The BMW M2 isn't just the first entry-level, street legal track hawk that the Bavarian automaker has put out in some time. Reviewers are calling it a return to form, an answer to the clarion call for a cars matching the stature of the 2002 Turbo and the 1M Coupe. We know that because a lucky handful recently got to try their hand behind the wheel.

We'll get this out of the way right off the bat: the M2 is beloved already. It does everything we hoped, and then some. Drift? Check. Handle corners like a boss? Check? Have a torque curve fatter than a triple decker bacon cheese burger that also happens to be on fire? Boom. You've already found your dream car.

Not sold? Check out this deep dive below.

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