BMW M2 M Performance Track Kit: price, Nürburgring lap time and what's included

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The BMW M2 fitted with the M Performance Track Kit has set a verified time around the Nürburgring Nordschleife — 7:25.068. And the figure isn’t the whole story: the coupe came out half a second quicker than the BMW M2 CS, yet this isn’t a new special edition, just a standard car wearing a factory track package. TÜV Rheinland certified the 22 May run, and conditions were far from ideal — high air and asphalt temperatures, plus traces of oil in the T13 section, made the attempt harder.

The decisive factor wasn’t extra power but the chassis and aerodynamics. The M Performance Track Kit includes an adjustable front splitter, aerodynamic flicks, a swan-neck rear wing with manual adjustment and a dedicated Race Mode, and a coilover suspension with motorsport-grade dampers — the first such setup to keep road approval.

BMW M engineers handled the tuning, the aerodynamics were honed in BMW’s own wind tunnel, and the overall development was led by Jörg Weidinger, BMW M test driver and chassis engineer. As Jonas Krauss, head of product management for BMW M Performance Parts, put it: “The new M Performance Track Kit offers the trackday community uncompromising performance, perfectly tailored to the BMW M2.”

The package is already going on sale in Germany, priced at €23,500 before taxes and installation. Its carbon swan-neck wing is borrowed from the M4 race cars, the dampers gain four-way rebound and compression adjustment, and ride height drops by up to 20 mm at both axles. The aero elements can only be fully deployed on track — on the road they stay locked in their standard position.

For a buyer, the point of such a package is that the M2 moves closer to a club-level track car without turning into something fit only for a trailer and the pit lane. That’s the key difference from third-party tuning: factory components, road approval and clear engineering logic tend to protect resale value better than a bundle of mismatched mods.

If it reaches a given market, this version won’t compete with ordinary sports coupes but with the Porsche 718 Cayman, Toyota GR Supra, Audi RS3 and used BMW M3/M4. The cut-off price is unforgiving, though: once the cost creeps toward the senior M models, the record-setting Track Kit becomes an argument only for those who actually drive on track, not for anyone just buying a pretty wing.