– and substantially more muscular, with a stonking 586lb ft available instantly. But since it’s also around 300kg heavier, though it easily matches the M4 Competition’s 3.9sec 0-62mph time, visually and dynamically it’s definitely more of an M Performance model.
With the slightly unusual combination of conventional springs at the front and air springs at the rear , plus M-specific variable damping control shock absorbers, it offers exceptional comfort and refinement, should you choose to take advantage of this. Yet there are other occasions when the M50 hooks up through a sequence of bends so completely it’s like you’re experiencing some kind of automotive epiphany – and these highs soon come to outweigh those initial impressions. Traction is immense, thanks to the speed the two motors can shuffle the balance of power front and back.BMW i4 electric car: verdict