BMW received’t provide the next-generation M4 with a combustion engine, in response to a brand new report from BMW Weblog. The automaker is allegedly planning to make the mannequin electric-only, differentiating it from the upcoming M3, which BMW plans to promote as each a combustion-powered automobile and an EV.
In line with BMW Weblog‘s unnamed sources, the EV will supposedly arrive sporting an all-new design that shifts away from the mannequin’s present styling language. The upcoming M4 will allegedly make the most of the automaker’s Neue Klasse platform, in addition to the applied sciences and {hardware} of the electrical M3 the automaker is already teasing.
We nonetheless don’t know something about horsepower or efficiency, however we all know the platform could make as much as 1,340 horsepower, which is probably going way over BMW plans to pack into both M automobile. BMW Weblog suspects the electrical M3 and M4 will produce round 700 horsepower—almost matching the present M5.
We’ll have to attend to seek out out extra, although. The upcoming i3 sedan—the automobile set to spearhead the launch of BMW’s new platform—received’t occur till 2026, with the sportier electrical M3 not anticipated to reach till 2027. If BMW is simply now beginning to design the electrical M4, it doubtless received’t go on sale earlier than 2028.
