JUST per week after revealing its extremely anticipated i4 electrical sports activities sedan, BMW has unveiled its new-generation 4 Collection Gran Coupe and its Australian outpost has confirmed the swoopy four-door will arrive Down Below within the remaining quarter of this 12 months.
In keeping with BMW Group Australia, the 4 Collection Gran Coupe will land in Australia “a number of months” earlier than the i4, pointing to a possible October launch for the brand new A5 Sportback rival and a December arrival for its electrical cousin.
The speculation seems much more credible given the October 2020 arrival of the common 4 Collection, which might neatly separate the two- and four-door ranges by 12 months – a technique utilized by many producers when launching derivatives of a sure mannequin.
Regardless, the Australian 4 Collection Gran Coupe line-up will echo that of the coupe, which consists of the 420i, 430i and M440i xDrive.
One distinction would be the omission of a full-fat M4 Gran Coupe, which was dominated out final September by BMW M CEO Markus Flasch in the course of the digital media launch of the present M3/M4.
Each the 420i and 430i are powered by turbocharged 2.0-litre four-cylinder petrol engines, the previous growing peak energy and torque of 135kW and 300Nm, stepping up significantly within the 430i with a stronger 190kW/400Nm.
The M440i xDrive by far takes prime honours with 285kW/500Nm courtesy of its force-fed 3.0-litre straight six.
All variants have an eight-speed computerized transmission, the 420i and 430i being rear-wheel drive and the M440i – because the xDrive nomenclature suggests – boasts an all-wheel-drive set-up.
Dimensionally, the Gran Coupe is barely marginally greater than its two-door counterpart, measuring 4783mm lengthy (+15mm), 1852mm extensive (+0mm) and 1442mm tall (+59mm), with a 2856mm wheelbase (+5mm).
Whereas the size have been tweaked right here and there, no such modifications have been made to the styling – save for the 2 rear doorways – which means that controversial vertical kidney grille has been carried over unchanged. Nevertheless, Australian variants will likely be given the identical minor reprieve because the coupes and are available fitted with the M Sport bundle as commonplace.
As with the outside, inside styling is just about similar to that of the 4 Collection coupe and three Collection, even all the way down to the 40:20:40 split-folding rear seats.
With the rear pews folded down, BMW says there’s 1290 litres of cargo quantity on provide or 470L with them in place – the coupe provides 440L.
Below the pores and skin, the 4 Collection Gran Coupe rides on an analogous two-joint spring strut entrance axle and five-link rear axle suspension set-up as its two-door counterparts, albeit with a model-specific geometry, mounting and tuning to account for the marginally completely different proportions and weight.
Australian-delivered 430is and M440i xDrives will likely be fitted with BMW’s adaptive M damping system and M Sport brakes, the latter anticipated to be optionally out there on the 420i. All variants trip on 19-inch alloy wheels.
Whereas the native pricing and precise specification particulars are but to finalised, different commonplace tools highlights throughout the vary will embrace a 12.3-inch digital cockpit, 10.25-inch touchscreen infotainment system that includes each Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, sports activities seats, knee pads on the aspect of the centre console, an M leather-based steering wheel, Driving Assistant with lane-departure warning, lane-change warning, entrance collision warning with brake intervention, rear cross-traffic warning and rear collision prevention.
Inspecting the native coupe vary, different tools highlights are greater than prone to encompass energy adjustment for the entrance seats with reminiscence for the motive force, satellite tv for pc navigation, DAB+ digital radio, wi-fi charging and smartphone integration and a HiFi loudspeaker system (based mostly on the 420i’s commonplace spec).
BMW Australia has offered 436 examples of the 4 Collection thus far this 12 months ending Might, sufficient to make it one of many two dominant forces inside the $80,000-plus sportscar phase with a 26.4 per cent share, second solely to the Mercedes-Benz C-Class (557 models/33.7 per cent).
