Oppositelock Review: 2020 BMW M2 Competition

"feather-throttle-not-hair" (feather-throttle-not-hair) 11/21/2019 at 08:58 • Filed to: Review, M2, M2 Competition, Oppositelock reviews

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Disclaimer: I bought this car. I’m far from impartial when it comes right down to it.

Highs: Powertrain, visibility, interior use of space, aggressive styling, handling, size, high quality feel.

Lows: Stiff ride, ho-hum steering feel, expensive to fix, likely expensive to own long term.

I’ve owned this car for a few months now, having bought it to replace my previous daily driver, a Nissan 350Z. I’ve been waiting for the right car to come along for a while now as I’d originally planned on spending a decade in the Z, but due to its reliability, as well as a lack of interest in what was available, I ended up stretching that to around 13 years. Part of me was also keeping the Z around until the Supra came out, which obviously didn’t work out for me.

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When the original M2 was released I was very nearly on board with that car. There wasn’t anything wrong with the engine, but it also wasn’t exceptionally exciting once you looked past the horsepower number (365) and the fact that it came with a manual transmission.

When the M2 Competition came out though, I immediately started lusting after it and a big part of that lust was due to the new engine. Unlike the old N55 powered M2, the S55 powered M2 Competition has an engine that feels special. Both engines are turbocharged units displacing 3.0L, and both do that modern turbocharged thing where the turbo spools quickly and the car feels like it has midrange for days. But the M2 Competition’s S55 does something relatively rare these days for a turbocharged engine: It revs.

I’m 37 years old, so I grew up in the days when turbocharged engines meant that all your power was at the top end. As a child, I’d whistfully dream of getting my hands on an R33 GT-R or a WRX STi (this was the 90's) and revving them out to almost 8,000 RPM while being forced back into my seat by the power of 276 screaming horses. While the engine in the M2 Competition doesn’t quite make it to that magical land of 8,000 RPM, it does rev all the way to 7,600 RPM, which is up quite a bit from the 6,500 or so revs available in the old M2. All while making 405 horsepower and 406 lb-ft of torque.

And while the S55 in the M3/M4 were criticized for just giving owners too much power too soon, BMW did the smart thing when they nerfed the engine for the M2 Competition: they selectively decreased power in certain parts of the powerband, rather than just copying the M3 powerband and making it 10 percent smaller. I’ve not driven an M3 or an M4, but i’m told the M2 Competition makes its power in a much more linear fashion. And to my butt, it feels very linear once you get over the initial turbo surge at low RPM.

All that said, it doesn’t sound great. And in fact, the regular old M2 sounds quite a bit better.

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The gearbox is good, but not as racy and positive feeling as something like a Miata (or indeed a 350Z.) Throws in the M2 are on the long side for a sports car and very few vibrations can be felt through the shifter, it feels refined, low effort and honestly, very similar to every BMW manual i’ve ever driven. I like how it feels, but i’m dinging it a little here for not being just a touch sportier, with shorter throws.

The clutch is light and easy to use, aided by the car’s anti-stall feature. Getting away from a stop requires no gas, as the car will smoothly accelerate on its own, even up a hill, with a minimum of clutch slippage. It’s the kind of feature that would bug me if it weren’t implemented perfectly, which it is. Drive the car normally, ignoring the anti-stall and you’d never know it was there.

Auto-rev matching on the other hand, is obnoxious and I wish I could turn it off without completely disabling the traction control. Try to rev match yourself with the auto-rev matching on and the car will correct you, seeming to say “oh, you poor, poor fool. Here, let me get this for you.” It does make driving easier though, i’ll give it that.

At the end of the day it’s an honest to goodness six-speed manual that doesn’t feel like an afterthought. The pedals are positioned well and while there’s a tiny bit of rev hang (ugh) the transmission is better than most and works extremely well.

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This car has 15-inch front rotors. That’s as big as the wheels on my race car. The front calipers are six piston and painted a subtle tone of light grey, just like the rest of the car. They seem to say “oh....you don’t need to look at me...oh...oh you are? THEN LET ME SHOW YOU MY SIX PISTONS AND HUUUGE ROTORS HNNNGTRRHH!!!!”

