The unveiling, as is commonplace, was akin to a curtain being pulled slowly aside to reveal a great work of art on a museum tour, and while this might be over the top for, say, a new family runabout, this seemed apt for bona fide modern classics like the M3 and M4.
The sun shone down on all the shiny metal in a variety of less-than-subtle colours as the cars were revealed in Yas’s pit lane, the electric doors rising achingly slowly to show the new vehicles.
Everyone had seen pictures of the new models in advance, so there were no revelations about their appearance. Even so, there would have been few sharp intakes of breath if this hadn’t been the case, as the design changes are subtle. The new models come with BMW’s new fierce kidney grille, but otherwise they resemble recent M3s and M4s.
22 April 2021 - 09:05 By Denis Droppa The BMW M3 has an impressive 0-100km/h time when the tricky launch control system allows.
Picture: DENIS DROPPA
Much has been said about the contentious bucktoothed grille of the new-generation BMW M3 and M4, but just how big is the bite behind it?
To find out, we took the M3 for a high-performance evaluation at the Gerotek test centre near Pretoria, using a Vbox to measure its acceleration figures.
To recap, the M3 four-door sedan and M4 two-door coupé were launched in SA last month in Competition guise, which means they’re powered by the most muscular version of the twin-turbo six-cylinder 3.0
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While the F80 BMW M3 and the Ford Mustang are inherently very different cars, the two examples you’re about to see here have been modified for additional competency when it comes to straight-line acceleration. So, at least they have that in common.