BMW M3 and M4 get radical new look, more power and 4WD

Опубликованно 26.09.2020 13:20

BMW has revealed its hotly anticipated new-generation M3 saloon and M4 coup?, with both of them featuring a radically redesigned front end and a heavily reworked mechanical package.

Due on UK sale next March in more potent Competition form only, the new performance models offer up to 503bhp from a six-cylinder engine and, for the first time, an optional fully variable M xDrive four-wheel drive system. Prices will start from around ?65,000 for the M3 Competition and ?70,000 for the M4 Competition.

The M4 xDrive coup? and its M3 xDrive saloon sibling are planned to follow the initial rear-wheel-drive models into showrooms next summer.

Along with the saloon and coup?, BMW is also developing the first ever M3 Touring estate, as well as a follow-up to the M4 Cabriolet and a new M4 Gran Coup? four-door in an expanded line-up that’s also set to include even more powerful, track-focused CS derivatives later down the line.

Radical design changes

High visual impact is a key criterion to the styling of the M3 and M4, both of which are heavily differentiated from the lesser M340i xDrive and M440i xDrive models they’re respectively positioned above.

Ending a 35-year tradition, the models receive their own individual front-end styling, dominated by a large vertical grille that features seven double horizontal louvres and a mounting point for the front numberplate.

The new grille is similar in shape to that adorning the new 4 Series but comprises two distinct elements, rather than being a single-frame design.

Further unique touches include a heavily structured front bumper, standard full-LED headlights, a bonnet that features two distinctive indents to accentuate the look of the grille, widened front wings and sills, air ducts within the front flanks and double-arm wing mirror housings.

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