BMW today announced pricing for its new M4 GT4 race car, which is set to go into production in October in preparation for the 2023 racing season. The new competition car will ring in at € 187,000 (US$ 196,257 – factory price). Developed to win races and titles, the model introduces new technologies from the production M4 that are combined with components from its big brother, the M4 GT3. BMW says its engineers focused on performance, reliability, maintainability, and cost efficiency to make the M4 GT4 an attractive customer race car.
Powered by a 3.0-liter, twin-turbo
inline-six, the car makes up to 543 hp and 650 Nm of torque, depending, of course, on the regulations of the series you wish to
enter. That power is run through a seven-speed automatic gearbox produced by ZF
with motorsport software. It also benefits from a DREXLER limited-slip
differential with separate temperature-controlled auxiliary cooling and
motorsport-optimized driveshafts.
The car comes with a range of performance
goodies, as well as one or two creature comforts. These include the M Track
cockpit that has laptop-less functions to make many vehicle settings and checks
possible directly through the car, minimizing the time spent tuning on a
laptop.
It also has 10-step traction control, a
purpose-built Recaro safety seat with ventilation, an interior bedecked with
lightweight components, a GT3 lightweight roof, an adjustable GT3 rear wing,
five-level adjustable motorsport anti-roll bars in the front and rear,
purpose-built KW two-way adjustable motorsport shock absorbers, H&R
springs, adjustable front camber and toe, double-flow brake air cooling, and
driver cooling via air conditioning, as well a heated windshield, which may
help prevent fogging. Shown off for the first time in its competition livery
ahead of the SRO race weekend at VIRginia International Raceway, BMW has
officially started the sales phase for this impressive race car. The car was
previously seen in a camouflage livery in a test race at the Nurburgring in
Germany.
