BMW's future electric M cars will have four motors at some point

BMW is developing fully electric M cars that will one day come standard with four electric motors. Carsten Wolf (Integration Vehicle Characteristics BMW M) revealed this in a video of an i4 M50 prototype.

If you're unfamiliar with BMW's M cars, they're the top of BMW's performance cars and should not be mistaken for BMW's M Performance lineup, which is a notch below the full-fat M.

The i5 M60 (our review here) and i7 M70 are M Performance EVs, while BMW is yet to release a true M EV. BMW execs have reportedly approved a production model of an electric M car that should arrive in 2027 or 2028.

The video below shows off a prototype of the popular i4 M50 with four electric motors (one for each wheel), as well as carbon-ceramic brakes, a reinforced body, and a new subframe. BMW says this four-motor setup will provide "unprecedented performance, quality, and features."

BMW's rumored first M car EV is expected to be based on the M3 sedan. However, the gas-powered M3 isn't going anywhere with an all-automatic, AWD-only version in the works from mid-2028.

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