Here’s how it goes, then. I’m not sure I’d ever seen it written down like this before but I suppose it’s obvious. BMW M division cars have a clear hierarchy: CS models sit at the top, then there are Competition models (like this one is), then high-performance models (those badged just M2, M3, whatever) and then M Performance models (such as the M235i).
It’s the first time I’ve seen it presented like that but, as ever more CS and Competition models arrive, perhaps BMW feels it needs clarifying, given the increasing number and diverse types of M car it would like to sell.
This one, then, is the M2 Competition, which, despite the hierarchy, simply replaces the standard M2, rather than, as with the M4 and M5, for example, adds…