2020 BMW M440i X-Drive - The M4 Competitions main competition ? [Road and Track Review]
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ต.ค. 2020
- The new BMW 4 Series has certainly generated plenty of debate since the first press pictures broke cover. Once you get your head past the controversial kidney grills you are faced with a simply superb car. In this video I get to put the range topping M440i X-Drive through its paces both on the road and on track at Goodwood. Could this be the thinking mans M4 Competition ?
Thanks to BMW UK for inviting me to drive the car.
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BMW are experts at controversial design! Same thing was said when the first X6 was launched... Everybody hated it. Now it is one of the best selling SAV's on the market... the Asian market in particular go nuts for the X6. As for the Grille... I will wait till i see it in person!
Love the new grill, so aggressive, makes the frontal elevation 👍
I am pleased you are now driving BMWs. I have been an owner for a few years and build quality is spot on, a real drivers car 🚗
Me too 👍
Brilliant video; the banter whilst driving on the track was great! Cheers
Paul is great 👍
I love this car from the beginning especially the grills. It’s so special and beautiful.
Love the new front-grill (along with the whole car) & the great video! Best TH-cam car channel by far IMO 👌👍
That’s kind of you to say 👍
It's a brand new shiny BMW, what's not too like, but seriously this is an awesome car. I don't dislike the grill, change is good and the old grill has been around for quite a few years now. Another tip top video Pete. Keep 'em coming... :)
What he said!
Thanks Dan 👍
One of the better reviews I have seen on the M440. Good honest informative review well done. 👍🏻
Thanks Matt 👍
I think that front looks great with the right body colour. 👌🏻
In fact, the most suitable color for this car is a dark colour. My BMW M440i is for example black, with cognac / brown interior.
Superb grille ! Absolutely love it !
I’ll be honest, I’m not a fan of the looks but you can’t deny how it drives and the build quality. Also just a side note, loving how well put together your vids are mate, edited so well and all the camera views are spot on, makes the review so enjoyable to watch.
Thanks for the feedback 👍
Morning, excited for this one! If I get a 4 series one day, it would probably be this one.
I think people are wrong about the looks of this car the same way they were when the E60 5 series was announced. Just wait a few years and people will be saying the opposite. I saw one of these new 4 series on the road and it looks way different and better in real life than it does in any photos of videos. Just something about the car that can't be fully captured or appreciated on film.
Not a fan of E60. It’s still the ugliest BMW ever made
Agreed
@@seanpaul3050 your opinion dude, your opinion
That grill is actually small compared to latest Audis lol 😂
Ouch 😂
Grill is a grower for sure! I am a BMW fan boy and I like the all round package if the 4 Series especially that M440i. MLites are great and are a great sweet spot in the BMW portfolio.
Yep. I agree 👍
Oooo... MLites. I've been thinking of a word to fit these lesser "M" cars. I like that word.
Stolen... :-))...
@@thezanzibarbarian5729 not my term! I stole it from Joe Achilles.
Yeah my old chipped 535d touring out torqued the M5 by miles, RWD, so instantly playful and stealth!
Great video. I love the look of this car and how it drove from the test drive I took back in January. Mine should be arriving in the next week or so, can't wait.
Congrats 👏
@@PetrolPed Thanks you.
Excellent review Pete , I can't wait to drive one of these ... I know that area very well and those roads around Oxfordshire you were driving on . What a car to be driving though mate.
It was very good 👍
Great looking car, but the 4 Series has gone into another dimension. My 1st BMW was a 2nd hand 318is coupe, I then ordered in 2000 the latest 3 coupe which was a 320i, this was a 6 cylinder 2293 (I think ?) costing around £23k (no discount to be had and waited 3 months for delivery). The 4 series starting at circa £39k is out off my reach if, like for like as when I ordered my first new car. The 2 series would have to be the one I'd have to look at now ? The new Beemer Grill will be loved by all, soon, remember around the early 00's when Audi did it on the A4, I rest my case. By the way it would of been fun to see you pick those two slow cars off at the end of your review... ha ha ha. Keep it going Pedro 👍
Good evening PP. Another great review. As a BMW 4 series owner, i can confirm that as a mile muncher they are a fantastic and extremely comfortable place to be. I have the diesel variant and on the motorway get almost 60MPG. For a car of that size and weight i still find it mindboggling. Unfortunately, i have to confess that i am not a fan of the new designed grille. 🤔
Great review Pete. Thanks.
