 What is up you guys welcome back to another one if you are new to the channel I am Goldpony. I do new car truck SUV reviews on YouTube and today I am super excited We are in the new 2021 BMW 4 series coupe courtesy of Apple BMW in York PA They just got two of these things in plus an m5 plus an m2 So for more information on their inventory please feel free to check out the link in the description box below And of course I'm excited to be in this one today because it has been completely redesigned for the 2021 model year A wider track lower center of gravity 50-50 weight distribution. This is the new Bavarian masterpiece So what do you guys say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it and as always let's start with pricing But so as you can imagine there are a few different configurations available for the new four series coupe First one being the 430i starting at $45,600 then there is the 430i xDrive starting at $47,600 And lastly the one we have today being the m440i xDrive starting at $58,500 And so as you can imagine with those different trim levels there are actually two different engine configurations available for this one. First one belonging to the 430i trim levels being a 2 liter twin power turbocharged inline 4 cylinder. This one puts out 255 horsepower at 5,000 rpm 295 pound-feet of torque available from the power band of 1,500 to 1,400 rpm power sent to rear wheels or all wheels of course the all-wheel drive being the xDrive trim levels through an 8 speed automatic with paddle shifters giving you a 0 to 60 time coming in at approximately 5.5 seconds for the rear wheel drive according to BMW 5.3 seconds for the all-wheel drive and of course miles per gallon is not quite yet been tested for that one but then there is the other engine configuration of course belonging to the m440i that we have today this one is powered by a 3 liter twin power turbocharged inline 6 cylinder gotta love the inline 6 with a 48 watt mild hybrid system as well which is said to increase performance by up to 11 horsepower so that is pretty cool that BMW put that on this one as well but overall horsepower numbers come in at 382 horsepower 5,800 rpm torque comes in at 369 pound-feet of torque available from the power band of 1,800 to 5,000 rpm sent to all four wheels through an 8 speed automatic with paddle shifters which by the way you guys know we will be testing out it a little bit here but overall 0 to 60 time BMW puts it at 4.3 seconds again we'll be testing that out in a second and once again mpg numbers have not yet been officially released for this one but before we do any kind of paddle shifter test or acceleration test or anything like that i did want to mention there are some drive modes of course available for the four series coupe they will include eco pro comfort sport and sport plus adjusting plenty of different things like the shift points of throttle response the steering sensitivity and actually the suspension settings as well if you get the adaptive damping suspension that is it is an option for the four series coupe and of course that will also adjust the gauge setup ever so slightly as well they'll look to the gauges i should say but now having mentioned all of that what do you guys say i want to test out the paddle shifters here first i've never been disappointed with BMW so i pretty much already knew the answer i feel like but we're going to do it for the sake of this video let's go ahead and find a straight away and i'm going to put the shifter all the way to the back and to the left that is actually going to give me full manual shifting so therefore let's go ahead and test out the paddle shifters and see how quickly they react for us here still in first gear it is not shifting and here we go holy crap oh my gosh this thing is freaking quick man dang wow this paddle shifters are lightning quick who would have thought it in the BMW oh my gosh i am surprised no paddle shifters are like super car quick honestly they are well more than expected and it never surprised me with BMW though they absolutely kill it but let me put it back into full automatic mode here and got a car behind us but oh my god oh my god i love it die that acceleration is absolutely breathtaking in the m440i it's not going to be quite as good with the other engine configuration although it's still going to be well more than enough to merge you onto a highway of course but oh my gosh it makes you feel absolutely wonderful this is why i love cars that acceleration was oh my gosh i'm just going to keep saying oh my gosh because that was freaking wonderful anyways to go along with that acceleration as always braking is equally important so of course you will find ventilated four-wheel disc brakes in the front and the rear actually m sport brakes with blue cowpers coming on the m440i that we have here today and since we're coming up to a stop sign give me like three two one we're gonna come to a stop here yeah that works absolutely no issues with the braking feel whatsoever definitely feels nice in this one but continuing on touching on suspension and handling on this one up front you will find a double pivot type front suspension with spring struts and an anti roll bar in the back five-link rear suspension with cast aluminum upper transverse arms twin tube gas pressure eye shock absorbers as well m sport suspension coming with the m440i it's going to be a retuned version of course of the 430i so a little stiffer suspension there a little better handling on the back roads i guess you could say i suppose ride quality goes it's been honestly more than i expected sometimes with sportier cars like the four series coupe you don't always think they're gonna ride as nicely but this is a bmw you can't really expect anything less it does have really the best of both worlds in this thing it rides super smooth soaking up pa's road perfection's definitely quite nicely the steering feel something bmw always nails with their vehicles especially when you put it in that sport driving mode i just