All-wheel drive. Properly over 500 horsepower from a twin-turbocharged engine. Two-door coupe. On paper, the BMW M4 CS and M8 Competition sound like a perfect duo. And excellent for a nail-biter of a drag race, proper? Apparently, the blokes over at Carwow thought the identical. Mat Watson places the M4 CS face to face with the most important and baddest M coupe you should purchase to see which one will come out on high in a collection of quarter-mile drag and roll races.

The Similar, However Very Completely different

Carwow begins by discussing the uncooked specs of those two monsters. The M4 CS is a track-tuned model of the common M4, touting a little bit of further energy and a spread of different small tweaks that emphasize lightness and agility. At 1760 kg (3888 kilos), it’s nonetheless hardly a light-weight. Transferring all that mass is a twin-turbocharged S58 engine underneath the hood making 550 horsepower and 65 Nm (543 horsepower and 479 pound-feet of torque within the US market). The M8 Competitors places up even greater numbers. Its 4.4-liter twin-turbo V8 makes 625 horsepower and 725 Nm (617 horsepower and 553 pound-feet of torque for US automobiles). Curb weight, Carwow says, balloons to 1975 kg (4354 kilos), making it considerably heavier than the M4 CS. Understandably, after all. Each automobiles have all-wheel drive and an eight-speed automated; the M8 has extra energy however extra weight. It’s the proper storm.

Because it seems, greater isn’t at all times higher. The M4 CS rockets away from the M8 Competitors, proper off the road. A second race sees the 2 opponents run a fair tighter race at first, however finally the M8 is not any match for the lightning-quick M4 CS. However can the M4 CS proceed to stay dominant from a rolling begin? One would assume that the extra energy may assist extra on this state of affairs, however you’ll have to observe to see precisely how the epic battle ends.

Is the M4 CS a Cheater?

In the direction of the tip of the video, Mat Watson means that BMW might have severely underrated the M4 CS energy figures. And whereas we don’t have any proof — at the least not previous the literal a whole bunch of homeowners who’ve despatched their automobile to dynamometers after buying solely to search out energy ranges on the tires match what BMW quotes for crank — however we expect he is likely to be on to one thing. Both means, each the M4 CS and M8 Competitors carry out exceptionally. Particularly when you think about that their finest quarter-mile instances for the day have been lifeless even at a fully ripping 10.8 seconds.