Cheers John 👍
I can’t wait for you to drive the new M4 & M4 competition. They are the coolest cars in my very humble opinion.👍👍💪💪💪❤️❤️❤️
I can’t wait either 😂
Fantadtic review of a lovely car. What mpg figures did you get using the different driving modes?
Nice review, I love the way you always come across from the point of view as a normal car buyer who loves their cars 👍
That’s the plan. Glad you like my approach 👍
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My choice of BMW ATM Wish was in a 2 thoand Paul's a gem
I think all round great car by BMW mate .
Cheers Colin 👍
Good vlog as usual agreed i think you will have to see one in the flesh to make up your mind pictures can be so deceptive . 😁
Cheers 👍
The grill is suitably aggressive looking and edgy...very COOL!!!! Already got a speeding ticket.
Great review Ped 👍
Cheers Craig 👍
Lovely!
Great review. The looks are growing on me. Miss the sheer grunt of my old M4 but not the suspension or the fact that everything had multiple settings. Bloody annoying. I’d have another though 👍
Nice looking fast-road car 😎
Great video, spoiled only by too many adverts.
Not placed by me 😬
Great review of a great car. Yes, BMW still make the best drivers’ car.
Hi Pete. Thanks for another great and informative video. Jury still out on the large kidney grills but suspect will come to like when we see them on the road. Silverstone and Bicester you must like this area. lol. Bicester Heritage a very interesting place for petrol heads, centrally located and maybe a contender for a Petrol Ped meet up next year ?
Absolutely 👍 It’s my No.1 choice now 👍
Evening pal. Yet another lush car.
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Seeing in person and on picture is two diff things , I finally saw a m440i with black trim white paint and it looks amazing in person front and back
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hahahahahahahahahaha...ha.........
Love this car 👌
Blast, when my current lease ends I was committed to getting an M340i. But now with eldest son off to Uni this now looks like an option. Decisions, decisions...
You need to drive one 👍
Very nice mate. Can you use the Hybrid mode alone when you are in town at slow speed? Does the engine shut off itself when you are in eco mode and taking it easy on throttle?
It is only a mild hybrid. It helps reduce turbo lag and improve efficiency. There is no EV only running 👎
I think the front seats look very comfortable! Also yea not a huge fan of the front end but I’d say if u take the whole car in it seems to blend the car together. But if you just look at the cars front end then yea it don’t work. In my opinion. I agree all the debates created from this crazy front end was definitely a winner in the publicity department! Do u think you’ll get to review the m3 and m4 in the future? As always great video Sir Pete.
Hope so. I’ll be pushing for a place on the launch 👍
For me it’s a bit like marmite, you either love it or hate it. But I think you’re right seen it on video and in magazines is totally different to in the flesh. I will wait until I get up close and personal with one before I make my full decision. Great video again mate.
Thanks Andrew. Glad you enjoyed it 👍
You can tell what that cars got ! He wasn’t event prodding that in the slightest! Great review yet again !
Thanks 🙏🏻
Great 0-60 time. Nice one PP. Think I will be replacing my M140i next year. But need 4 doors so will go for a M340 X drive.
M340 is stunning. Had that in the channel earlier in the year 👍
I think it’s awesome
Very handsome car. I quite like the new grill in black but it looks a bit much when chromed.
Hopefully picking one up next weekend. Took the convertible for a test drive a few weeks back and it was a blast. Can’t decide whether to go coupe or soft top but the thought of an extra 150kg is pushing me towards the coupe
But think of all that top down motoring 🤔😜
Im not sure which one should i get .. grand coupe or the coupe😪
Hey BMW - thanks for including a car with your new grille...
