, X5 M for the crossover set, etc. Now M can stand for marketing or muddled, with the proliferation of M Sport trim packages and lesser M models.I recently drove is a lesser M model without all the track capability, but it has all the performance the vast majority of luxury-sport buyers need. After spending a week with it, here’s where it hit and where it missed.. It’s a turbocharged 3.
If you didn’t know any better, you’d think the M440 Gran Coupe is a sedan. However, the rear window opens with the trunk, so it’s a hatchback. The body style gives the car a healthy 16.6 cubic feet of cargo space behind the rear seat and that expands to a small SUV-like 45.6 cubes with the rear seat folded down. It also has a decent 34.9 inches of rear leg room—enough for 6-footers but not much more—and head room isn’t compromised as much as it would be with a sleeker fastback rear end.
My test car cost $67,520, including $550 for its sweet San Remo Metallic paint, and the aforementioned Cooling and High Performance package.
The BMW M440i xDrive Gran Coupe hits the sweet spot in several ways. It has track capability but not the stiff tuning that usually goes with it. It’s powerful but not high strung. The body style gives it useful space, and even the price, while high, isn’t out of line in today’s market. Unless you’re really going to use your car as a track toy, the M440i is a wiser buy than a pure M4.
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