Video comparison: i4 M50 and M3 Competition
It's electric vs. petrol in our M division 50th birthday celebrations – only one car gets to blow out the candles
50 years since the first M car was launched, BMW's performance division has turned its attention to an all-electric model.
The i4 M50 is an M-tweaked car, rather than a red-blooded M machine like the M3 Competition, but it has 795Nm of torque, and can crack 62mph in 3.9 seconds.
Is this first M-tuned EV already quicker than the petrol equivalent? Only one way to find out...