FIRST LOOK: New 2020 BMW M3 & M4 feat. 4WD, 503bhp, 'Drift' Mode & *THAT* Grille | Top Gear
The BMW M3 Saloon and M4 Coupe are back... and you won't be able to miss them. Both feature BMW's controversial new vertical grille, but stick to a familiar mechanical recipe: 503bhp, 3.0-litre twin-turbo straight six producing 503bhp in the 'Competition' versions - the only models coming to the UK. Offered first with rear-wheel drive, switchable 4WD will follow in 2021, as well as a cabriolet and estate later. Is this the sweet-spot M-car or has the M2 stolen its thunder? Watch our full walkaround to find out. Now, about that grille...
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Looks way better than the f80
I never liked a bmw after 1999, but i like this
You either die a hero or live long enough to become the meme
It looks like they got a normal M4 and just forgot to stop hitting it with an ugly stick. Sales are going to plummet and not to mention it's 75k are they mad?
They are trying to beat the Dodge Charger hideous grill.
ugh. so ugly. unfortunate
2 months on and I really like it. Its grown on me.
Wonder if Jeremy Clarkson ...
BMW makes nice saloon cars. Sports cars? Not so much.
I miss clarkson, May and Hammond 😔🥺
You know its bad when you need to have a front license plate.
Ugliest cars ever!!!
want better review then watch carwow
BMW falling off
Finally over here 👇 www.autoevolution.com/news/a-german-tuner-is-designing-smaller-kidney-grilles-for-the-bmw-m3-and-m4-150358.html
Just clear your mind guyz. It's going through some design changes. But believe me u will surely be blown by this amazing machine. It has got more power and grunt to make u smirk. It's beast, it's wild.
@Just Someone We have way more positive cases lying around everywhere. So definitely no.
@Kiss Layy Are all the changes always positive?
@Just Someone Change is the only constant.
@Kiss Layy Months to come, only then will bmw realise they've made a huge error with the nose design of the car, Iits everything you said it was, bar rhe looks. I had a 2018 M3, so I know how they are to drive, many, many car journalists & recent bmw designers have noted the flaws, you Mr Kiss Layy, are in the minority
@Just Someone look again..
Pig nose. You won't see them back in 2022.
Successfully turned a shark into a rabbit! ??
That M3 is awesome
BMW don't care what people think about these horrible grills.
Nice
if they don't get it together there brand will be history.
Ok... that's terrible ! Can't believe it will hit production 😥.
You know Hitler would drive one of em. . . . . . . (Yes cuz of the grille genius, that's the joke.)
They lost the plot..
BMW's Lan Evo X
This is Beaver not Beamer! The ugliest BMW ever. Also ruined the M3 with atrocious front design. Engineering team should sue the design team. Anyone who thinks this looks like CSL is simply blind. Lost my business. BMW is competing with audi and Lexus to see who can design the ugliest and the biggest grill. It’s like who’s has biggest crap!!!
Bmw Gopher
i love BMW, but that awful, ugly front grill is a total deal breaker
when its blacked out with m performance it looks way better csbuild.info/phone/YHit0m7Mm55_nb8/video.html&ab_channel=BIMMERHEAD
man that m4 is gorjus
UGLY GRILL🙆🙆🙆
People complaining about the design don't realize they are not the target market for this price range.
Could those colors be more aweful?
Hideous
The front is actually okay, but I believe most of the places in the world requires a front license plate, which destroys the front look.
At this point BMW doesn’t care because they know ppl will buy the name anyway regardless of how it looks🤷🏽♂️
cant wait to see it on the track!!
all the dislikes are coming from current M owners, I dig and i would totally get this.
If you merge the grille it almost looks like an Audi from the front
I'd take the e46 if you gave me the choice...
First BMW M car I've seen and not wanted....Chris Harris has it right when he says it looks like a beaver
All of a sudden, it's 2001 again, and your nice looking BMW has suddenly become an ugly monstrosity that you wouldn't be caught dead in. At least now, it looks ok from the rear.
0-60 3.9 secs????? I'll stick with my M2. This is the ugliest redesign.
Hideous!
😄
mantap
Love the M3, hate the M4. Am I crazy?
The fact that every reviewer is trying to defend this ugly look just tells you even they find it ugly. They just need access to future BMW events. So you hear these pathetic arguments to defend this ugly look.