Honestly, they’re too big. That’s a ton of unsprung weight and complete and total overkill for the street. I’m sure they work great on the track, but on the street where I drive all the time, they’re grabby and squeaky. But if I’m ever feeling insecure, I can just stare at them and know that i’ve fully overcompensated for whatever insecurity I might have.

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I live in Seattle where the streets are not good. They’re both very narrow and very potholey. The good news is that the car is still livable. I’d say it’s just a touch more stiff than the 350Z was suspension wise, so the car definitely lets everyone know when it has encountered a bump, small or otherwise. That said, my complete and total non-car person of a significant other has zero complaints about the ride, so I know its not that bad. But the relatively fancy interior implies a roughly 1.5x more compliant ride than the car actually delivers.

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I haven’t tracked the car or driven it too hard since breaking it in, but i’ve had a couple of brief sideways moments and hit a few on/off ramps with some momentum. And so far, the M2 Competition handles like a dream.

There is much less body roll than what I’m used to after driving the 350Z, despite that car actually feeling like it has a lower center of gravity. The M2C corners flatly and with tons of communication through the chassis (but not necessarily through the steering, I’ll get to that.) Turn in is more immediate than in anything I’ve ever driven and the steering ratio is very very quick while being incredibly accurate. It’s very easy to place this car exactly where you’d like it.

The M2 Competition comes with an “MDM” mode for the traction control, which should let you play with the limits a little bit without intervening. In my experience, it hardly intervenes at all. I’ve had the car pegged at the limiter for more than a split second on several occasions while the car is in MDM mode. I’ve also had it a bit sideways without any intervention. I’m told that it essentially uses the gas pedal as a “confidence meter” meaning that if you’re in it, the car won’t engage any traction or stability control. As soon as you lift, those systems kick in. MDM mode is cool and I like it.

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The steering gets it’s own section because this is my first EPS car. It feels....fine. It’s more communicative than I expected, but it still feels like a step down from the 350Z. If you drive over a rough road in the Z, you’re essentially feeling thousands of tiny little unique bumps through the wheel. Drive that road in the M2 Competition and it feels like you’re hitting the same tiny little bump a thousand times. You still feel them, but the fidelity is lower.

The steering feel is exactly as good as it needs to be to keep me from losing confidence, but it offers nothing beyond that.

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I like how the 2-series looks, it’s clean and functional and sporty without being too sporty. The M2 Competition adds a huge dose of aggressiveness to the design without going full on cartoon.

Unlike the Civic Type R, there’s no giant wing, no hood scoop and a general lack of flashy “look at me” body details. Instead, the M2 just adds big ol fender flares, 19-inch wheels and blacked out body trim.

The overall look is clean, but really nothing to write home about. The boy racer in me wishes the fender flares were less subtle and curved in closer to the wheels, like a 1M, but i’m nitpicking. The car looks good, but not great to my eyes.

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I’m coming from a 350Z, a car with a pretty awful interior, so the M2 Competition interior was bound to feel great to me and it does.

The dashboard material is nice and soft and there’s fuzzy alcantara in places where you’ll touch it semi-regularly, but not so much it’ll wear out. The seats are nicer than the ones in the previous M2 (The M2 Competition gets the M3 seats shod in not-as-nice leather) and there’s orange stitching everywhere, as the only other option was blue stitching. While the blue stitching looks marginally more tasteful than orange, there’s something vaugely “I wear my sunglasses in the club” feeling about blue highlights everywhere to me.

The interior is also nice and spacious feeling. The rear seats are totally usable for anyone under about 5'9". I legitimately fit back there with plenty of leg room. There’s significantly more room in the back than there was in the last Mustang I sat in, and the Mustang is a significantly larger vehicle on the outside.

As a bonus, the car has great visibility out of the driver’s seat.

