edition, and it鈥檚 got serious throwback vibes. The body鈥檚 in Alpine White, with hand-painted BMW M stripes on the hood and trunk. The roof gets stripes too, and the power dome (that bulge on the hood) gets a black treatment with the reversed 鈥淭urbo鈥 script 鈥 just like the original 2002 Turbo.
Under the hood, nothing changes from the regular M2. It still runs BMW鈥檚 3.0-litre straight six 鈥 467 bhp and 406 lb-ft 鈥 and delivers 0 to 60 in about 4.1 seconds. Top speed is 155 mph unless you add the M Driver鈥檚 Pack, which nudges it to 177 mph.
The inside gets touches that match the exterior flair: carbon trim, 鈥淭urbo鈥 badging, bucket seats, and a heads-up display. Of course, it鈥檚 still got the six-speed manual. No paddle shifters here.
Price starts at USD 82,900, plus roughly USD 1,175 for delivery. As with most special editions, BMW isn鈥檛 saying exactly how many they鈥檒l build.
This is going to be a collector鈥檚 toy for the driving purists 鈥 a full-on homage to BMW鈥檚 past, but with modern muscle.
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