immediately downshifted for me i gotta love that oh my gosh the exhaust note is also different in sport driving but i don't think i mentioned that to you guys you get a little bit of poppage with it in sport driving mode gotta love it the steering feel is noticeably heavier as well so you are gonna have a much better feel to the steering feel when you're in sport driving mode better helps you point you in the direction that you want to go so you gotta love that as well touching on cabin noise when you put it in that sport driving mode you can hear that exhaust i tell you that much i'm gonna go ahead and take it out so i'm not competing with that exhaust note but cabin noise is perfect i was just driving at highway speeds around 60 miles per hour there was no wind noise whatsoever coming into the cabin again you hear a little bit of that exhaust note with the sport driving mode but other than that cabin noise is 100 on point as well that touching on visibility i could see perfectly fine out the back sometimes with coupes you don't always get that but quite honestly with the four series coupe you're good no issues with visibility whatsoever rain sensing windshield wipers actually do come standard on every single trim level of the four series coupe meaning when the car starts to detect any kind of mist even or rainfall it is going to automatically turn on this windshield wipers kind of like automatic headlights it's just one less thing you got to worry about there and a head up display is going to be optional for this one and so i do actually have that option today i am looking at my speed as well as the speed limit on my windshield right now just one less thing that better help you keep your eyes on the road it's also actually going to give you some safety features navigation information up there as well but that about rounds out this amazing performance section of this review let's now go ahead and take a look at the exterior of this brand new 2021 BMW four series coupe all right and so here she is you guys the beautiful new 2021 BMW four series coupe gotta love it completely redesigned for 2021 let's go ahead and start at the most controversial part of this one the front grille and i do want to know exactly what you guys think of this one so be sure to put it in the comment section below but of course the front grille previously being a horizontal design is now vertical and quite large of course so what do you guys think of that one of course it is that active kidney front grille you guys could probably see towards the top active meaning the shutters will open and close dependent upon the engine cooling needed so that's always very functional you will actually get chrome accents surrounding that front grille if you were to go with the 430i bronze or black accents are available as well for the m440i and so we do have the black accents up there today down in the corners to the sides there you guys could probably see you do have some air curtains directing air around the wheel entire combination for a little better aerodynamics that's always nice and when it comes to those headlights they are led headlights with cornering lights meaning when you're going around a bend at night those headlights will swivel based on your steering angle better help illuminating what is around that bend so it's going to be there for you as well led daytime running lights of course and do come with the automatic feature as well meaning when it starts to get dark and then light headlights will turn on automatically for you there it's all pretty basic stuff i guess at this point but there's an optional lighting configuration for the 4 series coup being the icon adaptive led headlights with laser light technology and so that is the very brightest lighting allowed by law right now so if you wanted super illumination at night it is available for you and i absolutely love the hood creases around this bmw logo in the front here as well bmw just did such a nice design in my opinion to the front of this i know it's controversial but i absolutely love the look of this one you guys gotta agree with me on this it might be a little bit polarizing but i absolutely love it now let's go ahead and make our way to the side of this one now it's in now since we are around the side gloss black windows surrounds do come standard on the four series coup body colored power adjustable side mirrors coming standard you will get bronze mirror caps actually if you were to go with the m4 40i or they can be available in black of course like you're seeing right now and those side mirrors are heated with led integrated turn signals then as well then taking a look down at the wheel set up 18 inch v spoke orbit gray alloy wheels with all season run flats coming with the 430i 18 inch double five spoke alloys coming with the m4 40i and so it is going to be that same size wheel setup just a slightly different design between the two trim levels there and again there's coming with run flat tires surrounding the wheels as well but now let's go ahead and make our way to the back of this one now but soon now since we are around back of course you do have that gloss black shark fin antenna up top you do get a small lip spoiler if you were to go with the m4 40i only the 430i is not going to give you any spoiler back there so we did want to mention that led tail lights of course coming standard across the board and you of course will find that badging back there as well the m badging specifically if you were to go with the m4 40i and you do have the x drive logo on the other side there taking a look down a little bit you will find a gloss black rear diffuser it is going to be gloss black no matter what color exterior that you get on this one so if you wanted it to kind of mesh in with the rest of the vehicle go with the black exterior like we have here today but I do like the look back there and of course to the sides even the exhaust setup is going to differ slightly between those two trim levels dual exhaust outlets with circular