The new BMW 4 Series Coupe has been caught on camera for the very first time, following a recent sighting of the next 4 Series Cabriolet that will join it on sale next year.
Sharing its mechanicals with the latest BMW 3 Series saloon, the new 4 Series will break cover next year. But with 2019 being a Frankfurt Motor Show year, don’t be surprised to see BMW preview its arrival in the coming weeks at Germany’s largest auto show.
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It’s still heavily hidden away, but the design of the next BMW 4 Series Coupe will draw heavily on its saloon bodied 3 Series sibling. We can just about make out that it shares the same sculpted bumpers, long bonnet and swept-back headlamps, as well as a matching flat rear-end, similarly shaped flanks and a near-identical set of LED tail lights.The strong shoulders over the rear wheels gives the 4 Series a touch of 8 Series Coupe presence too.
The Coupe’s interior will be carried over largely unchanged from the 3 Series, with only minor tweaks to make it suitable for the car’s two-door body style. BMW’s 12.3-inch digital gauge cluster and 10.2-inch iDrive infotainment system will feature, along with a fresh rear bench seat, new door cards and Apple CarPlay connectivity.
Due to its sporty brief, we expect the new 4 Series Coupe will use only the 3 Series’s more powerful engines and will receive a sportier chassis tune by default. Entry-level variants will feature revised versions of the saloon’s four-cylinder petrol and diesel units, being badged as 420i and 420d respectively. Above these will sit the 430i and the six-cylinder 430d and 440i.
A new BMW M4 Coupe will sit at the top of the range, sharing the same, brand new ‘S58’ twin-turbocharged 3.0-litre straight-six petrol engine as the forthcoming BMW M3 Saloon.
The standard M4 will produce 480bhp, with the flagship Competition variant - likely the only one we’ll get in Britain - developing 510bhp.
Lower-specced 4 Series models will send drive to the rear wheels only, with four-cylinder variants potentially being offered with a six-speed manual gearbox. The flagship M4 Coupe will feature a similar selectable four-wheel-drive system as the new M5, which offers drivers the option of sending all of the engine’s power to the rear wheels if desired.
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