Whenever BMW releases a flagship M-badged model, it almost always follows it up with a faster and more hardcore version.
So when the BMW M4 GTS was revealed late last year, it didn’t come as much of a surprise. In fact, it was fully expected but does it deliver and is it really that much better than the standard M4? Well to find out, Motor Trend jumped behind the wheel of one of just 300 examples bound for the U.S. market.
Although the M4 GTS is best suited to use on a racetrack, the test begins with a thorough shakedown on the street to discover if the model has lost any of the everyday driveability which makes the standard model such an intriguing prospect for customers. As you’d expect, the car is also taken to the track, Laguna Seca to be exact, where it posts a rather surprising time…
Beneath the skin, power for the car comes thanks to a twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-six engine pumping out an impressive 493 hp and driven to the road exclusively through a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission.