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There's no such thing as too much power, right? This M2 will make you eat your own words

- By Ruman Devmane Photographs Kaizad Adil Darukhanawala

I cannot tell you how fast we were going. Let me just say, at that rate of travel, having that massive wing became essential. This, in a city where you aren't even going fast enough to be able to trigger cruise control, should serve as a good hint about what this BMW M2 Competition is like. Oh, and all of this transpired in the middle of the most intense downpour you can imagine. I've rarely been more afraid in my life.

This four-wheeled equivalent of a hi-vis vest is not your regular M2 Competition if there can ever be such a thing in the first place. It was built as a track-only car, and therefore taken to the extremes of its performance through output, weight and dynamics, and later toned down just a wee bit since its owner likes to 'daily' it, as they say these days. Its journey from a stock F87 M2 Competition to where it is today was single-handedly the work of KIKShift, a Mumbai-based customisation and performance outfit which, some of you may know, doesn't limit its ambitions to the confines of its workshop. It was also rather convenient that Imran Majid, an accomplished driver and co-founder of KIKShift, happens to own this particular car. This shows especially in the level of obsession with which this car was built.