If you know your BMWs, you know the M2 isn’t built in the Munich plant. Designated as the G87, the rear-wheel drive coupe is assembled exclusively at the San Luis Potosí site in Mexico. After all, this Gymkhana-style video was filmed inside the historic factory, where the luxury brand has been manufacturing cars since 1922.
The latest project from the talented Red Bull Drift Brothers is a tire-hitting smoke machine with a vent mounted just below the roof. It follows their wicked M4 built for the Drift Masters European Championship in 2021. Elias Hauntandji calls it the “ultimate drift machine”, a very subtle nod to BMW’s famous “ultimate driving machine” slogan.
This bonkers M2 is a drifting beast of a single-seater that barely squeezes in between all the robots and car bodies inside the Munich factory. The drone footage is nothing short of spectacular, especially the sequence where the camera pans into the middle of the car. We think Ken Block of late will be highly appreciative of this marketing stunt.
Although we see the car in action, Elias says it’s still a work in progress, development isn’t complete yet. He’s confident the Tail Happy M2 will be ready in time for next year’s Drift Masters European Championship. Beyond the quad exhaust tips at the top, the Baby M sports a Bee bodykit with wider fenders and a rear wing atop a trunk lid spoiler.
A massive hood bulge hints at a serious engine upgrade. It still uses the road-going M2’s twin-turbo 3.0-litre inline-six, but output is more than double. While the M2CS is rated at 523 horsepower, this one-off M2 Drift Competition releases an outrageous 1,085 hp.
Torque has also nearly doubled, jumping from 479 lb-ft (650 Nm) to a mountain-moving 922 lb-ft (1,250 Nm). For obvious reasons, everything goes on the rear axle. However, reports suggest that BMW could launch the M2 with XDrive as early as next year. If it does, logic tells us it will only come with an automatic transmission.
Meanwhile, Red Bull Drift Brothers is teaming up with the BMW M Academy to modify cars to drift smoothly so participants can learn proper slide control. Naturally, these cars won’t be as wild as the M2 once was, but there will be several opportunities to make drifting more accessible. BMW charges £490 for a half-day course, rising to £1,490 for the full experience, which includes taxi laps on the M4 with Elias.
Here’s an interesting fact about the factory where this video was shot: It won’t be building combustion-engine cars for much longer. At the end of 2027, the Munich site will assemble only electric vehicles, becoming the first existing factory in BMW’s production network to make a full transition to EVs.
