BMW could not keep its new beast, the production version of the M4 CS, away from the Nurburgring. It is, after all, the place where all BMW sports cars end up. The high-performance sedan lapped the famous circuit like it was born there. In fact, it sort of was born there!
For decades, automakers have tagged the Nordschleife as a unit of measurement for performance, and BMW makes no exception. Sixteen weeks per year are exclusively reserved for automotive development and endurance testing.
With experienced drivers behind the wheel, most of them knowing all the straights and turns of the track by heart, carmakers put their cars to the test, in an attempt to set new benchmarks in performance.
The Nordschleife loop is a 20.832-kilometer (12.943-mile) course with no fewer than 170 turns that leave no room for error. BMW rolled out the 2025 M4 CS trying to uphold a reputation. And the car lives up to that responsibility. Because it is fast, no matter how you look at it.
Powered by a 3.0-liter twin-turbocharged straight-six, it does 0 to 60 mph (0 to 97 kph) in 3.2 seconds and hits 124 mph (200 kph) in 11.1 seconds in a straight line.
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With the M Driver's Package, the needle of the speedometer goes all the way to a top speed of 188 mph (302 kph). If that is not fast, then we don't know what is. An eight-speed M Steptronic transmission and the M xDrive system steer the output to all four corners.
To prove its worth in terms of speed and show that it is not just straights that it can do, BMW threw it straight into the lion's den: the Nurburgring.
The 2025 BMW M4 CS lapped the Nordschleife loop in 7 minutes and 21.99 seconds, figures which put it very close to the fastest production BMW on the German racetrack.
The crown is still on the head of the BMW M4 CLS, which lapped the Nordschleife in 7 minutes and 20.20 seconds back in 2022. That is 1.79 seconds faster than the all-new M4 CS. The video shows that the driver hits the highest speed when flashing past the bridge on the main straight, as the BMW flats out at 187 mph (301 kph) and then brakes hard before it goes into the corner.
The car wears Pilot Sport Cup2R tires, which measure 275/35/19 at the front and 285/30R20 at the rear.
With that performance in its CV, the BMW M4 CS will go into production in July at BMW Group Plant Dingolfing in Germany. Order books will open in May. Those who want to drive the M4 CS home for a chance to lap it at the Nurburgring must know that it starts at $123,500.
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