And you’ll need more than a power bump and carbon fibre dressing to achieve that.
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Included is a bonnet, front splitter element, roof, adjustable rear spoiler mounted atop the boot lid, rear diffuser and instrument panel bracing tube fashioned from carbon fibre reinforced plastic.
Even the interior door handles have been deleted, replaced by a fabric strap to save weight. A mix of Alcantara, carbon fibre and glass fibre have been used for weight reduction. The auto also features a titanium quad pipe exhaust system.
German automaker BMW has introduced BMW M4 GTS limited edition model featuring water-injected engine, and OLED tail lights. Unlike the normal LEDs, they give a homogeneous effect.
The BMW M4 GTS is described as a technological showpiece and from its ingenious water injection system that fills the combustion chambers with vapor to reduce temperature and organically boost horsepower to its OLED rear lights (both production auto world firsts) that’s in little doubt.
It’s not only the dampers that have been upgraded, for BMW’s M engineers have also uprated the M4 GTS’s steering torque curve to improve feel. The standard M4 coupe retails for $129,889. It returns 12 kms to a litre of fuel. Although niceties like navigation and air conditioning remain, the M4’s back seat has been deleted in the name of weight savings. The engine is mated to a 7-speed M dual clutch automatic transmission.
The vehicle may only have a 3-liter twin-turbo straight six, but it delivers 493bhp, and thanks to weighing just 1510kg has a 0-100km/h time of 3.8 seconds and a governed top speed of 189.5mph (304km/h). Or to put it in another perspective, the M4 GTS recorded a Nürburgring Nordschleife lap time of 7 min 28 sec, which is 30 sec less than the regular version.
Multi-spoke alloy wheels are slightly larger at the rear (20-inch with 285mm Michelin Pilot Cup Sport 2 rubber) than the front (19-inch with 265mm tyres of the same variety). The Drivelogic shift programs and Launch Control have been retuned to the engine’s increased output.
All the electronic assistance systems have been recalibrated to account for the GTS’s extra performance, and carbon-ceramic brakes are standard, complete with gold-coloured six-piston front and four-piston rear calipers. We cannot wait to head to one of the race tracks and get into the M4 GTS for the first drive! The model in our pictures featured the Clubsport Package (a no-cost option), which brings six-point harnesses and ditches the rear seats in favour of a roll cage and fire extinguisher.
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According to M4 product manager Christoph Smieskol, the GTS continues the brand’s history of “special GTS models”, and “proves what M is capable of”. It allows us to demonstrate what is possible today with a road-legal auto. Fancy. Despite the hardcore nature of this auto, you can also add a head-up display and BMW Online Entertainment and Internet – ideal for those boring moments in the pitlane between track sessions.
