Munich (DE), 28th July 2016. BMW Motorsport will send the successor
of the popular BMW M3 GT4 into action as of the 2018 season: the BMW
M4 GT4. This close-to-production car based on the BMW M4 Coupé adds a
competitive entrant in the growing GT4 sector to BMW Motorsport’s
range of products and continues the long and successful tradition of
BMW in customer racing. The newly developed GT sports car will
complete its first tests at the end of 2016 so that customers will
have a technically perfected car available for the start of the 2018 season.
“The GT4 category is currently experiencing a boom,” said
BMW Motorsport Director Jens Marquardt. “It offers affordable
motorsport with cars of technical high-quality and, therefore,
attracts a wide target audience. We see enormous potential around the
world for privateer BMW teams for whom the BMW M4 GT4 is an option.
Developing a classic customer racing car such as this and offering it
to privateer teams has always been one of BMW Motorsport’s core
competencies. This also was the case with the predecessor model, the
BMW M3 GT4, which is still in action in international race series
today. The BMW M4 Coupé provides the ideal basis for our new GT4
model. This is a strong base for our engineers to close the gap
between our customer racing spearhead, the BMW M6 GT3, and the BMW
M235i Racing for newcomers with a car that is extremely sporty in its
production version. The BMW M4 GT4 is designed perfectly for simple
use by privateer teams, who can celebrate successes around the world
as ambassadors for BMW Motorsport with this model.”
Top quality and safety standards, excellent driveability and low
running costs were the premises at the start of the development of the
BMW M4 GT4. The entire drivetrain, including electronics, will be
taken from the BMW M4 Coupé. The carbon bonnet comes from the BMW M4
GTS, and the BMW M4 GT4 has carbon-fibre doors, a special motorsport
front splitter and rear wing, as well as a racing exhaust system. The
seats, the brakes and the pedal box use solutions carried over from
the BMW M6 GT3.
The offer of contesting races in existing GT4 classes with the BMW M4
GT4 is open to customer teams around the world. Germany, Europe, North
America and Asia all have ideal conditions for the car. BMW Motorsport
will also use the new challenger to bring talented young drivers
closer to the GT3 class as part of the BMW Motorsport Junior
Programme. The first cars are due to be delivered to customers in the
second half of 2017. The first possible race appearance will be the 24
Hours of Dubai (AE) in January 2018.
Privateer teams can already register their interest in the BMW M4 GT4
using the following e-mail address: m4gt4@bmw-motorsport.com.