BMW Motorsport will not solely field eight BMW M4 DTMs within the 2014 DTM season, however it is also represented by a new lead automotive, based on the assembly model of the BMW M4: the BMW M4 Coupé DTM Safety automotive can lead the 23 DTM sport cars round the circuits on the race calendar safely and with nice composure.
The new BMW M4 Coupé (combined fuel consumption: 8.8-8.3 l/100 km; attached CO2 emissions: 204-194 g/km) can make its debut as a safety automotive at the race at the Nürburgring (DE) on 17th August 2014. The BMW M4 Coupé contains motorsport genes and road capability during a highly-emotional and balanced general construct. The utterly new, 431-hp six-cylinder inline engine with M TwinPower Turbo technology and high-rev characteristics generates a torque of 550 newton metres over a good vary of speeds, this permits the BMW M4 Coupé to accelerate from zero to one hundred km/h in mere 4.1 seconds.
“Having determined to begin the 2014 DTM season with a brand new contestant, within the sort of the BMW M4 DTM, it had been a logical step to possess BMW M GmbH along with a BMW M4 Coupé DTM Safety automotive,” told BMW Motorsport Director Jens Marquardt. “To top the DTM field enter style, the safety automotive itself should even be very sporty. The BMW M4 Coupé actually provided us with the premise to realize this.”
To safely guide 23 DTM sport cars around a circuit, the safety automotive itself should demonstrate final sportiness. a powerful drive train, superior chassis and excellent handling in any climate are absolute. Because it happens, the BMW M4 Coupé with its several BMW M Performance components is of course at its strongest in exactly these areas – and is tripping because of its intelligent light-weight style. The BMW M4 Coupé DTM Safety Car’s power is powered by the 6-cylinder inline engine with M TwinPower Turbo technology and high-rev characteristics.
Back within the winter of 2013 a team of BMW M workers started work on changing the automotive from what was already a mightily spectacular, roadgoing coupé to a safety automotive capable of taking a leading role within the DTM. the essential automotive was assembled at the BMW plant in Munich. From there, the BMW M4 Coupé visited the BMW M industrial plant in Garching, wherever the assembly and modifications continued by hand. These enclosed the technicians removing the rear seat of the automotive and putting in a roll cage and Recaro sport seats with Schroth belts for its outings as a safety automotive. Moreover, the automotive was additionally equipped with LED lights on the front apron, a radio communication system, light-emitting diode lights on the roof and a special livery.
On prime, of all this came the intensive use of BMW M Performance components – from the exhaust silencer system, black front grille, front splitter, mirror caps, rocker panel attachment and rear spoiler to the rear diffuser, the technicians ready the BMW M4 Coupé for its hard outings on the track. The modifications took regarding 2 months to complete. The BMW M Performance components put in provide an insight into however sensible the parts, that are accessible to all BMW customers, can view.
