We pit BMW's fiery G82M4 Competition against the clock to see how its matches up with its F82 predecessor.
BMW’s fiery siblings, the M3 Sedan and M4 Coupe in Competition spec, were let loose on the general public a few months ago and we came away from our subsequent road test of the M3 Sedan mostly impressed. Now it is the turn of this G82 M4 Coupe to see how far it has come when stacked up against the previous F82 M4 Coupe.
BMW’s fiery siblings, the M3 Sedan and M4 Coupe in Competition spec, were let loose on the general public a few months ago and we came away from our subsequent road test of the M3 Sedan mostly impressed. Now it is the turn of this G82 M4 Coupe to see how far it has come when stacked up against the previous F82 M4 Coupe. I am not going to waste your time getting into all the boring details, lets rather just cut to the high-performance stuff, because that’s what driving or owning a R1 957 388 BMW M4 Coupe is all about after all.The basic architecture 3.0-litre six-cylinder in-line direct injection engine, running with bigger turbos on the newer G82 M4, remains the powerplant of choice.
The new car runs a more traditional torque converter eight-speed gearbox versus the faster shifting double clutch seven-speed unit of the past and weighs in at a full 1 685 kg versus 1 500 kg. Can 44 kW and 100 Nm be enough for the G82 M4 to overcome these substantial hurdles of what most will see as a heavier and slower shifting car and get past the F82 M4?When you first drive the G82 M4, it even feels a little slower than the F82 M4.
The big trick here versus the old car is that the G82 now makes you hold the car on the brake while it dials in about one bar of boost. Only then does the ‘Preparing Launch Control’ notice change to ‘Launch Control Active’, and you are good to go destroy the competition!Hitting around 1.7-bar boost a moment or so after letting the brake go you would think that smoking the rear tyres would be the only thing happening here.
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