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Undeterred by leaks leading up to the reveal on Tuesday (September 22), BMW has officially unveiled the controversial new M3 and M4 in the Competition guise topping the line.
As anticipated in the series of spy images, leaks and teaser images, the internally designated G80 and G82 models feature the same contentious vertical kidney grilles as the new Series 4, with Munich Vice President of Design Adrian van Hooydonk , describing the look as “Feature Driven, pure and lean without compromise.”
Flanked by optional standard LED or Matrix Laserlight LED headlamps, M-specific touches include a black finish for the grille, a carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) roof on both models, gloss black painted M mirrors on Competition, new widened door sills, black chrome-finished quad tailpipes in the competition, and from the list of options, an M Carbon exterior package as well as the Shadowline package.
Debuting in two new shades, Isle of Man Green Metallic and Sao Paulo Yellow, the color palette consists of Alpine White, Skyscraper Gray Metallic, Sapphire Black Metallic, Brooklyn Gray Metallic, Toronto Red Metallic, and Portimao Blue Metallic with buyers having a choice too. . the range of Individual and Frozen shades.
Mounted as standard on 18-inch front and 19-inch rear alloy wheels, while the Competition gets 19 and 20 inches respectively, the change from the standard 3 Series and 4 Series has had an effect in overall dimensions with the The M3 being 85mm longer and the M4 24mm at the front. In the case of the first, the width has been increased by 75 mm and the height has been reduced by two millimeters, while those of the M4 have been increased by 40 mm and 10 mm respectively.
With the same CLAR platform as the standard models, there have been considerable revisions under the liners, namely the inclusion of a revised Adaptive M suspension with electronically controlled dampers, an aluminum front subframe and axle, dual-link front springs, forks and ball joints, a five-link rear axle, stiffer chassis and a new front axle subframe. In total, three standard driving modes are offered; Comfort, Sport and Sport +.
Also, the M-tuned Servotronic electric power steering has been modified, but it still comes with two modes (Comfort and Sport), the updated M Driving mode selector with ten slip settings for traction control and three for the engine (Efficient , Sport and Sport +) and Dynamic Stability Control programmed to turn off completely while driving, on xDrive models, going only to the rear wheels.
In terms of braking, M compound brakes are standard and use a fixed six-piston front caliper configuration painted blue or optional red or black at the front and single at the rear with 380mm and 370mm discs respectively. . Painted in gold, and available as an option, the M Carbon ceramic caps retain the same caliper configuration, but with larger discs measuring 400mm at the front and 380mm at the rear.
Inside, the overall look and feel remain unchanged from the Series 3 and Series 4, but with a number of M-specific additions, such as an anthracite M headlining and an M sports steering wheel with M1 red buttons. and M2 as on the M5, M badges, high-gloss aluminum or carbon fiber inlays, optional carbon fiber gear shift paddles, and M sport seats upholstered in fine-grain Merino leather full leather finished in black with Anthracite, Yas Marina Blue / Black, Silverstone / Black or Kyalami Orange / Black inserts.
In the BMW Individual catalog, the mentioned inlays can be specified in Fineline Black with silver-effect open-pore wood, while the seats are timed in leather and offered in Ivory White, Fjord Blue / black, Tartufo and Fiona Red / black.
Also on the list of options are the new M Carbon bucket seats that weigh 9.6 kg less than the standard seats, while the M mode is standard on both models and comes in three configurations; Road, Sport and Track with the activation of the latter which results in the display of a color Heads-Up screen with specific readings of M.
As part of the M Drive Professional system that comes standard on the Competition, there are two new readings within the 10.25-inch infotainment system, a laptimer and an M Drift analyzer. The infotainment system features the same 7.0 operating system as the rest of the BMW lineup and is part of the Live Cockpit Professional configuration that includes a 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster with M.
At the front, forward momentum is provided by the new S58 3.0-liter twin-turbocharged in-line six engine with a power output of 353kW / 550Nm and 375kW / 650Nm in the competition. As mentioned above, a six-speed manual gearbox is offered as standard on the former, with the option, and the only transmission for the Competition, is an eight-speed Steptronic.
In terms of performance, both the M3 and M4 will go from 0-100 km / h in 4.2 seconds and reach a top speed of 250 km / h or 290 km / h with the included optional M Driver Package, while the The competition will do so by dispatching the reference sprint in 3.9 seconds with the respective times of 0-200 km / h being 13.7 and 12.5 seconds.
Debuting next year, both Competition versions will come with the first-mentioned xDrive all-wheel drive, equipped with the same modes as the M5, namely 4WD, 4WD Sport, and 2WD. As stated above, the much-acclaimed M3 Touring will join in 2022, however, so far no mention has been made about the rumored CS and CSL models.
In the United States, sales start in March next year with prices starting at $ 69,000 (R1 166 688) and $ 71,800 (R1 214 032) for the M3 and M4, and starting at $ 72,800 (R1 230 940) and $ 74 700 (R1 263 067) for the Competition. However, BMW South Africa has confirmed that only competition derivatives will be available from the first half of next year, meaning that purists will miss out on the manual transmission.
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