INTERNATIONAL LAUNCH
More M4 than the original machine
BMW just built the M4 it should have built in the first place, writes Michael Taylor
Has BMW, at long last, figured out how to make the best out of the M4? By stripping out weight, putting in grip and stepping up the power and torque, it has turned the M4 into a useful car that’s nimble, reassuring,ly fast and fun. Sadly, it’s a limited-run car, and will only be built until 2019, though demand might force M division to reconsider that. The M4 forced us to ask uncomfortable questions about M. The most uncomfortable of them was whether BMW’s M division still knew how to make light, lithe, nimble sporty cars. M threw out the M4 GTS, presumably just to show us that its chassis was capable of giggles and hoots, but it was microscopically limited in scope. But now there’s this, the M4 CS. And it’s really very good, addressing most of the M4’s headaches as M tries its best to make a GT car a sports car. While the engine isn’t at the core of the issues that rob the M4 of its E30 M3 lineage, M has still given the M4 CS more of it. The 3.0l in-line six eschews twin-scroll tur...
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