The ingredients that make an iconic BMW M car are difficult to precisely define, but the M2 Competition, with the significant revisions that improved it compared to the first M2, comes close to ...

BMW used an F87 BMW M2 as an electric powertrain testbed, and we likely saw it on public roads without even noticing.

Using the F87 M2 Competition as its starting point ... and only tends to surface on cars modified to produce considerably more power than BMW intended. The valve cover gasket is also known ...