BMW 4 Series Coupe & Convertible – Review, Specs, Pricing, Features, Videos and More

Most luxury manufacturers offer a small coupe and convertible, and BMW is no exception. Called the 4 Series, this car is a sibling to the iconic 3 Series sedan. Like its sedan sibling, the convertible and coupe were all-new a few years ago, and feature a new controversial grille design.

With a turbocharged four or six cylinder engine, these are some of the more engaging compact luxury cars to drive. Sadly though, the manual transmission is no longer an option on regular 4 Series models.

Confession time. Although the latest generation of BMW 3 Series and 4 Series have been on the market for a few years, I’ve never had the chance to drive one.

Many colleagues and fellow automotive writers have extolled the new car’s merits to me, but I haven’t had the opportunity to sample one for myself.

That is of course, until now. To get my first taste of the new generation platform, I’m getting behind the wheel of the 2024 BMW 430i xDrive Convertible. Luxurious and capable of top-down fun-in-the-sun, this is probably the least sporty incarnation of the lineup. It’s already hefty, equipped with the smaller engine and added weight of all-wheel drive. Will this car impress me beyond the thrill of open-air motoring? I spent a week with it to find out.

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We’ve talked about the 4 Series’ front-end enough; now, how about its roof?

Yes, that schnoz is a contentious. I’ve covered it not once but twice, first with the tin-top M440i review and more recently with the searingly quick M4 Competition. The truth is that it becomes less of an issue with every encounter. That’s especially true when you’ve got the open-air experience to distract you, as is the case in the 2021 BMW M440i Cabriolet here.

Armed with a simpler, lighter fabric roof, the latest 4 Series Cabriolet is a class act. It tips the balance more towards boulevard cruiser than open-top sports car, but with the larger dimensions of this generation, that’s no bad thing. In fact, unless you want the full-fledged M4, the Cab might be the best version of BMW’s middleweight two-door.

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But what about this, the 2021 BMW M440i? With previous generations (before the model-line split) the non-M 3 Series models offered a taste of what the ultimate models offered. Sure, engine outputs were lower, and exterior styling was subtler, but that same inherent sport-coupe balance was baked in.

Things are different now. This is the most powerful model before stepping up to the M4, and the M440i is quick enough that an E92 or E46 M3 wouldn’t know which way it went on a good road. But there’s a not-so-subtle change in character here. Instead of a cut-price M4, BMW has turned the M440i into a baby grand tourer, an insulating (and insulated) two-door capable of covering vast distances with little effort.

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