I dynoed my G87 down here in South Africa, it made 358kW at the wheels, which roughly translates to 480hp at the wheels. It's no surprise the M550i got beaten. For reference, my F80 non-competition made about 312kW at the wheels back in the day on the same dyno, which translates to 415hp at the wheels.
Honestly, they made the M2 so fast that it diminishes the performance of the more expensive M cars! It's a super fast car for the price, and the tuning potential is of the charts!! 😂
@fzr1000981 Not in the foreseeable future since I just picked up the RS3 6 months ago, and like having my current bimmer for winter time driving! RS3 ain't going to see snow anytime soon lol!!
@@speeddemonRS3- Bruh you ain't giving up your Audi boi. You VAG through thick and thin lol. Gotta admit the M cars are exhilarating I agree. Back when I drove the M3 Comp (Rwd) it was a pure beast mode. Every ricer and his Mom wanted to race me lol
@RDriver2.0 No, but I was getting a temptation to replicate the two car garage @JVette01 recently had if I was to trade in my current bimmer!! It would be incredible owning both, but that means the RS3 is my wintertime car instead!😅
I dynoed my G87 down here in South Africa, it made 358kW at the wheels, which roughly translates to 480hp at the wheels. It's no surprise the M550i got beaten. For reference, my F80 non-competition made about 312kW at the wheels back in the day on the same dyno, which translates to 415hp at the wheels.
The M5 engine "hot v" setup was notorious for cooking itself and having long term issues but supposedly they improved it from 2020 forward. 550 is a tank but nice car. Impressive pulls for the M2! Just got an email today my 2025 portimao blue going into production. 485 whp almost assured
Word to AMG 63 model owners, dont try to run a 2018+ M550 awd, stock for stock, you'll get smoked. These things are under rated and are realistically 550 hp/575 tq. I had a 2018 E63S 9 spd stock and my buddies stock M550ix was even feom a dig upto 115 mph..
I try to stay within the horsepower realm of a similar power to weight. However, I know there's a lot of people that want me to race a much faster car like a 650hp Camaro zl1 or 717 horsepower hellcat lol..
You don't want to use MDM. It will still cut power if it detects any sort of loss of traction. Use DSC off. I will be coming out with a video on this in the future.
The M5 (and even more so the M8) are a little too expensive in my opinion. Both vis-a-vis "lesser" options like the M550 or the M3/M4, and the direct competition from Mercedes and Audi, or even Porsche. I know the M5 carries a prestige that the M550 won't ever reach, but for all practical intends and purposes the M550i is plenty; no need to upgrade to an M5 in my opinion. If you want a pure driver's car / sports car, the M5 is too large (and heavy) anyway. As a cruiser and highway missile the M550 is better. A guy in my neighborhood has a black M550i, they look really good (and aggressive enough) in real life.
Great video! Nevertheless, something is strange here. The latest M2 and the latest M550i should have quite similar acceleration times from 60 to 120 mph. There should be not so much of a difference in the rolling race. Could it be that the individual Sports settings in M550i were not all set to Sport plus for engine and the gearbox? Also, I would expect better performance with gearbox being in sport automatic mode.
@JVette01 Here, the 62 to 124 mph is 8.5 seconds for M2 Competition. This is practically the same as M550i. Only what I can guess is that your friend did not use ESC max traction mode (short press on ESC button), but I am not sure if that makes any difference. Also, on the track, I was faster with my M550i than all of the M2s on that track day event (and there were many), on the sprint parts of the track. So this is why I am surprised about the result in your video. ua-cam.com/video/i_KjOrloDck/v-deo.htmlsi=EQW0rkn-x2kmJm59
@JVette01 your videos have persuaded me to join the G87 gang. Help me out with the color.. ima simple person and really enjoy the black sapphire but what other colors do you like for the 2025 versions? Purple looks cool but no more cognac interior
@@JVette01 No! The M550i has almost 70hp/150tq more than the M2, two additional cylinders, and it's not even heavy. Here you are walking away from it and reeling it in very easily. I've driven the pre-lci M550i, which was already very fast, the new one is even faster. I got to drive the new M2 last month, and while good on power too, there is no way it's faster than an M550i😂
You’re a funny guy. You love denying results. Btw, you’re the only one here denying the results. You’re better off using the “the other car is not running right” excuse than to assume I’m lying about my M2 being stock. Your idea of comparing speed is flooring a car off idle going 0-60 and 1/8 mile, so in that case, the m550 would be faster.
@@JVette01 You know it helps you with clicks and the comment arguments. Most of your audience are VAG enthusiasts. You do it for the algorithm. That's why I personally measure the 60-100mph times, which are a decent indication of roll performance. The M550i is a much faster car than depicted in the video here. Either your car is tuned or his is not running properly. I've just driven all these cars including the M2, and in no shape or form does it move better than an M550i on the highway. Plus your M2 times/speeds are way better than what I've seen most people run on these.
