Stolen and Cloned Long Beach Blue F87 M2 Competition Sold by Specialist Dealer

The Vehicle

In March 2026, a Long Beach Blue F87 M2 Competition was sold by a specialist car dealer. On the face of it, the car looked legitimate - a desirable specification, carrying a cherished M2 BYJ registration plate and presented through an established dealer. A buyer, trusting the provenance of a specialist retailer, purchased the car.

Shortly after the sale, an MDataWorks Full M Report was run on the vehicle. What it revealed was unambiguous.

What the MDataWorks Report Revealed

1. Factory Specification Mismatches

Table 1 - M2 BYJ sold in March 2026 vs genuine factory specification for M2 BYJ (WBS2U72000VH27902)

Five mismatches - including the transmission and interior colour, neither of which can be easily or cheaply retrofitted - confirmed the car being sold was not the vehicle its paperwork claimed it to be.

Photographs of the genuine M2 BYJ, taken in the UK in 2021 on its original registration of SO68 FVL, confirm exactly what the factory records show.

2. Service History Placing the Genuine Car in Malaysia

The MDataWorks Full M Report includes detailed main dealer and independent specialist service history. For M2 BYJ, that history showed the genuine car being serviced at UK dealerships in its early life - before entries began appearing at Malaysian BMW dealerships from 2022 onwards. The car had clearly been exported, but the DVLA were never informed, or at least their systems not updated to reflect the export status, leaving its identity ripe for being used on a stolen car.

No standard vehicle history check accesses this level of service detail - it is unique to the MDataWorks report.

Photographs taken at the Malaysian dealership in 2022 confirm the genuine car's presence there, and the odometer reading is consistent with its mileage timeline. Credit to Smuler, of M3Cutters, for tracking these down.

Photographs showing the transmission of the car in the Malaysian dealership in 2022 match photos of the transmission taken a year earlier in the UK. The same distinctive scratches are visible in both photographs - taken a year apart, confirming beyond any doubt that the genuine car is in Malaysia.

3. Contradictory Mileage Data from Multiple Sources

For this vehicle, the mileage timeline told an impossible story.

By June 2025, the genuine car had recorded 48,242 miles in Malaysia - nearly 20,000 miles more than the clone's January 2025 UK MOT figure of 28,891. The same vehicle cannot record mileage simultaneously in two different countries. These are two different cars.

Identifying the Stolen Vehicle

With the clone confirmed, attention turned to identifying which car was actually being sold. Because the MDataWorks database holds records for every F87 M2 produced worldwide, a structured search was possible.

The genuine M2 BYJ had been in Malaysia since 2022. Filtering the MDataWorks database for UK Long Beach Blue F87 M2 Competitions that either never had an MOT or had their last MOT prior to mid-2023 produced 35 candidates.

Of those 35, 15 had a stolen marker recorded against them. Each was then checked against the key distinguishing features of the car being sold - transmission, interior colour, Adaptive LED Headlights, High Beam Assist and Sun Protection Glass.

AP70 DKJ - VIN WBS2U720707G48800 - a Long Beach Blue F87 M2 Competition with Dakota Perforated Black / Orange leather, M-DCT transmission, Adaptive LED Headlights, High Beam Assist and Sun Protection Glass - had its last UK MOT on 8 April 2022 at 21,251 miles, and was stolen in Warwickshire on 14 April 2023.

Table 2 - M2 BYJ sold in March 2026 vs genuine factory specification for AP70 DKJ (WBS2U720707G48800)

Every distinguishing feature of AP70 DKJ matched the car sold in March 2026 - interior colour, transmission, Adaptive LED Headlights, High Beam Assist and Sun Protection Glass. The mileage at the time of theft is consistent with the clone's subsequent UK MOT history. AP70 DKJ is the car that was sold.

The Dealer

The evidence was presented to the specialist car dealer who sold the vehicle. They were contacted and acknowledged the findings. Whether the buyer has been informed and what action has been taken since is not known at this time.

If you are the current registered keeper of M2 BYJ and have concerns about this vehicle, please feel free to contact MDataWorks for further information.

The Conclusion

The car sold in March 2026 as M2 BYJ is not the genuine WBS2U72000VH27902. It is AP70 DKJ - a Long Beach Blue F87 M2 Competition stolen in Warwickshire in April 2023, cloned onto the identity of a genuine car that had been in Malaysia since 2022.

A standard vehicle history check on M2 BYJ would have shown a clean record. No finance. No write-off. No reported theft. Nothing to cause concern. The DVLA record for the genuine car is clean because the genuine car is clean - it is going about its business in Malaysia, its identity stolen and reused without its knowledge.

Only a report that combines factory specification, manufacturer service history and multi-source mileage data could expose this fraud. That is precisely what the MDataWorks Full M Report does.

Key Lessons for Buyers

• A clean vehicle history check does not mean a car is genuine - a cloned car carries the identity of a legitimate vehicle, which will show as clean
• The transmission and interior colour of a car cannot easily be changed - mismatches against factory specification are a serious red flag that only a factory data report will reveal
• Such detailed manufacturer service history is not available through standard vehicle checks - only the MDataWorks Full M Report combines this data with all other sources
• Mileage records from multiple sources tell a story that a single source cannot - key read data combined with MOT records can prove two sets of mileage readings are impossible for the same vehicle
• Even specialist dealers are not immune to selling cloned cars - whether through negligence or otherwise
• A cherished registration plate adds no legitimacy to a vehicle - it can be transferred onto any car