If you look closely, you will see a car attached to that huge grille – and it’s called the BMW M4 Coupe.
Presented alongside its four-door sibling, the M3, earlier this week, the new generation is expected to be one of the best driver’s cars of the year, but until BMW allows journos to check it out in detail, let’s listen to that inline-six disturb the peace in Monaco during the local presentation.
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Offered in two versions and with an M-tuned, rear-biased all-wheel drive system in a premiere, the all-new M3 and M4 pack a twin turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-six. The engine kicks out 473 HP (479 PS / 352 kW) and 406 lb-ft (550 Nm) of torque in the regular variant and 503 HP (510 PS / 375 kW) and 479 lb-ft (650 Nm) in the Competition variants. The latter are offered with an eight-speed automatic transmission and all-wheel drive, whereas the lesser variants come with rear-wheel drive and a six-speed stick shift.
As for performance, the 2021 M3 and M4 need 4.1 seconds for the 0-60 mph (0-96 km/h) and hit a top speed of up to 180 mph (290 km/h) when ordered with the optional M Driver’s Pack. The Competition versions shave 0.3 seconds from the sprint time and have an identical V-max.
Customers will have to wait until next March to get hold of the new M3 and M4, as that is when they are scheduled to arrive in our market, with MSRPs of $69,900 and $71,800 respectively. Should one wish to get the more agile Competition variants, they will have to shell out $72,800 for the M3 and $74,700 for the M4.