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I’m not really sure how to judge this, coming from a pretty spartan sports car that’s been my daily for almost a decade and a half. There are no autonomous driving features like adaptive cruise control or lane keep assist or anything. The Instrument cluster features...instrument dials (2 of em!) The front seats are heated but not cooled and there’s no rear windshield wiper.

However, it does come with an infotainment system , which let me remind you, is new to me. It seems to work pretty well, though I’m sure my SiriusXM subscription will run out, just like the Apple CarPlay compatibility (really BMW?) The standard Harmon Kardon sound system is fine, but not really amazing.

My favorite feature so far? The car has a CD player that will rip CD’s to an internal hard drive. Oh yes, I am the coolest kid in 2003.

Oh and it has parking sensors everywhere that blare incessantly at me since I refused to drill holes in my front bumper and stupidly ended up with a plate mount that blocks one of my parking sensors. The headlights also go around corners, but that’s not something I really notice in everyday driving.

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This is a tough one because everyone values things differently. On the one hand the car is $60,000. That’s a lot more than a Mustang GT, which is very close on paper but actually makes more power. On the other hand, boy, does it feel much nicer than a Mustang, as well as much more controllable and playfull. And it costs significantly less than an M3 or an M4. In fact, you’d even have to order the M3/M4 with the competition package to get brakes as big as the M2 Competition or as many heat exchangers; as the M2 Competition comes with an external oil cooler that only comes with the Competition pack on M3/M4s.

I also considered a Cayman (less fast in a straight line, better handling, not as practical) a C7 Grand Sport (much less practical for daily driving, but faster and more serious about performance) and a Supra (No manual, no buy.)

At the end of the day, I kind of wanted something that was halfway between a pony car and a Miata. The modern pony car is fast and practical, but not playful, while the Miata is playful, but not fast or practical. I can’t think of anything else that splits that gap and at the end of the day, i’m planning on owning it for at least another decade, so I splurged a little to get exactly the car I wanted.

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Yeah, but it’s totally rad.

Tim (Fractal Footwork) > feather-throttle-not-hair 11/21/2019 at 09:42

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Welcome to the family! I got mine just over 1 year ago. I’ve done quite a few interior mods, and some small stuff on the outside. Power is in a sweet spot for me and I want to keep this car as long as I can, so I won’t be doing anything  there.

phenotyp > feather-throttle-not-hair 11/21/2019 at 09:47

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Nice writeup!

Do you find the interior kinda claustrophobic? A friend of mine has an M2, and I always feel like I’m just... crowded in there. (I’m 6'1", 165#)

Great color, gorgeous wheels, perfect stance right out of the box.

Does this doodad bother you? It’s been one of my biggest gripes about BMWs of late. Tacked-on plastic.

phenotyp > feather-throttle-not-hair 11/21/2019 at 09:47

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Nice writeup!

Do you find the interior kinda claustrophobic? A friend of mine has an M2, and I always feel like I’m just... crowded in there. (I’m 6'1", 165#)

Great color, gorgeous wheels, perfect stance right out of the box.

Does this doodad bother you? It’s been one of my biggest gripes about BMWs of late. Tacked-on plastic.

phenotyp > Tim (Fractal Footwork) 11/21/2019 at 09:55

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Long time no see!

CompactLuxuryFan > feather-throttle-not-hair 11/21/2019 at 10:11

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Nice write-up! Sounds like you made the right choice. The M2 is shockingly affordable because there aren’t any options to balloon the price . I considered getting one but decided I don’t do enough “sporty” driving to justify it. Then I was looking at one the other day and noticed how massive the front brakes are and I knew I made the right choice for me :)

Vicente Esteve > feather-throttle-not-hair 11/21/2019 at 10:19

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Great review of a even greater car. Anyone angry the Supra isn’t what it once was, this is as close as it gets. I’ve had the pleasure of driving a DCT and my god is it a weapon.

Enjoy it!

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > phenotyp 11/21/2019 at 10:57

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Holy crap, you’re skinny. I’m as tall as you, but 225 (need to get to 210).

