NEW BMW M4 / M3 Competition: Road Review | Carfection 4K

these are some of the greats not just icons amongst their peers from munich but legends that are fit to rub archers with the greatest drivers cars of all time it must be intimidating knowing that you have to follow in their tire tracks but that's exactly what this bmw has to do it's the new g82 m4 competition with 503 brake horsepower and 479 pounds of torque from its new s58 closed deck twin turbo 3 litre straight 6 it certainly has some muscle but it also weighs a hefty 1725 kilos what's more in the uk it is only available with an automatic gearbox not a dct an actual torque converter auto and then there is the grille which is bold so on paper it's not looking great for this latest generation thankfully we don't drive on paper [Music] this is fantastic for all of that extra weight it just doesn't feel it as soon as you turn the wheel you can feel the lateral stiffness the steering's not completely wriggling with feel but the accuracy that you have around it is phenomenal it feels like an m car from the moment you're in it the fundamental structure of the latest four series was clearly a good start but bmw has put in a lot of work to stiffen it further open the bonnet and you can see some of the extra bracing hardly the lovely carbon horseshoe of old is it but this is just the tip of the bracing iceberg combined with the m-specific suspension it's certainly effective giving you a phenomenal sense of connection and therefore confidence from behind the wheel there's just a lovely talkness to it and then you get to the engine this s58 engine and it's turbocharged but it is so linear and so responsive it's a match for the chassis it is disappointing in that it doesn't sound brilliant it's sort of gruff there is there is some bmw to the note in it [Music] but the main thing is just the way it's so creamy smooth all the way up to its redline and of course with 503 brake horsepower that's part of 500 pounds worth of torque it shrugs off any extra weight i can tell you that much it's not a real sort of crescendo which i suppose you wouldn't really expect with a turbo engine anyway but if we're going to be picky that's not there that's not perhaps the the real spine tingling nature of the the very best m engines but but in terms of what it delivers absolutely no complaints at all then there's the gearbox and obviously i really did have my doubts it was possibly my biggest doubt actually about this car how could they put an eight-speed torque converter in this and still make it an m car and perhaps it i do still have some misgivings about it because i think an improved dct something like porsche's pdk would have made this car even better having said that the shifts in this are so smooth that i actually think it's an improvement on the old dct which you were always just a bit nervous of because it could dump shifts in a way that you always felt might just unsettle the rear axle so you could feel a bit uneasy using that old dct whereas this you just don't have any worries about it at all yes again right at the top end perhaps it's a little bit soft it doesn't quite have the snappiness the precision that you'd expect from an m car but in terms of usability again and actually just enjoyment down the road i would rather have this than the old dct the carbon paddles even feel quite nice it's not the most satisfying action but they are interestingly tactile on their red backs with the dimples for down and pimples for up whereas in the old dct which could just feel a bit like a well a bit like an automated single clutch manual you'd never really turned it up to its its full maximum attack speed in terms of changes this well down here you can just put it up to three all the time to be honest and it's so smooth even when it's giving the fast shifts that it's absolutely fine and of course you can wind it all the way back and it is a tour converter so you can make it a nice relaxing everyday car and it is that bit more relaxing it's an everyday car yes there is quite a bit of road noise transmitted into this new m4 but the actual ride quality is impressive you certainly feel the bumps but never harshly so it's not uncomfortable and if you find yourself cruising on the motorway heading to a multi-story car park then this latest m4 even has a whole suite of driver assistance systems to cool up on if you like relinquishing a bit of control now you can actually get a new m4 with a six-speed manual gearbox just not in the uk it's the standard or non-competition m4 it's got 473 brake horsepower and 406 pounds for so quite a bit down particularly on the torque because the 6-speed gearbox can't cope but if you're lucky enough to live in one of those markets you can get a six-speed manual in the uk the m4 competition starts at 000 pounds in terms of the spec on this particular car well the most eye-catching thing is certainly the sao paulo yellow paint which is actually a no-cost option these wheels 19s at the front 20s at the rear are 826 m style forged alloys and if you want they can be wrapped in cup 2 tyres instead of this car's 4s rubber the carbon roof with its new aerodynamic ridges is of course standard but this car has some extra carbon at the front on the wing mirrors and around the back with the diffuser and the small spoiler these are all part of the 6750 pound m carbon pack which also includes the seats which we'll talk about in a moment one carbon option not on this car is carbon ceramic brakes i had no complaints with the standard items although admittedly i didn't encounter any big alpine descents but there may well be a benefit to be felt from the 15 kilos of unsprung mass saved with the golden caliper items if you want to lash out of course the big option with this is that you can have it as an m3 competition and the great thing about this is that it's basically exactly the same it's the same overall length it's obviously a little bit higher so 40 millimeters higher it's very slightly wider at 16 millimeters wider