The new M4 has been one of BMW’s most hotly anticipated cars “in a generation”, said Jonathan Burn in Auto Express. And the maker has “nailed it”. The coupé’s “dramatic makeover” may be the “obvious talking point”, but this is not a case of style over substance. The car still delivers “thundering performance”, but it has also become more “manageable” to drive. The one drawback to all this? You’d better “be prepared to pay for it”.
The M4 is only coming to the UK with a 503bhp, twin-turbocharged 3.0-litre, six-cylinder petrol engine, said What Car? All that power “fires you up the road in an almost alarming manner”; on a cold, damp day, we managed 0-60mph in just 3.8 seconds. But the car is “far more predictable than its predecessor”, and it now has an advanced ten-stage traction control system to manage your slide, and “sure-footed yet playful” handling. This is “one of the most visceral and engaging performance cars we’ve tested to date”.
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