chrome tips for the 430i dual exhaust outlets with bronze or black trapezoidal exhaust tips if you were to go with the m4 30i so do you believe you guys know what we have to do next and again like I said previously the exhaust note is going to differ so I'm just going to throw it in sport driving mode here and enjoy the sound here you guys know what we have to do next as always here is that exhaust clip aren't you guys so now since we are around back of the 4 series cube here to go ahead and open that trunk there is a button on the key fob that is one way there's also a button on the trunk itself and yet another way is going to be on the driver's side door I did want to also mention there is a hands-free trunk if you were to go with the m4 40i that we have here today so that is yet another way go ahead and open the back up there but once opened up cargo capacity comes in at 12 cubic feet even if that was not enough space there actually are levers located in the trunk simply pull on them they will fold down those rear seats of course giving you a ton of extra space there if you needed it another kind of interesting feature I found in the trunk itself you find a lot of features back there that you typically would find in SUVs but almost never coupes like grocery bag hooks I found a couple grocery bag hooks in the 4 series cube that's pretty cool also tie down anchors you almost never see that in coupes either also you had some storage on the sides of that trunk there with a little bit of netting as well so definitely a very functional trunk for the 4 series I will say that kind of surprised me they're quite honestly but then making our way to the rear leg room that comes in at 34.5 inches so for reference I mean even six feet tall this is how much space I had back there and of course those rear passengers are spoiled a little bit as well because they will have a rear center armrest with cup holders they also get rear ventilation another feature you typically will never find in coupes because they are smaller vehicles so you don't always need them but of course in a luxury vehicle like a BMW 4 series cube you got rear ventilation for those rear passengers that's pretty cool also phone charging ports back there and I was also surprised to find they also have their own climate control settings back there so they can set their own temperature back there as well and actually 34.5 inches going back to that it's actually a decent amount for rear leg room when it comes to a two door so we'll say that so I would imagine you can actually play around with these front seats a little bit to actually fit passengers more comfortably in those rear seats if you wanted to do that but then making our way to the front seats since the tech upholstery is going to come standard on all trim levels however there are optional setups but as far as the standard setup goes 10 way power adjustable front seats come standard two way power side bolsters I love that and BMW definitely helps hold you in place around the turns a little better I love that you can adjust that memory settings for up to two different drivers can be found on the driver's side door as well that's always nice and four way power lumbar also coming standard but having said that there are optional setups for the seating as well giving you full leather seating with plenty of different color options available as well like this dark red color that we have here today I absolutely love this look in the past BMW has used a brighter red and I actually do like the darker red in this one it's much more luxury like I guess you could say so I like that heated front seats are actually going to be optional and this one ventilated front seats also optional and with all those seating adjustments even with the standard configuration extremely comfortable seats this is most definitely a vehicle you can go on long road trips with just because the seats are so ridiculously comfortable part of what contributes to that is the lumbar support and the power side bolsters in my personal opinion but so I do like the seats but then taking a look at the steering wheel it is tilt and telescoping heated steering wheel is available but perhaps the first thing always noticed in BMWs is the 10 and 2 grips are mammoth I absolutely love it it fits your hands so freaking nicely and really for a sports car like the m440i these 10 and 2 grips are necessary so I absolutely love that they are so beastly I love that BMW always does that and you do have the m logo at the bottom portion of that steering wheel and if you did get the heated steering wheel option that is going to be located just above that you guys could probably see that there as well then take a look at the gauge cluster it is an 8.8 inch gauge cluster that is the standard setup and then there is the 12.3 inch digital gauge cluster that is optional that we have today so it definitely looks good you got the speed information on your left as well as a digital speedometer you got your tachometer on your right how many miles do you have left until you hit empty there's your outside temperature with driving mode you're in of course and those gauges are pretty customizable as well and they do adjust once again depending upon the drive mode that you actually put this thing in so that's going to be there for you they are pretty nice up there but then take a look at overall interior quality a power glass moonroof does come standard on every single trim level you got to love that universal garage door opener for up to three different garage doors can be found just underneath of that frameless rear view mirror that's another cool little feature the frameless part of it a lot of times it'll come with that black plastic surrounding the rear view mirror but the frameless is much more upscale looks a lot better in my opinion so you have the garage door openers anthracite headliner essentially what that is it's just a softer version of what you typically find so it's a very soft headliner i like that as well ambient