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2:20 I agree 100%
I personally love it
So much I got one in tanzanite blue
Hmmm...in 1986 my brand new 325iSport was so good, I could not believe that I had been able to buy it. It seemed super smooth and very quick but in comparison to this 440i it was nowhere. I understand and appreciate that it drives beautifully and I am sure a test drive would be captivating...but to look at...Argghh...the grille looks less awful with dark colours and the number plate improves it greatly. The rest...well...i guess it grows on you but I struggle to like it....I’m sorry... maybe when I see one perhaps. As for the driver at Goodwood....yessss.....I think I would have asked him to stop and I would have walked back to the Paddock. Oh Peter my friend, another good video...another fine review...stay safe and I look forward to Wednesday as always! Richard😀😀😀😀😀
Glad you enjoyed it 👍
I love it so much, I have the M440i Convertible on factory order.
Well as I put the other day - I’m no Beemer lover, but there’s no doubt this is a looker. Wether it’s the blue black colour combo on this, I don’t know, but it looks gorgeous. The grill, what’s not to like?
Indeed 👍
Man check it out it in Brooklyn Grey with black rims, black grill, and black side mirrors . It looks soooooo good man .
Great review ped & I am liking the new petrol ped jacket. Are the jackets for sale?
I’d buy a jacket to! Especially if it was in the retro colors!!!
We might do if there is demand 👍
@@PetrolPed you can defo put my name down for a jacket ( especially with the winter weather on it's way in the UK)
Love it love it love it 🥰
That was such a fun lap to watch. I was in stiches, incredible car but more incredible was your driver. Would be such good fun to go for lap in a car with Paul O'Neill.
It was great fun 👍
Great review as always! I may be in a minority but I like this car, it's rather striking. I used to prefer Audi to BMW but since Audi abandoned the mmi dial and went all touchscreen and dropped their interior quality (some of the latest Audi's feel decidedly average inside) i have swung towards BMW. BMW interior quality is ahead of Audi now and their infotainment interface now much better. And they drive well. Although I have to admit that now I would prefer an EV.
Another brilliant review I'm not surprised BMW let you sort of test drive it is annoying when people pull out in front of you they don't carry the speed what do they think they own the roads bloody liberties I did the lottery last week I want one but its getting nearer to when I pick
up my mobility car F54 Miniclubman cooper S Sport LCI
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Petrol
Engine capacity : 1998
CO2 :154.00
Mobility car can't wait 🤫
Yeah to much information but I'm like a kid in a sweetie shop I've sent a few messages to you Naymind Christmas this is my time fingers crossed they don't have another lockdown in South Yorkshire thank you again for keeping me sort of sain thank you Pedro carry on 😷lolxx🐾🐾
£38 / £53 thousand for a 4-series? I think the money being asked for cars nowadays is just nuts. Especially when you then add any options. Trade that in in three years and you’ll be lucky to get £25k.
3.6 to 60? With that sort of performance, ifboth straight line and round a circuit, I’d not bother with m3 if was in market as no way you can use extra performance. I’d spend difference on fuel ‘ tyres.
If you make the lower half the grill body coloured it actually looks a lot better. Especially the M3/4. I've done photoshop mock ups it looks really good.
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Love ❤️ it when available in OZ ?
Not sure 🤔
I do love the new 4 Series. Especially love the M440i. And I love that Tanzanite Blue too and have done for years. And I love the grill too. Like you said, wasn't sure at the beginning. Thought it was like an angry beaver to look at. But... It kinda grows on you. :-))...
Mat from CarWow timed his M440i to 3.9 seconds to 60 if my memory serves me right and Joe Achilles did 4.1 in the wet! And you did 3.6 seconds!!?? Awesome :-))...
Nice on Pete. What's not to like about the new 4 series? Especially this M440i model in Tanzanite Blue? :-))...
I like the color a lot to!
Mine was very unscientific 😜😂
Still in two minds about the grill but it does look not bad on that. 👍
Is it me or is there an issue with the petrol filler cover? Doesn't look like it's recessed in properly to the rear quarter panel
Wow...an eye for detail 😜
I like the grill, especially in m3 and m4, it will be the new norm on bmw soon enough.
