The BMW M2 may be the most feared of track days thanks to the new M Performance Track Kit

The BMW M2 is a tremendously fun “toy” that can be enjoyed from everyday driving to a good time on a mountain road, although where we can obviously unleash its full potential with total safety is on a circuit. Precisely, taking to the track and taking part in a “track day” is becoming increasingly popular, where you know you only have to concentrate on driving.

BMW is not oblivious to this growing popularity of “track days”, events where their M2 is widely used, and for that reason they want to offer all these customers who use the family’s smallest BMW M a definitive package to get the most out of it. This is the M Performance Track Kit, an upgrade package designed by the specialists at M Performance that lets you go one step further in configuring your M2, raising its sporting performance on the circuit.

With the M Performance Track Kit, BMW has begun by giving the M2 greater composure and aerodynamic downforce, essential for greater control of the vehicle at high speeds or in fast corners. To achieve this, the kit includes a front splitter that can be manually adjusted and deployed for track use, as well as a deflector located under the oil cooler and non-adjustable wheel arch fins located at the wheel openings. BMW states that the combined use of these elements significantly improves downforce and grip in corners.

But this doesn’t end here, at least as far as aerodynamics are concerned, since BMW has prepared for the M2 a “swan neck” rear wing similar to the one used on the M4 GT4 and M3 GT3 competition models for customers. This wing incorporates what is called “Race Mode”, in which it is moved back 50 mm to notably increase its aerodynamic efficiency, while on the opposite side we have “Street Mode” for open-road driving, in which it is fully retracted and complies with homologation regulations. It allows other adjustments such as the angle of attack, thus maximizing the load on the rear axle depending on the characteristics of the circuit we are on and, as an eye-catching detail, the wing itself includes an integrated brake light.

Another change that cannot be missing to get the most out of the circuit is the damping system, which has the special feature of being specific to competition while also being homologated for road use. This system involves the installation of threaded suspension with rebound and compression adjustment in 4 ways, as well as adjustable top mounts, also allowing the body height to be lowered by 20 mm both at the front and rear.

Finally, taking advantage of the announcement of this M Performance Track Kit, BMW also has another announcement to make, concerning the M2 CS, and the most extreme version of the M2 can now also be fitted with the new exhaust line from M Performance, which is eight kilos lighter than the standard one, in addition to featuring several modes that adjust the performance of the exhaust system, increasing the sound it produces in every case. Optionally, trims for the outlets made of titanium or carbon can be fitted.