715hp BMW M2 v Manhart M3 Touring: DRAG RACE

It’s time for a Manhart drag race!

The Manhart team has gone to town on a BMW M3 Touring and a BMW M2, and Mat’s about to see how the two compare over the quarter mile!

So let’s take a closer look at each car. Starting with the M3 Touring, it’s usually powered by a 3-litre twin-turbo straight-six that produces 510hp and 650Nm of torque. However, it’s had several upgrades added to it, and as a result, it now puts down 650hp and 800Nm! This power is sent to all four wheels via an 8-speed automatic gearbox, and the car weighs in at 1,865kg. If you want to pick up this exact car, it would set you back around £126,000!

Then we have the M2. The stock car has a 3-litre twin-turbo straight-six that can produce 460hp and 550Nm. However, just like the M3, it’s had several mods added to it, so it now creates an incredible 715hp and 850Nm! An 8-speed automatic gearbox sends this power to the rear wheels, and the car tips the scales at 1,725kg. It also comes with a pretty hefty price tag of £110,000.

So the M2 has more power and is lighter, but the power is only sent to the rear wheels! Will this prove decisive? There’s only one way to find out for sure… LET’S RACE!

Thanks to Manhart for helping to organise this drag race:

[bachakapanadze]

Matt: Want to sell your car ?
Us: +10 sec. x6

[kingpinmabhengu]

"It's Carbon With Carbon And There's A Little Bit Of Carbon Flanked By Carbon" If You Don't Get It Forget About It Mate 3:06 😅

[desertsandfly]

The tuning potential of modern BMWs is just absolutely bonkers. The fact that you can get a +200hp increase from stock by just an aftermarket intake and exhaust and an ECU remap is incredible. You don't even need to touch the engine or the turbos.

[swawelsuur]

9:17 The Gear Shift from the M3 sounds LOVELY!

[faizelphilander]

Any carwow video with a BMW in it no matter win or loose is my favorite video. These two cars are just nicely tuned with no issues. Great video guys.

[joshthemediocre]

Everyone is making some beautiful cars in 2024 but BMW is nailing it. The M3 estate and M2 are both in dream car territory. They both look like they want all the smoke!

[kingjohnson]

should have made the m3 touring go in 2wd for one of the drag race

[WattsNexxed]

0:01 the cars are the same colour as the thumbnail for once

[terryallen]

That M2 is insane and I even like the colour too. 😜

[ML]

I'm still amazed at how fast a 10-second car was in Fast & Furious 1

[CapnT]

200 extra horsepower and the Touring is still 0.1s slower than the 11.0 second stock M3/M4 Comp previously tested by Carwow? Didn’t realize it was that much heavier.

[nilanjandas]

This M3 touring looks pretty good (that blue detailing on its black wheels too), but that pink-purple M2 looks sick (with those gold wheels).
& That font selection for M2 stats was just on 🎯

[Muhluri]

How the hell is a 2-seater only 100kg lighter than a 4WD family car?

[hemanthkumar-xqvd]

12:11 I want to see Yianni’s book of excuses like this whenever his lambo loses 😂.

[stuartsmith]

It's a one in a million car.
One in a million people, would want to be seen driving a car like that.

[bikotheanimator]

Hopefully I can get a G87 M2 someday. Blue and violet are two of my four favorite colors, so I really like that color.

[Goat-vybi]

1700kg with that small car is insane….

[IgorEngelen]

2 beautiful cars but what i like most of all is how they didn't go bananas with the sound.

[WillowGTI]

Manhart needs to fire their design team.

[JakeClinch]

Why does it bother me that the 1/4 mile camera is filming from the other side then usual?