BMW Spills the Beans on M3 Sedan & M4 Coupe with 424HP 3.0L Turbo, Manual Comes Standard

With the clock quickly ticking towards the official debut of the all-new M3 sedan and M4 coupe, BMW came out today with a plethora of technical details on the two cars that share the same platform, mechanical hardware and many other components sans their body.

The first thing you'll be wondering is what's lurking under the hood. Both cars ditch the outgoing M3 Sedan and Coupe's naturally aspirated 4.0-liter V8 engine rated at 414hp (420PS) at 8,300 rpm and 400Nm (295 lb-ft) at 3,900 rpm for a new 3.0-liter twin-turbocharged inline six producing "approximately" 424hp (430PS) and 500Nm (369 lb-ft), which the automaker says, "is maintained over a very wide rev band". BMW did not release acceleration figures.

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