As a BMW brand high-performance series, M Power has countless fans with its extreme performance and high-tech configuration. If you have the opportunity to drive the full range of M models on the track, it is definitely a thing that will excite fans. After the launch of the Shanghai Auto Show, at the end of this year, the new BMW M3/M4 led the way, and all the M models met us at the Zhaoqing International Circuit.
Although Guangdong has successfully entered the winter, the Zhaoqing International Circuit on December 13 is still very hot, and the "2021 BMW Blood M City" South District Station event kicked off here. In fact, the idea of opening the M3 has long been there, but what I really did not expect was that the first time it was opened was actually on the track, and what is more gratifying is that in addition to the M3 and M4, there are other M models that can also be experienced on the same field. This driving experience activity includes three links: M model track test drive, new M3 fancy pile winding and new M4 center drift, each link is very "up".
Don't easily drive the new M3 to the track, be careful of addiction
We experienced the BMW M model very fully on this very challenging track at the Zhaoqing International Circuit. Of course, it is very happy to test drive almost all M models, but our protagonist today is still locked in the new M3 and M4, two brother models.
This time the test drive arrangement was very simple and crisp, and after a short test drive briefing, we went straight to the new M3. When it officially entered the track, the direct floor oil, equipped with a 3.0-liter inline 6-cylinder twin-turbo engine, the new M3, was able to explode with a maximum power of 510 horsepower and a maximum torque of 650 Nm, so powerful that its 100 km/h acceleration time was frozen at 3.5 seconds. The feeling of pushing back brought about by the all-out acceleration sprint, and the sound of "crackling" echoing in the track, this kind of happiness is not given to you by electric vehicles.
Stats aside, the new M3 is definitely a very good and fun car. Sitting in a well-wrapped barrel seat, you can see the red M1/M2 buttons on the steering wheel that are soaring with hormones. It is also equipped with the Setup button and the M Mode button, which can be deeply customized for the vehicle's engine, suspension, steering, xDrive system, braking system, as well as driver assistance systems, instrument panels and head-up displays. The coach had already set the driving pattern for us before we set off, and we just had to focus on the track line.
Straight-line acceleration reflects the strength of the power, and the new M3's cornering strength on the track is even more surprising than the acceleration strength. Thanks to the optional M xDrive system and the Active M rear differential lock, the grip of the four wheels is always at its best while taking advantage of the driving pleasure. In addition, extremely precise steering control and a super rigid frame allow the new M3 to continuously rotate the steering wheel on a multi-curved track, and the body still maintains a stable posture. Therefore, even if you are a rookie, driving the new M3 will make you feel very easy to get started, because there is no need to pay too much attention to the limits of the vehicle, just remember the approximate position of each brake point.
"Coach, I want to learn to drift!" No problem
In addition to being able to experience the ultimate performance of the M model on the track, we also experienced the joy of drift driving. At this event, BMW invited the most professional team of coaches to guide everyone how to control these "performance beasts" and let us "rookies" become drift masters one by one.
Although The rudder brother also has drift experience before, but in contrast, in the face of the new M4 with a power torque of more than 650 Nm, it is obvious that the difficulty of handling will be greater, and it is not easy to maintain the state of the rear of the car, the throttle needs more delicate and precise control, and the direction needs to be more predicted in advance and a larger counter-attack action.
In the face of a high-horsepower car like the new M4, The Reel First Turned Off the DSC Dynamic Stability Control, then hit the direction in advance, stared in the direction to go, pressed the accelerator pedal hard, and patiently waited for the friction of the rear wheel to decrease and break through the grip limit until the rear sliding felt. When the time comes, quickly reverse the direction and continue to pedal the accelerator evenly, at which point the vehicle will constantly twist the rear of the vehicle and draw a graceful arc.
It is worth mentioning that the new M4 provides M Drive Professional on-board coaches, and one of the features is M drift analysis and M traction control adjustment. Among them, M drift analysis is very interesting for drift, it can help you analyze the status of drift and give scores, which is also a verification of the drift ability of old drivers.
After a full day of track driving and drift driving, the blood all over his body has boiled. This is not only because of the diversity of the experience link, but also from the M model's fusion of luxury and sports, so that people who have driven it realize that the car is not only a means of transportation, it can also carry our love and happiness. I hope that BMW's "Blood M City" activity can be held consistently, which can promote the development of China's automobile culture, and brother Reel is even more unfinished, thinking that he must come again in the future.