[The Producer]

i've driven them all - they are all different cars

1M - only ~6000 ever made w unique body panels and skunkworks providence. N54 is proven and despite some known flaws, suits the chassis well. BMW could have put N55's in these but didn't. It feels like the right amount of power delivered through the M9x diff. No question you can get 90% of the feel (minus the diff) from a well sorted 135i*

OG M2 is i guess the closest successor. sort of a N55 1M. still no S engine. Really nice place to sit though. Plenty of em - we've seen them down in the 30's CAD. This would be a newer, easier place to be than a e46 M3 - lets call it the same price these days (really good e46 vs average M2). People will be happy to have these for a long time.

M2Comp completely different beast. Now we have an S engine and it's potent. More tech, i found rev matching really annoying in the manual (i don't know if the aftermarket has disabled it, i bet they have). Awesome car. not that many around. The exact same price as a 1M.

M2CS - prob the closest to the 1M in terms of collectibility. Not many of them. Fancy suspension vs Comp. Like the 1M, you're paying for the exclusivity more than the sum of the parts. These are 100k these days.

M2 G87. Fucking ugly cars. But the tech is there. I've only had a brief drive in one. Interestingly they have dropped into the same price range as the 1M. Tons of tech. Almost as ugly inside as outside w the screens. It looks huge parked next to a E82. BMW decided to fully transition to a mini muscle car with these.

*i still think the car to get in this whole segment is a 135is out of the states. All the run out parts for the E82 (power kit, exhaust, wheels). There's a canadian equiv package but it's not quite the same. Baby half price 1M. More "rare"

Does that cover it? Should the 1M have had the V8? should the OG M2 have had an S motor? Is it blasphemous that the new M2CS doesn't even have a dual clutch? (it's a traditional auto). Is the absolutley ridiculous price premium for the top of the range models of any of these chassis worth it? (spoiler: it's not). Is the 3 pedal Supra the best ///M car of all of them?

We can do a BMW thread if people want to get into it. Maybe, like the Bat Signal, criminals will fear the return of the true M king Westopher.