BMW M240i Drag Races Porsche 718 Cayman In German Sportscar 1/4-Mile Attack

The answer to that question comes in the form of the video below, which shows the Bimmer duking it out with a non-S 718 Cayman. The pair of German sportscars engaged in a quarter-mile battle held by Auto Bild.

This is one of those BMW-Porsche rivalries that sees competitors being matched on both the tech and the financial fronts, albeit with the expected premium for the Zuffenhausen model.

To be more precise, while the Bimmer comes with a starting price of $45,445, the mid-engined machine, which represents the most affordable path into the Porsche sportscar owners club, has an MSRP of $53,900.

Speaking of the engine placement in the Porsche, some car enthusiasts out there might discard this pure driving advantage due to the turbo-four nature of the Porscha. The BMW also has the practicality advantage delivered by its 2+2 layout, so, at least on paper, none of these can come out as the clear winner when it comes to a balanced buying decision.

On the tech front, the Porsche's 2.0-liter flat-four, which delivers 300 hp and 280 lb-ft (380 Nm) of torque, can't match the figures of the BMW's new B58 single-turbo 3.0-liter straight-six, which packs 335 hp and 369 lb-ft (500 Nm).

And we'll remind you we've already seen the M240i matching the pace of the M2, albeit in a brawl that can be labeled as a controversial drag race.

The numbers mentioned above seem to offer a clear advantage to the BMW and the real-world translation of those figures awaits you behind the "play" button below.