The grill looks like two coffins. Very ugly!!!!
At some point, there will be a day when "grill on the car" become "car on the grill"
on the bright side, 3 series owner wont be sticking any M badge to pass it as an M car soon...
I suddenly feel the need to buy some lottery tickets. And as for the front, it's NOT nearly as bad as the new VW GTI MK8, which is not in the same class anyway.
Maybe it looks better in person? Love the interior.
Yeah, we can't say but those grills are ugly tho
Completely hideous. Hold on to you e46.
lol I think they look cool
This car looks great as long as you never leave the interior.
The first car in the world to look better with a number plate 🤣🤣
When i8 came everyone happily thought that this sexy sleek grille design is where BMW is heading towards. Who knew they will kick us in the nuts.
I would pay to see Jeremy review this monstrosity
0:20 Poor Jack doesn't realise that it is 2020 and its not mainstream television and people can actually skip the "slow burn" he's trying to titillate us with
Hahaha... Ill laugh to my own comment cuz i wanna keep it up and let my brethren enjoy this masterpiece
Crazy how the completely ruined the 4 and 3 series. I’m praying they leave the m340 without this ugly grill
The ugliest bmws that bmw ever made i thought the f80 f90 looks really still modern looking didnt think they needed a redesigned
Car grille designs are going from bad to worse.. and BMW probably leads it.
Cool.....
That’s the ugliest thing I’ve ever seen.....
The ugliest BMW ever. You’re right it’s a statement and the crappiest statement ever. Also ruined the M3 and atrocious design. Engineering team should sue the design team. Anyone who thinks this looks like CSL is simply blind. Lost my business. BMW is competing with audi and Lexus to see who can design the ugliest and the biggest grill. It’s like who’s has biggest crap!!!
Disgusting
Can't wait to order mine and piss off all you haters when I absolutely rinse your 2003 Honda Civics. Every single one of you commenting on the Grilles, either can't afford one anyway, or you're just a BMW hater. Either way, you'll all look like absolute fools when these two beasts come out and you see how aggressive these look. Keep hating morons, as these M3' and M4's will sell like hot cakes (as usual)
Is Chris Bangle back at BMW?
Stupid grills. They completely ruined the cars! If they wanted to evolve the kidney grills, they should have got the ones form the csl 3.0 concept.
We want Chris talking about new M cars... and all other cars.
BMW is dead to me.
One word :Very ugly
Remember how apple defended their decision to remove the headphone jack? Their answer was "courage" . Hahaha, this is probably how BMW will defend this atrocity.
This RICER thing is horrible! 🤢🤮Looks like a split grilled Audi/Kia/Hyundai/Mazda in the front, and a Lexus RC F in the rear🤦🏻♂️! No originality, No imagination! ALL IMITATION! Get rid of this pig snout 🐷🐽! Bring back the shark nose 🦈🦈🦈! Make BMW great again!
That front end is super ugly and makes me want to puke
In two years, will it be the same "car"?
Trendsetter
Sorry BMW I don´t like the design
I very much love and welcome this bold grill/lungs move...I badly want one
I hate the regular 4 series, I hate the 7 series. But these look sexy.
Team :"We gotta design the new car any ideas?? Stoned designer : "🐽"
If BMW is going to make the grill that big they might as well shape them as a M instead of two giant ugly “kidneys”
Sooo ugly
UGLY! Cant believe BMW is going in this direction, I used to be a big fanboy of their brand but that's changed over the past couple of years. Major heartbreak!
I hate this
Jeremy has really changed
This is what happens when companies are run by sales & marketing and not by engineers. Doesn't bother me, a 500-600 mile range Tesla Model3 performance is just around the corner, BMW is old tech now.
When i saw the thumbnail i actually thought it was a joke.
Ugly ugly grilles,how much ever you try to gloss over.Fails all organising principles of design !!!!!!!!!!!!
Look at all that plastic under the hood that will fail the day after the warranty runs out lol
I really like that green color!
Lol....jaguar, Mercedes, Audi but be having a right laugh
I do not welcome Lung Grille.
Looks more like alfa romeo
ROTFL it looks so stupid, even more with licence plate across this shit...
Think I'll stick with my E92 🙌
Less gopping now
Disgusting
**BREAKING NEWS** BMW are redesigning both cars and have cancelled the launch