All New BMW M4 Competition Convertible with Soft Top

BMW’s all-new M4 Competition Convertible with xDrive, debuted today and will be here ins Australia by the end of the year

Outside: in particular, the new bow softtop roof,

BMW has ditched the old folding tin roof in favour of a classic softtop. The softtop is 40% lighted than the old tin roof too. The roof can be opened or closed while moving, and takes 18 seconds to complete the dance.

With the roof down, the boot has a 300 litres capacity, which is 80 litres more than the old model. With the roof up, the boot increases to 385 litres.

Like the 3 and 4 series models, the convertible gets the vast, gaping, BMW kidney grille. Some find it confronting, and other ask what on earth BMW was thinking.

Adaptive LED Headlights with BMW Laserlight are standard on Australian-delivered cars. These light up the night with a daylight-like effect.

M4 Competition Convertible gets big flared wheel arches, M Side Gills , and large extended side sills which, with the attachment parts for the front and rear aprons form a black band around the entire car.

The rear end features two fat pairs of tailpipes, something all M owners have come to expect..

If you want to spend even more money, you can option the M Carbon exterior package, with  front bumper, mirror caps and rear diffuser made of carbon fibre.

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ABOVE: all-new M4 Competition Convertible with xDrive, 

Six-cylinder in-line powerplant with high-revving character 

The power plant is a 375kW/650Nm 3.0-litre six-cylinder in-line engine. It comes with M TwinPower Turbo technology for added pep. Power is maintained up to the 7,200rpm red line.

Transmission is the eight-speed M Steptronic transmission with Drivelogic, link to the M xDrive AWD system.

0-100 is 3.7 seconds, and on to 200kph on 13.1 seconds. As a by-the-way, you can go from 80 to 120 km/h in 2.8 seconds (in 4^th gear), or 3.7 seconds (in 5^th gear).

The M exhaust system has electrically controlled flaps to make a bunch of noise, worthy of an M car.

M xDrive: precise power distribution, supreme performance

The M xDrive all-wheel-drive system uses an electronically controlled multi-plate clutch in the transfer case to ensure fully variable and smooth distribution of the engine’s power between the front and rear wheels.

It has a rear-wheel bias, and Active M Differential, give M4 the traditional sports car feel.

You can change 4WD bias in the setup menu to set your own preferred  tastes.

For track days, you can turn the DSC off, which puts the car Xdrive in to 2WD mode. In this mode, the electronic nannies do not engage, so you are on your own.

Model-specific body stiffening and chassis technology

Key features:

• aluminium shear panel in the front-end structur
• underfloor bracing elements
• rear axle subframe with a rigid connection to the body

In addition, there are torsion struts at the rear of the body.

There is a double-joint spring strut front axle with adapted axle geometry and specially tuned steering.

At the rear, the five-link rear axle includes elastokinematics.

19” forged M light-alloy front wheels and 20” rear wheels are standard equipment.

The M Servotronic steering has speed-sensitive power assistance with a variable steering ratio.

Finally, the BMW M4 Competition Convertible with M xDrive has adaptive M suspension to electronically control the dampers.

Two brake pedal feel settings, 10 traction control stages

Advanced brakes have an electric actuator. M Compound brakes are Standard, with the option of M Carbon ceramic. The driver can select either of two pedal feel settings. The stability control system has an M Dynamic Mode to allow extra wheel slip.

The new M Traction Control function is standard on Australian models, and has 10 settings.

M Carbon bucket seats and M-specific control and operation system

Inside, we have M specific steering wheel, gearshift paddles, and gearshift lever.

Heated M Sport seats have powered adjustment, Merino leather trim, and Air Collar, while seat cooling is optional. A further option is the M Carbon bucket seats.

A centre console control fettles settings for the engine, chassis, steering, braking system and M xDrive.

M buttons on the steering wheel directly access 2 pre-programmed settings, one of which is for a track day. M Drift Analyser and M Laptimer record driving manoeuvres. The control panel on the centre console also houses the M Mode button as standard. You will also set driver assistance systems, and instrument cluster displays, including and Head-Up.

Settings include ROAD, SPORT and M Drive Professional TRACK mode.

It is worth noting the M Carbon Package reduces weight by around 25 kilograms over standard M cars. This package has M Carbon ceramic brakes, M Carbon exterior package and M Carbon bucket seats.

High level of standard equipment and advanced technology

Standard equipment

• three-zone automatic climate control,
• LED interior lighting with ambient lighting
• Harmon Kardon surround sound speaker system
• The BMW Live Cockpit Professional with a fully digital display
• Steering and Lane Control Assistant
• Reversing Assistant.