Since the fender “vent” is an ///M signature since the E46 , what would you rather see there? Or better back to “clean” like the OG M3?

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > feather-throttle-not-hair 11/21/2019 at 10:59

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Love it. Did you drive a first-gen M2? If so, other than the “normal” engine, any other low points compared to yours? I’m a fan of depreciation, you see...

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 11/21/2019 at 11:34

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Lol well im the same height but another 10 pounds lighter 

phenotyp > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 11/21/2019 at 11:38

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Would rather see something that was at least pretending to be functional. I like the anchor of the hook— it mades sense on an E46, where it was actually a vent, wasn’t it? It makes sense, aesthetically, if it’s actually a functional thing. But these trinkets just drive me nuts.

Everything from the F generation on has been festooned with fishing lures.

Like the F10 , or the 4 .

And, uh, being an en domorph— I’m all dark meat. Whether nature or nurture is hard to say. Even when I was in insanely good shape, doing triathalons and lifting all the time, I can’t embiggen. But I could run/bike/swim really far, pretty fast. Not so much anymore.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 11/21/2019 at 11:38

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155?! I can’t even imagine. I’m overweight, but it’s not like I have a huge gut.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > feather-throttle-not-hair 11/21/2019 at 11:38

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You talked about the “expensive to own” portion, what sort of problems have you encountered so far since you didnt go into that? This would definitely be my concern with a car like this. Surprising to me, my 13 year old STi has been deadfast reliable even with putting 40,000 miles on the car that started at 135k. I could only imagine the horrors that could be encountered with doing that on a similarly aged BMW lol.

The 1M is probably one of my favorite cars of all time though so “affordable” alternatives like this seem great to approach some of that specialness after some depreciation some day.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > phenotyp 11/21/2019 at 11:52

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“The E46 M3, for example, has nonfunctional fender vents. The original design was intended to use functional fender vents however the engineering team decided the vents were not needed through testing. The final vehicle design was already approved by the marketing team however and as a result, the fender vents stayed with the design of the vehicle but were made nonfunctional. Since the E46 M3, each subsequent generation M3 has had the fender vents become an iconic design element of the car. The M4, however, does have functional fender vents.”

I like “Bimmerang”, but also do not like them.

Not since I was like 10 have I been in really great physical shape (always a little overweight, and worse than that at the end of college ), but since high school, I’ve always been just naturally big and strong. Not a runner, but I’ll hike a 14er... Need to start lifting again now that my son’s old enough.

phenotyp > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 11/21/2019 at 12:00

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Aw, damn. I haven’t spent any time with E46s, I just assumed they were still honest at that point. In which case I’ll revise my statement: fuck all non-functional trinkets. The Bimmerang in particular. The F10's side glitter could be forgiven if it were a signal repeater or something, but that stupid piece of plastic on the 4 offends my sensi bilities pretty egregiously. 

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > phenotyp 11/21/2019 at 12:04

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Ha! The hole is there, so I think some owners actually do make them “functional” to a point.

I definitely prefer the subtle as hell differentiation of a car like the E39 M5, but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t like the “power bulge” on my E90's hood (and especially what comes with it).

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 11/21/2019 at 12:07

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I mean through most of college I was more in the 145-150 range, got up to 160 when working out 3-4 days per week and meal prepping to eat an uncomfortable amount of food for gains. But yeah 150-155 now at 28 and no amount of food seems to affect me lol. Some day it will catch up I assume but I have no problem adjusting to a healthier diet with less food. Doing any rigorous excercise like a ski trip and I need 4,000+ calories per day just to not feel hungry/sleepy/underfed the whole time.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 11/21/2019 at 12:08

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Insane.

phenotyp > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 11/21/2019 at 12:12

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I do like the E90 M3. Never liked the gearbox much, but yours is identical to my friend’s. Everything about it was pretty much right. The extra fender width is so perfectly done, and it’s on my top two or three engines list. It is, I think, the last of the ballsy BMWs.

feather-throttle-not-hair > phenotyp 11/21/2019 at 13:16

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I’m 5'8" and about 185 lbs, so I have no problems with headroom (also why I felt fine going with a sunroof) and i’m not wide enough that the seats are uncomfortable. The cabin feels pretty big to me, but again, I’m coming from a 2-seater so my perspective is skewed. I do wish there was a little more interior storage for sunglasses, accessing the center console with one hand while driving is awkward.