1. False. I don't fake anything on my videos.. and my M2 is stock. You can ask anyone that knows me that I've had on the channel. 2. 60-100 shows only part of the story, in a real roll race, they go well past 100, so that measure is kinda pointless. 3. Where's your video driving a new G87 M2? Wouldn't you film it if you actually drove one? After all, you make car reviews, right? Maybe you can do your dragy test in efficient mode with traction on off idle so you can try to convince yourself it's slower than an M550. The M2 is faster in a roll. M550 can take it from the dig. Deal with it.
The m2 and the m550i should be almost neck and neck from a roll, I have a tu2 m550i and stock to stock I barely lost to an m2, only by a car and a half, this m550 should’ve either beat it or been closer
Maybe he didn’t have it in the right modes. If you don’t have DSC off, it will randomly cut power even if you go over bumps in the road.. either way, this was as organized and straight forward as it gets.
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The way that M550i gets out of the hole is insane! But from a roll that M2 is next level! Great video brother.
Thanks!
@@JVette01 You're welcome.
yes finally, this was the race I was wanting to see
No way M2 has only 460 PS. This is a monster. Excellent vid. 👍
Thanks! 👍
@@JVette01 when you race what Mode and settings is your Car on? Are you full manual shifting in M2 mode ? or M1 mode with the adjusted setup..
I will upload a video on this soon so stay tuned. Everything will be explained to the best of my ability in that video.
I dynoed my G87 down here in South Africa, it made 358kW at the wheels, which roughly translates to 480hp at the wheels. It's no surprise the M550i got beaten. For reference, my F80 non-competition made about 312kW at the wheels back in the day on the same dyno, which translates to 415hp at the wheels.
Its way lighter
Honestly, they made the M2 so fast that it diminishes the performance of the more expensive M cars! It's a super fast car for the price, and the tuning potential is of the charts!! 😂
@@speeddemonRS3 you getting one?
@fzr1000981 Not in the foreseeable future since I just picked up the RS3 6 months ago, and like having my current bimmer for winter time driving! RS3 ain't going to see snow anytime soon lol!!
@@speeddemonRS3- Bruh you ain't giving up your Audi boi. You VAG through thick and thin lol. Gotta admit the M cars are exhilarating I agree. Back when I drove the M3 Comp (Rwd) it was a pure beast mode. Every ricer and his Mom wanted to race me lol
@RDriver2.0 No, but I was getting a temptation to replicate the two car garage @JVette01 recently had if I was to trade in my current bimmer!! It would be incredible owning both, but that means the RS3 is my wintertime car instead!😅
@RDriver2.0 great thing about the M2 is it's the exact same drivetrain for $25k less
I dynoed my G87 down here in South Africa, it made 358kW at the wheels, which roughly translates to 480hp at the wheels. It's no surprise the M550i got beaten. For reference, my F80 non-competition made about 312kW at the wheels back in the day on the same dyno, which translates to 415hp at the wheels.
The M5 engine "hot v" setup was notorious for cooking itself and having long term issues but supposedly they improved it from 2020 forward. 550 is a tank but nice car.
Impressive pulls for the M2! Just got an email today my 2025 portimao blue going into production. 485 whp almost assured
that will be an awesome car
They improved it from the TU2 and up
M550 seems like a surprisingly quick sleeper versus this red M2!
Holy crap, I didn’t know the M550i is that absurd from a dig
That was fun bro!
Thanks for participating!
Word to AMG 63 model owners, dont try to run a 2018+ M550 awd, stock for stock, you'll get smoked. These things are under rated and are realistically 550 hp/575 tq. I had a 2018 E63S 9 spd stock and my buddies stock M550ix was even feom a dig upto 115 mph..
Not surprised. BMW makes great performance cars
What year was your buddy’s?
Man, the M2 Xdrive is gna be insane
I hope they never build an Xdrive M2. Matter of fact, I whish they'd dump the automatic....(unlikely 😅)
We'll see!
@@mikedenkinger9570 it’s already confirmed for 2026. Xdrive coming for the G87
If only the made one in Manual and AWD.... goodbye competition
@@mikeroczkowski8545 it’s also rumored the rwd version will go away as well.
You ever consider coding out ASD? I've had mine off for months. Forgot how synthetic it sounds lol
No
Bro I was just saying you need to upload I need something to watch 😂 hopefully you do a pov night drive on the m2
The m550 is a very capable car
Eventually!
Always your G87 M2 is very fast ! like than M550 ( or RS3, F82 M4 etc, in past.)
as next, looking forward to seeing RS4/5, 911 GTS, GT3, C63 etc.
Wow those m2s are impressive I can’t wait to see it tuned what’s the best 60-130 you have got with it again ?
I’ve preferred the G8x M2 and M3 over the M4 but that LCI M4 is growing on me
im starting to think the only BMW thats really gonna pop a G87 on a roll is an m5 CS lmao. they made the base M car too fast
M5 and M8 both should beat me pretty easily
@@JVette01 would love to see that race!
Need to see you race faster cars 🙏
I try to stay within the horsepower realm of a similar power to weight. However, I know there's a lot of people that want me to race a much faster car like a 650hp Camaro zl1 or 717 horsepower hellcat lol..
@@its_just_gabe4851 Hoping we see a C8 vette because it's the only car around 65 to 75k that stands a chance of winning!