Yep 👍
WITH OUT THAT GRILL .. It good IGHT
I had a 320i as a hire car during the summer and was super impressed with the ride and lack of road noise!! My mate who was the passenger was asleep within 5 minutes of us setting off.. I'd like to think it was my smooth and "to the system" style of driving, but a lot of it was the car, or so he said.. If you want a really really really fast tyre killing drive in a M4, get a ride with Tiff Nedell at Thruxton!! My wife loved it (seethe vid on my channel, LOL!!)
I can imagine that was an eye opener 😂
@@PetrolPed Oooooh yes!!!
I think the grill will grow on me but some of the M aero and exhaust options that are being offered on the M3 and M4 really do look awful! Great video 👍
Cheers Harry 👍
Always liked to look of the 4 series, and at the prices you were quoting, maybe a 1 year old 2nd hand one is doable.....hmmmmm...I have some research to do!
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Clear Glass looks much nicer . I saw 430i has fog lights but not M440i . Ad fog lights in M440i looks nicer too .
Can BMW stop making their cars bigger...I have the current 4 series and it's a fantastic great looking compact coupe, let's keep it that way. Great car nevertheless.
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Reminds me of a Mustang from the side view and Alfa Giulia rear view. Or is that just me?
Great video game Peter. I have to admit I've never been a fan of BMWs cos in ozz we call them "Big Mans Willys". But I do like your review on the 440i. Goes well sounds ok and looks good, so maybe I'm turning. Anyway well done cheers DFDU 😎
Cheers Bud 👍
369 whp?! If you believe that I got some great swamp land to sell you. This car is at least 400 whp from factory.
Greetings from the USA 🇺🇸
Greetings 🙋♂️
The M440i grille makes earlier versions look wimpy.
The grill is growing on my like a fungus... haha
Is that a good fungus like a tasty shitake mushroom, or a fungus like athletes foot that needs to be removed? :-))...
@@thezanzibarbarian5729 HAHA! na its a good one
I like everyone else at first heavily criticised that grille. But if you look at the previous 4 series, it looks very soft at the front. The very small, typical BMW grills give it a very dainty appearance. This new grille gives the new 4 series a real meaty, hard edged front appearance. I think the same shape but a bit smaller would have been perfect but given the option between this and the previous, I'll take this new one everytime.
@@tomy8339 Yeah, I totally agree. The old one looks weak to me now. well weaker anyway
Hi Ped
Lots of features to like with this car ie. engine, interior, rear end styling, performance, BUT that grille no no. Loss of identity in my eyes. One thing that amuses my cynical mind, do you remember when Audi introduced the Quattro to the buying public, and BMW tried to convince any customer that if you wanted a real drivers car, it had to be rear wheel drive. How times and perceptions change.😏😏
X Drive makes BMW so much your usable 👍
The New BMW 4 Series Coupe Is a great 👍 looking Car particularly the Model you were driving
I hope you are correct and it looks better in the flesh. It looks hopeless to me, the back and the front seem like they were designed by 2 different teams, and it looks huge. I bet the next 2 series will be the size of the last 4 series........the only BMW I like right now is the M2 (and M240i).
It does. I promise 😜
@@PetrolPed Excellent, I can take the precautionary air sickness bags out of my car now.
Sub 4 seconds to 60 is just nuts....this craziness cant go on much longer..🤔
Not very scientifically measured but hugely fast 👍
Hi Pete
I can’t find anything wrong with the front Grill mate looks ok to me
The BMW four series is a stunning car. I think it’s a great size to not to big or to small as a daily and some of the new colours that BMW are doing look amazing mate.
Thanks Carl 👍
I don’t understand BMWs move this year. Their M340i and this M440i are absolute monsters and massively well priced. Surely the M3 and 4 are gonna suffer cause of how much you get for your money with these models. ???
I think people will always want the M cars 👍
Interested in how it’s going to look, when it gets a refresh/facelift in a few years.
