Professional Reviews

• “This power is fed through a standard-fit six-speed manual gearbox with an auto throttle-blipping function, though you can spec the seven-speed double clutch (DCT) transmission featuring something BMW officially calls (and we're really, really not making this up)... the Smokey Burnout function. Yes folks, the new M3 and M4 are hooligans.” — TopGear
• “Go for the seven-speed DCT dual-clutch transmission, and besides the expected launch control, which will scoot you from 0-62 mph in 4.1 seconds (down 0.7 seconds), there's a smoky-burnout mode.” — Road & Track
• “The brakes are quite strong, but the pedal isn't quite as responsive at the top of its travel as we'd like. ” — Car and Driver
• “While the weighting changes, the numbness never does, but the steering is so immediate and so precise that it feels unfair to complain about a lack of feel. There are few better steering racks overall on the market. ” — Car and Driver
• “It sounds more like a tuned diesel engine than the heart of a pedigreed motorsport product. ” — Road & Track
• “At almost any engine speed, the six presses the driver into his seat, and there's no taper to the power at high rpm.” — Car and Driver