@@speeddemonRS3not from a roll, it's down on power
It seems like he was using paddles but not sure. In the clip of him vs the red m2 it said m5 so looks like he was in that race
?
Is the M550i running in eco mode for all the rolls?
Actually it's in reverse.
What modes do you set your M2 at for your races?
I did a couple with the sportiest possible settings just in automatic mode and mdm.
You don't want to use MDM. It will still cut power if it detects any sort of loss of traction. Use DSC off. I will be coming out with a video on this in the future.
The M5 (and even more so the M8) are a little too expensive in my opinion. Both vis-a-vis "lesser" options like the M550 or the M3/M4, and the direct competition from Mercedes and Audi, or even Porsche. I know the M5 carries a prestige that the M550 won't ever reach, but for all practical intends and purposes the M550i is plenty; no need to upgrade to an M5 in my opinion. If you want a pure driver's car / sports car, the M5 is too large (and heavy) anyway. As a cruiser and highway missile the M550 is better.
A guy in my neighborhood has a black M550i, they look really good (and aggressive enough) in real life.
You bring up a good point! The M550 is great.
Same basic engine with lower boost?
Great video! Nevertheless, something is strange here. The latest M2 and the latest M550i should have quite similar acceleration times from 60 to 120 mph. There should be not so much of a difference in the rolling race. Could it be that the individual Sports settings in M550i were not all set to Sport plus for engine and the gearbox? Also, I would expect better performance with gearbox being in sport automatic mode.
Nope, he had it in all the correct modes.
@JVette01 Here, the 62 to 124 mph is 8.5 seconds for M2 Competition. This is practically the same as M550i. Only what I can guess is that your friend did not use ESC max traction mode (short press on ESC button), but I am not sure if that makes any difference. Also, on the track, I was faster with my M550i than all of the M2s on that track day event (and there were many), on the sprint parts of the track. So this is why I am surprised about the result in your video.
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@JVette01 your videos have persuaded me to join the G87 gang. Help me out with the color.. ima simple person and really enjoy the black sapphire but what other colors do you like for the 2025 versions? Purple looks cool but no more cognac interior
Pick whatever you like! My tastes probably aren’t the same as yours haha. I like my color but it’s no longer available
And M550 is not standard with awd, but rather rwd.
M550i comes standard with x drive in the U.S. market.
@@JVette01 it is xdrive everywhere
That M2 ain't stock, lol! Clickbait
I hope you're being sarcastic lol.
@@JVette01 No! The M550i has almost 70hp/150tq more than the M2, two additional cylinders, and it's not even heavy. Here you are walking away from it and reeling it in very easily. I've driven the pre-lci M550i, which was already very fast, the new one is even faster. I got to drive the new M2 last month, and while good on power too, there is no way it's faster than an M550i😂
You’re a funny guy. You love denying results. Btw, you’re the only one here denying the results. You’re better off using the “the other car is not running right” excuse than to assume I’m lying about my M2 being stock. Your idea of comparing speed is flooring a car off idle going 0-60 and 1/8 mile, so in that case, the m550 would be faster.
@@JVette01 You know it helps you with clicks and the comment arguments. Most of your audience are VAG enthusiasts. You do it for the algorithm. That's why I personally measure the 60-100mph times, which are a decent indication of roll performance. The M550i is a much faster car than depicted in the video here. Either your car is tuned or his is not running properly. I've just driven all these cars including the M2, and in no shape or form does it move better than an M550i on the highway. Plus your M2 times/speeds are way better than what I've seen most people run on these.
1. False. I don't fake anything on my videos.. and my M2 is stock. You can ask anyone that knows me that I've had on the channel.
2. 60-100 shows only part of the story, in a real roll race, they go well past 100, so that measure is kinda pointless.
3. Where's your video driving a new G87 M2? Wouldn't you film it if you actually drove one? After all, you make car reviews, right? Maybe you can do your dragy test in efficient mode with traction on off idle so you can try to convince yourself it's slower than an M550.
The M2 is faster in a roll. M550 can take it from the dig. Deal with it.
The real M car is the winner ..!
M2 going awd for 25' 😮
I believe it’s rumored for 2026
The m550i driver doesn’t know how to drive that machine properly! M550i would dust in a dig and roll😅
Nope. He drove it correctly. The m2 is just faster in a roll. He did beat me from a dig though
The m2 and the m550i should be almost neck and neck from a roll, I have a tu2 m550i and stock to stock I barely lost to an m2, only by a car and a half, this m550 should’ve either beat it or been closer
Was it a 2023+ G87 M2 or are you talking about the old one?
@@JVette01 g87 m2, the tu3 m550i like the one in the video and the g87 m2 have very similar 60-130 times
Maybe he didn’t have it in the right modes. If you don’t have DSC off, it will randomly cut power even if you go over bumps in the road.. either way, this was as organized and straight forward as it gets.
@@JVette01 ua-cam.com/users/shortsnox1eF6Thnc?si=xFgF-zchc2NITB8G
@@JVette01 ua-cam.com/video/2HkEZ6t5do0/v-deo.htmlsi=BKPaEI8Lu3uAmtIe