If you know your BMWs, you know the M2 isn’t built at the Munich plant. Codenamed G87, the rear-wheel-drive coupe is exclusively assembled in Mexico at the San Luis Potosi site. Nevertheless, this Gymkhana-style video was filmed inside the historic factory, where the luxury brand has been producing cars for many decades.
The latest project from the talented Red Bull Driftbrothers is a tire-shredding smoke machine with an exhaust mounted just below the roof. It follows their wicked M4 built in 2021 for the Drift Masters European Championship. Elias Hountondji calls it the “Ultimate Drift Machine,” a not-so-subtle nod to BMW’s iconic “Ultimate Driving Machine” slogan.
This bonkers M2 is a single-seater drifting beast that barely squeezes between all the robots and car bodies inside the Munich factory. The drone footage is nothing short of spectacular, especially the sequence where the camera flies through the car mid-drift. We reckon the late Ken Block would’ve had high praise for this marketing stunt.
Although we see the car in action, Elias says it’s still a work in progress, with development not yet complete. He’s confident the tail-happy M2 will be ready in time for next year’s Drift Masters European Championship. Beyond the top-exit quad exhaust tips, the baby M flaunts a beefy body kit with wider fenders and a rear wing perched above a trunk lid spoiler.
The massive hood bulge hints at serious engine upgrades. It still uses the road-going M2’s twin-turbo 3.0-liter inline-six, but output has more than doubled. While an M2 CS is rated at 523 horsepower, this one-off M2 Drift Competition unleashes an outrageous 1,085 hp.
Torque has nearly doubled as well, jumping from 479 lb-ft (650 Nm) to a mountain-moving 922 lb-ft (1,250 Nm). For obvious reasons, everything goes to the rear axle. However, reports suggest BMW could launch an M2 with xDrive as early as next year. If that happens, logic tells us it’ll come only with an automatic transmission.
Meanwhile, the Red Bull Driftbrothers are teaming up with the BMW M Academy to modify cars for easier drifting so participants can learn proper slide control. Naturally, these cars won’t be as wild as the one-off M2 but will get several tweaks to make drifting more accessible. BMW charges €490 for a half-day course, rising to €1,490 for the full experience, which includes taxi laps in the M4 with Elias.
Here’s an interesting fact about the factory where this video was shot: it won’t be building combustion-engine cars for much longer. Starting at the end of 2027, the Munich site will assemble only electric vehicles, becoming the first existing factory in BMW’s production network to make a full transition to EVs.
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