lighting is going to be optional on this one it's definitely an option i would recommend because bmw does it very well in their vehicles and there's a ton of different colors you can pick as well it is adjustable there's bronze orange white blue green lilac the colors continue which can all be adjusted up on the tech display which i'll get to in a second here so definitely a cool ambient lighting setup to this one just in front of the shifter you actually have a wireless phone charger up there as well there is a usb charging port dual cup holders surrounding the shifter there is a very nice kind of hard finish it really doesn't feel like plastic and almost feels like a very solid aluminum finish surrounding the shifter which is a very high-end feel to it so absolutely love that it's not like a gloss black plastic that's gonna smudge with your fingerprints or anything like that so love the very high-end finish surrounding the shifter there behind the shifter of course you have a center armrest with a good bit of storage within that another phone charging port in there too so overall when bmw does interior quality they always absolutely nail it so absolutely love it it's all the fine details like the stitching found on the top portion of the doors there's also a soft leather finish with gray stitching just where you would rest your knee for the driver and passenger close to the center console here so gotta love the little things that bmw thinks of just like that but what i'm getting at is overall interior quality is absolutely amazing so no issues there from a touching on the tech display now like i was saying 8.8 inch color touchscreen display does come standard that's going to match with the standard 8.8 inch gauge cluster however then there is that optional setup you actually can get a 10 and a quarter inch screen available which we do of course have today and to control what is on either of these screens there's a ton of different options it is touchscreen like i was saying there's also a circular dial and buttons just to the right of the shifter that's another way there is also gesture control available i love that and bmw's whenever you want to turn the radio up for instance you just circle your finger in a clockwise like motion and it turns up the radio for you of course vice versa but there's tons of different gestures that you can use so really you don't have to take your eyes off the road to adjust anything on that display screen and of course there is voice activated controls for that as well so quite a few different ways you can adjust what is on there bluetooth and audio streaming coming standard android auto apple carplay actually as well factory navigation coming standard up there too you can check out your weather information up there driving statistics and your radio information as expected so when it comes to the sound system we're going to test that out here 10 speakers 205 watts is the standard setup however you do have an optional 16 speaker harmon kardon sound system that is available with 464 watts and you guys know of course we do have that sound system here today so what do you guys say let's go ahead and turn on the radio so we got playing this morning and let's test out the clarity of this one sound system was amazing that was fun oh harmon kardon well done well done that was a cool sound system i loved that but last thing i wanted to mention to you guys on that tech display is of course when you do put the four series cube in reverse you will find a rear view camera coming standard across the board for every single trim level in addition to that there is a 360 degree monitor with a 3d view available with the parking assistance package that goes for $700 it comes with other stuff as well but that is going to give you that bird's eye view which is always is going to lead us into safety and so front side side curtain airbags do come standard but also driver and passenger knee airbags up front as well in the back you're going to actually have latch aka lower anchors and tethers for children if you wanted to put rear car seats back there automatic high beams do come standard as well there is frontal collision warning with automatic city collision mitigation and braking blind spot monitoring system coming standard as well there is speed limit recognition technology of course and back to that parking assistance package with a 3d monitor goes for $700 that also gives you parking assistance plus which essentially is where the four series cube parks itself that's always nice and front and rear parking sensors if you wanted to do your own parking as well and so overall when it comes to my final thoughts this is indeed a driver's car it's absolutely amazing wonderful car to drive it will immediately put a smile on your face when you hit the gas handling is wonderful the steering feel is great especially with these 10 and 2 grips ambient lighting is definitely a must have option in this one as well it's going to look absolutely amazing at night and there's so many different color options you can go with as far as the different trim levels go if you're spending this much money on a BMW just go with the m440i because that extra power is 100% worth it in my personal opinion it's breathtaking quite honestly as far as constructive criticism the only constructive criticism I really have is BMW does tend to put a lot of different options that don't always come standard on their vehicles to the price can tend to climb up quite high if you wanted to keep tacking on those extra options but other than that if you got the money for it dang this car is fun the interior quality is on point the driving dynamics are absolutely amazing I love the new look of that front grille in the front but let me know what you guys think in the comment section below that is about it for this one you guys I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did be sure to follow me on social media at the bottom of the screen 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