TEST DRIVE: 2015 BMW M4 Convertible - BMWBLOG (blog)
Chicago might not be the best city to own a convertible, but the beautiful and short summers make the perfect setting for a top-down drive along the Lake Michigan’s shores. And when that top-down is the new 2015 BMW M4 Convertible , things are bound to become even better. Our second encounter with the new M4 cabriolet took place last month, nearly a year after I went to Munich to test it on the famous Autobahn, and on the curvy and fun backroads around BMW’s hometown. Sporty, fast and practical Just like its four M3 Convertible predecessors, the BMW M4 employs all the typical M bits from the German automaker’s wizards in Garching, the home of the famed ///M division. The three-piece folding metal roof can be operated at speeds up to 11 mph (18 km/h), an impressive engineering feature for a roof of this size. It takes 20 seconds to fully retract the roof and despite using the metal top, at least for now , the new M4 Convertible offers about 20 liters (0. 7 cubic feet) more trunk capacity compared to the previous generation E93 M3. With the top up,... Source: www.bmwblog.com
