BMW M4 Competition
Why 7.0: The S58 engine is objectively one of the great production sixes — 503 hp, a linear powerband that rewards commitment and a sound M5 buyers are already mourning. The G82 grille became a culture-war flashpoint but has not deterred buyers who drive the car instead of photographing it.
Layout
Natural habitat
Ride comfort
Sound
The S58 is smooth and hard-edged in a recognisably BMW straight-six way and pulls cleanly to 7,200 rpm. But the turbos remove the metallic top end that puts the E46's S54 at eight, and much of what you hear inside is synthesised through the speakers.
6-cylinder · turbocharged · 7,200 rpm redline · rated 6.0 / 10 for engine sound
Market value
Median asking price, good condition · €78k (2021) → €57k (2026), trending down · illustrative data
Child seats · ISOFIX
2+2 rear layout with ISOFIX on both tight rear positions — the same G82 shell as the M4 CSL, which deletes these seats entirely in its stripped-out variant.
No front-passenger ISOFIX, matching every G-series BMW.
BMW G-series ISOFIX pattern, cross-referenced against the BMW M5 (F90) official Suitable Seats document; no G82-specific document located (owner-community sourced, not manufacturer documentation)
The long version
BMW’s G82 M4 arrived with the kidneys that launched a thousand forum arguments, and a year later nobody who drives the car cares about the grille because the S58 inline-six is as good as BMW M has made since the naturally aspirated S65. The Competition spec is how most get bought — xDrive for everyday use, rear-wheel drive for the purists — and the annual mileage data shows a car that actually gets driven: track days, back-road commutes, the occasional long motorway run. Values are depreciating at a normal M car rate, which means aggressive but not catastrophic; the used market is deep enough to absorb supply without distress pricing.