I honestly think that those who say 'You'll get use to the grills" and "why are people making a big deal of the grills, its change, move on, you're stuck in the past" are the type of people who either haven't been long term BMW fans, or that they are getting benefits/perks from BMW Press team. I am sorry, I don't think i'll ever think "one day, the huge grills will grow on me". I will in-fact be always thinking "it would've been so much better if the grill sizes were kept conservatively" from 5-10 years to come. I don't think its right to be complicit and to conform that this is the 'right direction' that BMW's design will be. BMW deserve to be called out for the mistakes. If you don't, you're basically going to let the Chinese market dictate the future of BMWs - thats precisely where this revolting grill obsession came from. The 4 series doesn't even have a hoffmeister kink, and looking at the side view, the waistline (the character line below the windows of the doors) is an absolute mess compared to the F32 4 series. And FYI, I own an E36 3 series, and appreciate the E46 M3 CSL, so its not like i'm a hater of BMW - although you can say I dislike most modern BMWs now.
Look at the history of grill design in BMW. They’ve had big grills from back in the day 🤷♂️
@@PetrolPed Yes you're not wrong about older BMWs having bigger grills. But the '328''s big grill was a necessity to function as radiators. The grill belonged to the overall shape of the car - it was well proportioned. In the case of the new 4 series, parts of this big grill are not functional at all (particularly around the top of it) - parts of the oversized and contrived grill act as a blanking plate. If BMW so desperately wanted their grills to be bigger, they should've just widen the grills, like they have for the new Z4. Otherwise this tall grill trend looks like Hitler's moustache.
Evening all 👋
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Hi 🙋♂️
Hi guys! Not so sure on the grill you?
Same
Yea not sold on it
Evening Pete, sorry haven't changed my views on this BMW especially the grill lol. Good news I get my R53 back tomorrow after having a rust issue sorted, so I can get my fix of a proper BMW again 😁. Take care mate 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🏁
369 bhp 369 lb was the exact same as the E90 335i Alpina the B3
Nobody can like that grill, I could live with it, and like the car. But that grill yuk. Are audi and BMW having a competition to see who can get the biggest one.
I agree. I can imagine it's beautiful drive but if I had to use one, I'd be parking it snout in to parking spaces so I'd see its rear end when returning to it. I'd only take photos of it's side view and back end which would totally change me as I take pics of my mini everywhere like it's my child 😂
As a previous e36 m3 owner (US spec...) and current Subaru STI owner, I’m a bit jealous of how refined and fast the 4 series seems. Yet, still prefer my current car at less than half of not a third of the price. Earplugs and mods are cheaper than the massive depreciation this 4 series is guaranteed to experience. Now, a 2 series....
Did they have one of there people following you, after you got into the car a car showed up behind you. That’s cool if they did. You said this was a six cylinder, that’s one of there best engine.
No. That was another journo testing the new 5 Series 👍
@@PetrolPed thanks, have a great day.
Hi Pete 👌👌👌👌
Hi 🙋♂️
Title is wrong.. that's a 2021 not a 2020.
Depends where you live 😜
Never been a fan of the 4 series and the new grill for me just makes it even less appealing to me. Great video as always.
Cheers Ben 👍
Evening all!
Hi 🙋♂️
Rear 3/4 looks quite Alfa Giulia like
With the small rear windows and lower roofline I reckon the rear seats will feel more claustrophobic than the old one - that's a pity because BMW 3 and 4 coupes have been exceptionally versatile up to now. I don't think i'll be looking at one of these which makes me feel a bit deflated having had BMW's for either me or my wife for nearly 30 years.
You could be right 👍
£62K... No
Great car no doubt. Hate the non -bmw grill. Looks utterly stupid.
Looks like a bad copy of a Lexus, it’s not a BMW design, it’s mainstreamed, in my opinion. Ok when your sitting in it I’m sure it will be successful.
Unfortunately BMWs remain way behind interior wise compared to Merks. More expensive to maintain and fix as well.
Hi Peddlerz
Hi Mate 🙋♂️