CAR magazine UK compares the new BMW M2 with the Honda Civic Type R and Porsche 718 Cayman GTS 4.0
► Three of the best battle it out
Cox is having none of it. Dark matter, like sand, cannot wish for anything. Its elusiveness is not deliberate because dark matter lacks consciousness. It therefore also lacks the means to be evil. It is 1887mm wide, weighs 1775kg with the six-speed manual gearbox and runs 0-62mph in 4.3 seconds . The 503bhp M4 is the same width, the same weight , sits on the same Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tyres and runs 0-62mph in 3.9sec thanks to the same engine in a higher state of tune. Similar sand.
This, in a way, is BMW as it’s always been – certainly as it’s been when it’s been on form. Think 1800Ti , 2002 Turbo, E30 M3. Is their exploitable balance not a product of their timeless front-engined, rear-drive layout, a configuration more conducive to this most indulgent style of driving than any other?
More rigid of body, longer in the wheelbase and considerably more expensive than the superb FK8 Type R it replaced, nothing better exemplifies the FL5’s dedication to marginal gains like its drive-modes menu. Previously you couldn’t mix compliant damping with, say, the sportier powertrain settings. Now you can. So I do, then start the engine, grab first and race up the road at the head of a slo-mo comet’s tail of dust.
But the Honda’s gearbox is better than the BMW’s , as are the steering and the brakes . The chassis also runs the Porsche close on all the good stuff; composure, communication, grip and control, certainly at sane road speeds. I make sure all our testers drive the M2 before they drive the Cayman, the better to leave their response to the brawny Bavarian uncorrupted. But drive the GTS they inevitably must, and one by one they all experience the same thing: a humbling reminder of the Porsche’s class.
And while the BMW’s engine sounds pretty good, its six-cylinder high notes underscored by the dull thud of discharged pressure, the high-rpm boxer soundtrack is enough to justify the car’s asking price almost single-handedly.
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