MotoTrend Names BMW M2 2024 Performance Vehicle of the Year

The 2024 BMW M2 is everything enthusiasts want across
design, performance, value, and driver engagement

LOS ANGELES, CA – July 15, 2024 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – MotorTrend announced today the BMW M2 has been named the 2024 MotorTrend Performance Vehicle of the Year. After undergoing extensive testing and competing against an impressive list of candidates, MotorTrend’s expert team concluded that the 2024 BMW M2 is the winner of the Golden Calipers because it offers enthusiasts everything they desire from a sports car. The BMW M2 has a powerful yet efficient twin-turbo engine, a standard manual transmission or no-cost automatic, room for four (and their things), and world-beating performance at a bargain price for the segment.

“We added our Performance Vehicle of the Year award three years ago to speak to an enthusiast audience amid a changing automotive landscape,” said MotorTrend Group head of editorial Ed Loh. “Enthusiasts are a discerning group with a lot of knowledge and very specific parameters for what they want in a performance car. We feel the BMW M2 fulfils everything one could want in a performance vehicle for 2024. It’s well-balanced, engaging, has great value, and is exhilarating to drive.”

Each contender for the Performance Vehicle Car of the Year competes against MotorTrend’s expert criteria: Advancement in Design, Engineering Excellence, Performance of Intended Function, Value, Efficiency, and Driver Confidence and Engagement. The BMW M2 exceeded the standards in its base form versus a field containing a broad range of machinery such as the fully loaded top-spec Ford Mustang Dark Horse and the half-million-dollar Ferrari 296 GTB.

The BMW M2 joins an esteemed list of winners alongside the 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 and the 2022 Porsche 911 GT3. For a more in-depth analysis of why the BMW M2 was named 2024 Performance Vehicle of the Year, please visit MotorTrend’s Performance Vehicle of the Year award story  https://www.motortrend.com/news/bmw-m2-2024-performance-vehicle-of-the-year/

Among the highlights of the BMW M2 is an engine shared with the M3/M4, an almost certainly underrated 3.0-liter twin-turbo I-6 making 453 horsepower and 406 lb-ft of torque, up 9 horsepower from the top-of-the-line last-generation M2 CS. In MotorTrend testing, the new M2 is quicker than both the old M2 CS and the current M4, with the automatic M2 ripping from 0–60 mph in 3.5 seconds and through the quarter mile in 11.8 seconds at 120.2 mph. The manual trails only slightly behind at an impressive 3.8 seconds from 0–60 and 12.2 seconds at 118.7 mph through the quarter mile. The M2 also feels infinitely customizable, featuring 10 different traction control settings, three stability control modes, and three transmission firmness options for the automatic (or on/off for the auto rev-matching feature with the manual), plus adjustable steering, suspension, powertrain response and more. Pricing starts at $64,195, keeping in mind that equivalent vehicles sticker for at least $10,000 more than the M2’s starting price.

Becoming the MotorTrend Car, Truck, SUV, or Performance Vehicle of the Year is a crowning achievement in the automotive world, a testament to these awards’ unparalleled prestige and long-standing tradition. MotorTrend stands alone in its commitment to exhaustively evaluate and track-test vehicles for these coveted honors, a practice upheld with dedication since the Car of the Year award’s inception in 1949. The Truck of the Year award was added in 1978, SUV of the Year in 1999, and Performance Vehicle of the Year in 2022 in recognition of an ever-evolving market. MotorTrend’s iconic Golden Calipers trophy symbolizes excellence and serves as a powerful marketing tool, a testament to the awards’ impact on the automotive industry and consumers.

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