The second-generation BMW 4-Series has arrived and with the huge kidney grille that dominated its looks, speedo boys have around the world are lamenting just what happened to BMW today just because they're spawned one of the most controversially-designed cars in ages. Let's have a look.
Priced at less than 46K euros, the second-generation BMW 4-Series Coupe is the car that got the whole world on fire because of the front face that draws flak from speedo boys everywhere. The question is why? It all began when BMW presented the preview of the second-generation 4er back in the 2019 IAA in the form of the 4 Concept. The reaction? The massively tall kidney grilles, BMW says it harks back from the legendary 328 and 3.0 CSI, drawing flak from the motoring public and feared that it might apply not just in production form but also in the next M3/M4 as well.
Well, the damage is done and with the front face stirred an angry mob of speedo boys, looks like the new 4-Series is in for a long slob. Yes, BMW is now living in an era of big grilles speedo boys call it nonsense. Besides, our favorite German luxury brand has turned left and embraced progress. Get it? They prefer progressivism over conservatism that championed speedo boys in the past.
Speaking of progress, while everybody's lamenting over the new 4-Series' exterior design, the interior still works like every BMW does. It's a serious sports car but it's got tons of cool gadgets to toy with especially the annoying voice control that your camera-toting mate will find it too much to bear. To anyone who has experience with past BMW coupes, living inside can be either good or bad because the 4-Series can seat up to four people inside, and yes, boot space fit for your groceries or trips to the hotel so it is good.
One said "bad plus good equals better for everyone", which means that despite the bad looks, the new 4-Series features improved performance and dynamics that are beyond good. Under the hood, you have a choice of either a 2.0L petrol, a 2.0L diesel (the one to avoid since this is Europe today), and then this; the 374PS 3.0L 6-cylinder turbocharged engine from the range-topper M440i xDrive variant. All variants are mated to an 8-speed Steptronic as standard as well as the micro-hybrid nonsense as well.
Performance aside, the new 4-Series drives better than the old model because of its low center of gravity, improved dynamics, sport-tuned chassis and suspension setup, and others. In its normal rear-wheel-drive guise, the new 4-Series still works like a real BMW most speedo boys adorned, but with xDrive on the M440i, expect punchlines that will get you hooked for more.
Having satisfied with the dynamics this new model possesses, the new 4-Series features a wide array of driver assistance systems that can scare away even the most frisky of speedo boys behind the wheel. The one with the Driving Assistant and Active Cruise Control is worth noticeable but the Driving Assistant Professional is what scared speedo boys the most because it comes with the most advanced autonomous driving tech ever equipped in a car like this.
Bad styling, good interior, good performance, and good tech equals better for almost everyone. This is what the new 4-Series sums up really good and while the monstrously tall kidney grille is suicidal in the eyes of speedo boys, it drives like a real BMW and looks like it's on a roll now.
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