{"id":6725,"date":"2016-05-17T11:32:12","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T01:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.privatefleet.com.au\/?p=6725"},"modified":"2020-06-20T00:54:44","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T14:54:44","slug":"6725","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/home\/6725\/","title":{"rendered":"BMW Wins Best Driver's Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

BMW<\/strong>\u2019s latest M car, the rear wheel drive, six speed manual transmission BMW M2<\/strong>, has taken out the coveted “Australia’s Best Driver’s Car” award.<\/p>\n

The testing to find a winner was conducted by motoring.com.au, part of the Carsales Network. The cars are shipped to Tasmania and driven hard to evaluate them over the course of a week, including roads used during Targa Tasmania.<\/p>\n

For 2016, 13 finalists competed for the award on some of the best tarmac in Australia, being driven for some 1200 kilometres, including drag strip and and track sessions.<\/p>\n

Mike Sinclair, Editor in Chief for the Carsales Network, said: “M2 delivers on its promise of being the born-again compact six-cylinder BMW coupe we were waiting for in spades, thanks to a combination of exquisite steering, brakes, handling and, to an extent in this company, real-world ride comfort.\u201d<\/p>\n

“Even at the very limit, it’s quite forgiving and that instils a sense of connection with a wide range of enthusiast driver types and abilities.”<\/p>\n

Marc Werner, BMW Group Australia Chief Executive Officer, remarked: \u201cThis award reinforces the incredible all-round capability of the BMW M2.To take out the ABDC title against top competition \u2013 some costing more than twice the M2\u2019s purchase price \u2013 is definitely cause for celebration.\u201d\"BMW<\/p>\n

The BMW M2.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Taking inspiration from 1974\u2019s BMW Motorsport built 2002 Turbo, the new M2 Coupe takes the classic \u2018compact coupe, big power\u2019 philosophy into BMW\u2019s next 100 years.<\/p>\n

Featuring a turbocharged 3.0-litre version of BMW\u2019s renowned straight-six cylinder engine, the new BMW M2 generates 272kW of power and 465Nm of torque, with 500Nm available thanks to an overboost function.<\/p>\n

Sending these outputs to the rear wheels, the BMW M2 accelerates from standstill to 100km\/h in only 4.3 seconds, when fitted with the standard seven-speed M DCT dual-clutch transmission. The no-cost option six-speed manual gearbox achieves the benchmark in 4.5 seconds.<\/p>\n

BMW\u2019s M Division has ensured this performance is maximised by fitting an Active M electronically-locking differential, specific wider-track M suspension, recalibrated Driving Experience Control with M Dynamic mode function and M Compound braking system adapted from the larger M4 Coupe.<\/p>\n

\"BMW<\/p>\n

BMW M2 Australian Pricing*
\nBMW M2 Pure:$89,900, BMW M2:$98,900
\n* Manufacturer\u2019s Recommended List Price is shown and includes GST and Luxury Car Tax (LCT) \u2013 if applicable, but excludes dealer charges, stamp duty, statutory charges and on-road charges, which are additional and vary between dealers and States\/Territories. Customers are advised to contact their nearest BMW dealer for all pricing inquiries. http:\/\/credit-n.ru\/kredity-online-blog-single.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BMW\u2019s latest M car, the rear wheel drive, six speed manual transmission BMW M2, has taken out the coveted “Australia’s Best Driver’s Car” award. The testing to find a winner was conducted by motoring.com.au, part of the Carsales Network. The cars are shipped to Tasmania and driven hard to evaluate them over the course of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6725"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11541,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6725\/revisions\/11541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}