BMW 4 Series Review

The BMW 4 Series’ got a nice stance, that’s for sure. For one thing, it’s noticeably wider and lower than a 3 Series. However, the coupe keeps the sedan’s wheelbase and length. Despite the changes, the 4 Series manages to save some weight, albeit only about 70 lbs (30 kg). In fact, the 4 Series comes with the lowest center of gravity in BMW’s line-up.

Up front, the 3 Series’ fascia has been slightly reinterpreted. The main change is the addition of two vertical airflow zones on the sides of the apron. Don’t rejoice just yet, these won’t make the car faster. Nevertheless, they do help it boost efficiency by improving airflow around the wheels.

BMW’s 4 Series has short overhangs and its rear wings are muscular, reinforcing the rest of the efforts made by the designers. The side of the car also holds what we’d call some sort of Hoffmeister kink representations placed on the front wings.

Go behind a BMW 4-Series and you’ll notice how the taillights have been stretched to fit the new shapes.

BMW has now introduced multiple design lines, but we’d still go for the M Sport. This manages to do quite a difference, the whole car just seems more supple.

Compared to its predecessor, the 4 Series has grown in just about every size and you can tell this. It’s also shed some 55 lbs (25 kg). More importantly, it makes the old 3-Series coupe look bad in terms of numbers, since it’s 60 percent stiffer.

All the aforementioned changes definitely give the BMW 4 Series its own styling. Alas, the car doesn’t seem to possess that “come and drive me” visual factor some of its predecessors had. That’s because the market-dictated size increase has taken away that typical compact aura BMW mastered perfectly.