Yes, that doodad does bother me, but not really enough i’d do something about it. Being painted black helps a lot for me, but that and the reflectors in the rear bumper are the two design elements on the outside of the car i’m the most “meh” about.

feather-throttle-not-hair > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 11/21/2019 at 13:22

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So far the car has been reliable (i’ve owned it since august, so that’s really not saying much.)

I have had to replace the windshield though, thanks to a truck throwing a rock. Since the car was brand new and there are a bunch of sensors that are supposed to be recalibrated when you replace your windshield, I went through insurance and just took the car to the dealership. The cost was north of $1600 (before insurance.)

feather-throttle-not-hair > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 11/21/2019 at 13:35

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I haven’t actually driven the original M2, but I did sit in one. The seats are the only big thing that I noticed and liked significantly less, but i’ve also seen people on the forums that prefer the old seats. Hell, there are plenty of people that prefer the old engine, I just feel pretty certain I wouldn’t be one of those people.

If you’re looking at a used one, one thing to consider is that the 2018 cars have a newer interior design and I think nicer headlights. Other than the seats the 2018 interior should be pretty much identical to the M2 Competitions.

Aesthetically, the original M2 also came with more exterior chrome and “non-M” mirror caps, neither of which would give me pause for even a second, though I know that stuff is a big deal to some people.

feather-throttle-not-hair > Tim (Fractal Footwork) 11/21/2019 at 13:37

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Thank you sir! Looking great, I agree, power is right where I want it to be. Lots of people are tuning their engines, but honestly stock levels are right at that sweetspot between usability and scariness, at least for my abilities .

feather-throttle-not-hair > CompactLuxuryFan 11/21/2019 at 13:39

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Yeah, I should’ve listed the lack of options in the value section, if you’re going for a stick, its hard to really add to much to the base price of the car.

What did you end up getting yourself? Or are you still looking?

feather-throttle-not-hair > Vicente Esteve 11/21/2019 at 13:40

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Thanks! Puts a smile on my face every time i get in it!

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > feather-throttle-not-hair 11/21/2019 at 14:06

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That’s surprising that anyone would prefer the old seats.

As much as I’d prefer the real ///M engine, I’m thinking that I’d be perfectly content with the older one. I’m not really looking at them, but there on the list if I ever need to replace my M3. Problem is, I’m 6'1" and my (3) kids aren’t getting any smaller.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > phenotyp 11/21/2019 at 14:17

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Amazing how much the Great Recession changed things.

NA V8, 8k+ redline, RWD, LSD, manual, hydraulic steering, 4 doors. No one will ever build another one like it.

The transmission’s definitely clunky at lower speeds, and it’s no drag car, but the feeling of engaging 3rd from 2nd near redline is glorious (not to mention a rev-matched 4 to 3 downshift). And it’s friggin’ bulletproof. 125k on my clutch, and I’m not exactly gentle .

feather-throttle-not-hair > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 11/21/2019 at 14:28

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It’s definitely one to keep on the back burner, from what i’ve seen the M2 has been relatively reliable (just according to anecdotal evidence on forums) and it won’t hold its value like the 1M. It’s hard for me to say how well you’d fit, since i’m a lot shorter but you might be okay if you found one without a sunroof.

Here’s a 6'1" guy getting comfortable in the M2CS, which should be pretty similar (and doesn’t have a sunroof.) He gets in the back seat around 8:45 as well.

CompactLuxuryFan > feather-throttle-not-hair 11/21/2019 at 14:29

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I’m supposed to do a reveal post asap but who knows when I’ll actually get around to it 

feather-throttle-not-hair > CompactLuxuryFan 11/21/2019 at 14:40

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Gotcha, I found the posts about the CX-5, the Tesla 3 and the X3.

