Munich’s mid-sized EV sports saloon gets an all-new range-topper
The BMW i4 might well have gone underneath the radar of a great many EV buyers when it first appeared back in 2021, when premium car makers were mostly busy producing zero-emissions SUVs. BMW’s own electric hopes were pinned on the high-rise iX and more accessible iX3.Sheltered somewhat from scrutiny, however, Munich’s first all-electric saloon has now survived into middle age – receiving a couple of packaged revisions since we road tested one back in 2022. Time to catch up with exactly where those overhauls have left it, then. Four years is a long time, of course, especially given the pace of EV tech development during that time. So could this car’s shadowy waiting game have finally paid off?The BMW i4 line-up at a glanceThe BMW i4 can now be had in three different guises: the less powerful, single-motor, rear-wheel-drive eDrive35 and eDrive40, and the M-flavoured M60 xDrive tested here, which gets an extra motor on the front axle for 4WD. Other markets get a twin-motor xDrive40, but not the UK.Sport, M Sport and M Sport Pro trims are available below the M Performance-branded M60.
