MOTOR Magazine Australia

BMW M4 COMPETITION

Rating 4.5

NE 2993cc 6cyl, dohc, twin-turbo

POWER 375kW@ 5510-7500rpm

TORQUE 650Nm @ 2750-5500rpm

0-100KM/H 3.9s

WEIGHT 1725kg • PRICE $159,900

LIKE: Implacable front end; gutsy motor; smart electronics; brakes

DISLIKE: Considerable bulk; styling; crippleware manual decision

Turn One at Phillip Island. Not by any stretch of the imagination. That would normally be cause for some concern and it certainly would have been in the previous generation BMW M4. There, it would have been a case of nervously groping for the limit of grip, prickly heat creeping up your spine as you steeled yourself to react to a poorly telegraphed stab

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