I used to be so against SUVs, but they really do drive nicely these days. I drove a friend’s Macan a couple of years ago and I just can’t fault anything about the driving experience in that car. Even if it was toned down a notch or two, it would still be genuinely fun and not even just because of the engine.

Anyway, looking forward to seeing what you eventually got !

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > feather-throttle-not-hair 11/21/2019 at 14:43

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Yeah, would definitely need the sunroof delete to fit a helmet.

My youngest is 6, so he’d fit back there, he may just not be happy. =)

phenotyp > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 11/21/2019 at 16:17

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Yep and yep.

feather-throttle-not-hair > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 11/21/2019 at 17:12

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Hey man, there are air vents back there!

I am forever traumatized by multiple childhood road trips through the southwest where I spent most of my time in the back seat of my dad’s old E21 320i.  Needless to say, there were no vents back there.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > feather-throttle-not-hair 11/21/2019 at 17:14

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And power for his iPad! LOL

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > feather-throttle-not-hair 11/21/2019 at 17:33

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And here I am putting off windshield replacement because I dont want to spend the ~$300 installed lol.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > feather-throttle-not-hair 11/21/2019 at 19:02

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Holy mother of various dieties!!!

feather-throttle-not-hair > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 11/21/2019 at 19:29

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Yeah, it’s a stupid amount of money for a windshield replacement. However, i’ll never forget going with my friend to get the windscreen replaced on his old pathfinder. When the shop got the old, cracked windshield off, they found a ton of rust around the frame and told him it was probably just not sealed super well after his last windshield replacement. After that, I kind of got freaked out by cheap windshield replacement claims.

If my car wasn’t brand new and I didn’t think i’d own it for too long, i’d have gone aftermarket and saved some cash.

Tim (Fractal Footwork) > phenotyp 11/21/2019 at 20:19

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I’ve morphed into a lurker

phenotyp > Tim (Fractal Footwork) 11/21/2019 at 20:30

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Me too, mostly. But I don’t want Oppo to disappear.

Michael Cohen > feather-throttle-not-hair 11/21/2019 at 20:39

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Great review. The auto rev match thing would be a hard pill since I like to rev match so much. Can it be coded out? Also, have you seen the recent review on Smoking Tire? The owner has a BMW shop. He modified his to 600hp but the interesting thing to me was that he made the suspension softer. He said it rides and handles better—the tires aren’t bouncing off the road. He suspects that BMW makes it sti ff to make customers think that it is sporty. Anyway, it seems the ride quality if fixable and not for crazy money. Enjoy it. Very cool new car.

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > feather-throttle-not-hair 11/22/2019 at 00:06

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The M2 looks great.  It has just enough boy racer in it to be faithful to the original M3.  I always call it the rebirth of the E46 M3 because that’s the vibe it gives me.  Great colour too!

feather-throttle-not-hair > Michael Cohen 11/22/2019 at 13:52

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Thanks!

Yeah the auto-rev matching is annoying, but yes, people have figured out how to turn it off without too much difficulty via coding.

I could definitely see the car being better with softer suspension. I’d sacrifice a tiny bit of sharpness in smooth corners for the ability to push it just a little bit more when the pavement is bumpy. The car isn’t stiff to where it’ s a problem, but my ideal would probably be like 5 to 10 percent less stiff.

feather-throttle-not-hair > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 11/22/2019 at 13:54

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Thanks! Yeah, I think it’s sized pretty closely to the E46, which is just about the sweet spot for me at this point in my life.

Michael Cohen > feather-throttle-not-hair 11/22/2019 at 14:13

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Cool about the coding. FWIW that guy in the video though his car handled better on the softer springs.

Your comments about nerfing the engine to make a better power band are smart.  had 135i that I tuned. It was a lot more powerful than stock but peak hp came on a lot earlier. It a narrow power band. There was no fun in winding it out. 

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Michael Cohen 12/05/2019 at 17:01

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Damn. I want this exact car.