BMW 4-Series G22 Cabriolet

The 4-Series G22 from BMW. When it was first came out late last year, this new model draws flak for having a monstrously sized kidney grille that BMW calls it their new normal but still, bad styling, good interior, good performance, and good tech equals better for almost everyone is what this new model sums up. What about the open-top version?

2021 BMW 4-Series Cabriolet

Priced at 54,800 Euros plus additional costs, making it more expensive to own than its hardtop equivalent, the new 4-Series Cabriolet carries the same stuff you'd expect from its hardtop equivalent, only this time in open-top form just in time for your spring break to the open roads, getting away from the city streets that are becoming too grim for you because of you-know-what.

Of course, you are still greeted by the monstrously huge kidney grille that is the "new normal" for BMW as well as other stuff on the inside where you can toy around with its multimedia features as well as its climate controls, not to mention seating for four or five people if you know what I mean, but as a cabriolet, it's got a new foldable sotftop that can be closed or open at the touch of the button. Although it eats away boot space, it's still got slightly more room in the back compared from the previous model, meaning it's a decent grocery hauler on a daily basis.

Like its coupe equivalent, the 4-Series Cabriolet has a choice of either a 2.0L petrol, a 2.0L diesel (the one to avoid since this is Europe today), and then 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.

Although heavier than the coupe, the new 4-Series Cabriolet still drives better than before because it's got near-perfect weight distribution, sophisticated suspension and chassis setup, better aerodynamics, lower center of gravity, and so on. 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.

Of course, like the coupe, the new 4-Series Cabriolet features a wide range of ADAS driving tech that are too much to bear for speedo boys behind the wheel.

Bad styling, good interior, good performance, and good tech equals better for almost everyone, just like its coupe equivalent.

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