RE: BMW M4 'revealed'?

[BUG4LIFE]

Love it, and love the colour.

[MiseryStreak]

Crusoe said:

Quite a spec sheet

I think you've just leaked the first details of it there. So a Bi-turbo 3 litre six producing 422PS (416bhp), 540NM (398 ft lbf) from just 1900 RPM with a 1495kg kerb weight and 0-62 time of 4.4 seconds. The E92 had 414bhp and 295 ft lbf so similar power but a st load more torque.

[Crusoe]

Looks like it monsters the 911 and will have the legs on the AMG mercedes with that weight figure too.

		Merc C63 Saloon		Porsche 911 C2		NEW M3
Torque		443 ft/lbs		287 ft/lbs		398 ft/lbs
Power		457 bhp		345 bhp		416 bhp
Weight		1730 kg		1470 kg		1495 kg
Power to weight		264 bhp/ton		235 bhp/ton		278 bhp/ton
Torque to weight		256 ft/lb/ton		195 ft/lb/ton		266 ft/lb/ton

Edited by Crusoe on Friday 16th August 11:10

[v8matt]

I think the color is pretty awesome tbh. Could well be my next car.

[Cheib]

danielj58 said:

I agree though, love that angle, and this is just all sorts of perverted <3

Sadly I doubt that detail will be making production!

[FamilyDub]

So, by my calcs (and if weight is ~1,500kg), adding a tweak to get output to 450hp, will be 300hp/ton. Nice.

[nonuts]

MiseryStreak said:

Crusoe said:

Quite a spec sheet

I think you've just leaked the first details of it there. So a Bi-turbo 3 litre six producing 422PS (416bhp), 540NM (398 ft lbf) from just 1900 RPM with a 1495kg kerb weight and 0-62 time of 4.4 seconds. The E92 had 414bhp and 295 ft lbf so similar power but a st load more torque.

Look at the max power figure though, 422ps from 5400 to 7000 rpm. Without wanting to speculate too much that's got to be boost limited, probably meaning with a remap that will be a lot higher at 7,000rpm.

[va1o]

MiseryStreak said:

Some great pictures there. Looks particularly good from this angle:



I don't understand the M4 Coupé Moniker though, I thought the whole point of the 4 is that is a Coupé.

Its so when the 4dr Gran Coupé comes out they can differentiate

[FamilyDub]

va1o said:

MiseryStreak said:

Some great pictures there. Looks particularly good from this angle:



I don't understand the M4 Coupé Moniker though, I thought the whole point of the 4 is that is a Coupé.

Its so when the 4dr Gran Coupé comes out they can differentiate

^ Yeah, on price, mainly!

[lestiq]

Roma101 said:

Looks ace. Provided they sort the shut line at the front of the bonnet! Better start saving. When is the M3 saloon being launched (if they are even doing one)?

It is the single most irritating thing about the all the new bmws, it just looks so cheap! Sort it out BMW Please!!

just saying..

Edited by lestiq on Friday 16th August 12:07

[T1berious]

too... much.... want.....

[161BMW]

pSyCoSiS said:

I just hate the 'M4' badge on the front grill - gives it a chavvy touch. Leave it off and it will be slightly more discreet...

I think they do a similar thing with the current M6...

Plus 1

[161BMW]

I miss when the M3s .... sorry M4 .... Had chrome kidney grills like they are supposed to instead of the black kidney grills of this M4 and the previous E92 M3 in some of the special editions. Always reminded me of the chavs bruvs that buy BMWs and tart them up with aftermarket mods

[Hellbound]

http://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=...

More pics.

[torres del paine]

Ooh yeah! Now we're talking.

Love the colour too.

[Wills2]

FamilyDub said:

So, by my calcs (and if weight is ~1,500kg), adding a tweak to get output to 450hp, will be 300hp/ton. Nice.

I think that weight might be DIN not EU so 1570kg? I'm also not sure if those numbers are real the 62mph time is only .2sec better than the out going DCT M3 and the F30 B3 is quicker at 4.2 secs to 62.

The car looks bloody fantastic though, but I have a horrible feeling that specced up this is going to be 70k+

[thecremeegg]

That is superb! The proportions are right, it looks brilliant! This coming from someone who thinks that any BMW since the E46/39 era has looked dull

[Tuvra]

Here's another colour I mocked up:

[danp]

Wills2 said:

FamilyDub said:

So, by my calcs (and if weight is ~1,500kg), adding a tweak to get output to 450hp, will be 300hp/ton. Nice.

I think that weight might be DIN not EU so 1570kg? I'm also not sure if those numbers are real the 62mph time is only .2sec better than the out going DCT M3 and the F30 B3 is quicker at 4.2 secs to 62.

The car looks bloody fantastic though, but I have a horrible feeling that specced up this is going to be 70k+

A happy coincidence but the E46 M3 was 1570kg to EU1. 450bhp and well under 1500kg for a CSL would be good.

[DISASTRA 5 0]

MCSL said:

I think hats off to you BMW, it looks great! More pics and vids here..

What a colour!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedd...



http://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=...