BMW South Africa and BMW Motorrad South Africa just cooked up one of the most gloriously unnecessary crossovers we’ve seen in a while. Meet the new South Africa-only BMW M2 Coupé RR Edition, plus the matching BMW M 1000 RR M2 Edition and S 1000 RR M2 Edition. It’s basically BMW looking at its car and motorcycle divisions and saying: “What if we made them dress alike and intimidate entire neighborhoods together?”
To be honest? I think it actually works way better than it should.
The bikes are really the stars of this whole thing, particularly the M 1000 RR M2 Edition. BMW already builds some of the angriest liter bikes on the planet, and now it’s leaned even harder into the whole stealth-fighter aesthetic. Finished in Black Storm Metallic with sharp red accents everywhere that matter, the bike looks like it was designed specifically for someone who thinks a standard superbike is still a little too subtle.
