BMW DOES not yet offer a Competition, CS or GTS version of its M2 – not yet, anyway – but you can sort of build a muscled-up version yourself if you don’t hold back in the M Performance Parts optional accessories catalogue.

For very serious research purposes, BMW Australia has built an M2 test car dripping in M Performance optional parts.

Circling the baby M car, the silver quad exhaust pipes catch your eye and you feel like a pervert of sorts kneeling to look under the rear of the car. But you are treated to a delicious sight.

For $4490 excluding fitment, the M Performance system gives the M2 a bit of a shoutier note, as you would expect if you bought it.

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Almost like the turbo-fed cylinders are spun by a flat-plane crank. You can hear each pulse ping pong down the pipes with the sole aim to disrupt peace. It’s loud, but it does sound good.

The exhaust is the second most expensive part clinging to this M Performance parts test bed. The fully forged Y-Spoke 19s are a whopping $8839. Then there are the carbon-fibre mirror caps ($750), front flics ($1658), side flics ($1658) and spoiler ($748). The stickers are $495, and the grille’s been finished in gloss black for $440.

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The M2 is a focused-feeling sports car on the road, but an absolute weapon on track. They also smooth the car’s slight edginess under power and at sharp direction change. Just make sure they’re hot, at which point they deliver incredible lateral grip.

However, the drawcards of the factory BMW dress-up stuff is convenience, that warm and fuzzy OEM feeling and, crucially for some, a fully intact standard warranty.

Like: Hellish soundtrack; huge grip Dislike: No power gain; stock sound already good Star Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars