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Originally Posted by bdaddylo
...... the future model could be the M2 or a special-edition M2.
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I'll bite into your speculation offer, even if no one else will. Here is my speculation (subject to change):
Your comment suggests an either/or possibility. It's not going to be either an M2 or a special edition that gets produced. They will, in fact, produce both. And they'll produce both in the eight month production cycle which begins in November of this year.
Car #1) The base M2 is the entry level M car they think they need to recruit new buyers. It will be exciting, but, not too expensive, tailored to suit a younger, less affluent (but up and coming) market.
Car #2) The "special edition" M2 car, is a car designed to be part of their 100 year anniversary celebration which takes place in 2016. It will be a base model M2 but with a customer selected option that will produce a car which will be named the M2 CSL. The customer selected option will create a car with features which relate to famous M cars of the past - features, for example, styled after those on the e30 M3 and, perhaps, even the Series 1 e9 CSL "Batmobile." This relationship between the M2 CSL and it's "parents" will be featured prominently during the celebration.
End of speculation.