same not 62 mile an hour time at 3.9 seconds same 503 brake horsepower and 479 pounds foot of torque you obviously get the extra practicality of some rear doors and you get a bit more boot space so it's up to 480 liters which is 40 liters more than the m4 competition i've actually driven this car and really to all intents and purposes i can't see any real difference between this and the m4 competition i actually think this is better for one crucial reason you see the standard three series is slightly narrower than the standard four series so because they've got the same width tracks you just get a bit more bit more rear arch a bit more haunch bit more m blistering which i think looks really good of course we've been promised an m3 touring in the future too which could be the most desirable of the lot and there will be x drive models that will send power to the front as well as the rear wheels anyway back to the m4 thank you and time for a look at the interior in here well most of it is actually standard so all this lovely carbon here and on the wheel that's standard the harman kardon stereo that standard the head-up display that's standard too something that is an option well these rather lovely m carbon bucket seats they're part of the carbon pack i think they're worth the money partly because they save a bit of weight so 4.8 kilos per seat but just under 10 kilos is not a huge saving in a car that weighs over 1700 kilos however they just add to the ambiance of this car they're still electrically adjustable there's this curious sort of carbon bit down here that sort of evokes the idea that they might be set up for six point harnesses and then there are the grab handles on the side that remind me sort of the toboggan little plastic ones you can buy they're even heated i mean what's not to like anyway there are in here a lot of buttons and i do like buttons as opposed to just all on attack screen but i think to show you what they do we should go back out on the road let's start with the m mode button which gives you options of road sport and track essentially progressively reducing the distractions from the displays in track it also turns off things like lane keep assist which is a useful shortcut to know about next is the setup button which brings up a mildly perplexing plethora of things for you to adjust but for once they are actually all useful and usable so for engine and chassis we've got three options and then steering and brakes we've got two options and it might sound odd to say they're all usable of course they should be but sometimes in cars you feel like they're just being put there because the engineers can and you're always hunting around for the sort of the goldilocks setting the sweet spot if you like with this steering comfort that makes sense to use that around town or just daily driving but sports yes actually it does make a difference just the extra added weight is nice when you're driving more quickly similarly with brakes comfort sport every day when you're driving more quickly the engine settings are pretty self-explanatory too comfort renders the powertrain relatively docile while sport plus responds like your average starting blizzard i've actually been knocking it back to sport a lot of the time because i think on the road it just feels a little bit nicer it just takes out some of the hyper aggressiveness on the throttle i think it really is mostly for track that setting perhaps the biggest surprise for me came with the chassis options because yes sport is probably the best on a bumpy road but you can use sport plus and i actually love the extra agility that you get with sport plus turn in and it's just instantly there it seems to rotate so quickly and then lean on that outside rear tire so it's just there waiting to respond to the throttle it is so much fun [Music] yes the damping is firm but in no way does it feel like it wants to bounce you off the road like you might expect it retains composure and it's actually really impressive they've complicated the dsc settings too in this so you still got mdm or m dynamic mode which is a really nice halfway house then you've got dsc off but you've also got 10 stages in that traction control so you can tune it if you do turn it all the way off then it's amazing because for all this cars talkness and responsiveness actually it's very progressive too there is real polish to this car on the limit it's a bit like i don't know it's a bit like a tennis player who's capable of smashing a serve down at 130 miles an hour then sprinting to the net and then having incredibly soft hands just to volley it back this ease with which the suspension and end if combined makes all the chassis agility and the powertrain's aggression feel approachable it makes the whole car feel fun one other small advantage actually of turning the dsc off which i've noticed is very very subtle but i think the steering is actually slightly nicer just with all the aids off something just seems to release it and of course once you've worked out which settings you'll want access to most often you can simply program the m1 and m2 buttons on the wheel from its spec sheet i was worried that this latest m4 would lean too much towards the everyday end of the spectrum that there wouldn't be enough m for motorsport in it but thankfully that's not the case for me the handling actually continues the aggressive pointy nose balance that started with the e92 m3 coupe a and continued through the f-82 but in the g82 that distinctive almost dirty directness has more polish to its edges like it or loathe it this grille deserves its place alongside its predecessors i really was skeptical about this car but [Music] i love it it's not completely fall free but it's a proper m car and it's fantastic to drive thank you very much indeed for watching if you'd like to watch our series on the past m3 greats then just click on the link and please 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Length: 13min 38sec (818 seconds)

Published: Tue Mar 09 2021