Drivers with trust issues won't like the formidable BMW M2 Coupe

"Trust the grip, Nick ... just trust it!" I shouted to myself as I threw the BMW M2 Coupe into the 90-degree Rainey Curve on the Laguna Seca racetrack at speeds well in excess of 90 mph.

With a swift turn of the steering wheel to the left, the car dove into the corner, my brain fluid sloshed hard into the right side of my skull and every self-preservation alarm in my mind sounded at once. Nevertheless, the M2 clung to track like a baby gorilla clinging to its mother and was ready for the next turn.

It was that moment that millisecond in time exemplified my time with the new small performance coupe. No matter my fear of physics or presumptions about how a $53,000 car could perform, the M2 quelled and out-shined them. Read more...