{"id":20215,"date":"2022-04-18T12:00:28","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T16:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=20215"},"modified":"2022-04-18T12:00:28","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T16:00:28","slug":"harry-garage-bmw-i4-m50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=20215","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Harry Metcalf Tests the BMW i4 M50 &#8212; M Worthy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2022\/04\/18\/harry-garage-bmw-i4-m50\/\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"photomain-article\"> <noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022-bmw-i4-m50-portimao-blue-45.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"2022 bmw i4 m50 portimao blue 45\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022-bmw-i4-m50-portimao-blue-45.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022-bmw-i4-m50-portimao-blue-45-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022-bmw-i4-m50-portimao-blue-45-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022-bmw-i4-m50-portimao-blue-45-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022-bmw-i4-m50-portimao-blue-45-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" title=\"image of 2022 bmw i4 m50 portimao blue 45\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%201920%201280%22%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022-bmw-i4-m50-portimao-blue-45.jpg\" class=\"lazyload attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"2022 bmw i4 m50 portimao blue 45\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022-bmw-i4-m50-portimao-blue-45.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022-bmw-i4-m50-portimao-blue-45-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022-bmw-i4-m50-portimao-blue-45-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022-bmw-i4-m50-portimao-blue-45-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022-bmw-i4-m50-portimao-blue-45-300x200.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" title=\"image of 2022 bmw i4 m50 portimao blue 45\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"bmwad\">\n<p><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\" itemprop=\"description\" readability=\"69.054054054054\">\n<p>This new BMW <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2022\/04\/02\/bmw-i4-m50-and-i4-edrive40-photos\/\">i4 M50<\/a> one of the most interesting M Performance cars of all because it\u2019s not truly an M car. BMW sometimes calls it an M car, it has M car power and M car performance, but it\u2019s not actually the real thing. It\u2019s an M Performance car, which is a normal BMW that\u2019s been tweaked by the M Division. And yet, it\u2019s faster than many M cars and packs more power, too. So is it worth of its M badging? In this new video from Harry\u2019s Garage, we get to find out.<\/p>\n<p>First, let\u2019s start with what the BMW i4 M50 is. It starts off as a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2022\/01\/18\/2022-bmw-m440i-gran-coupe-review\/\"> 4 Series Gran Coupe<\/a> but then BMW throws out all of its internal combustion gubbins and stuffs in an all-electric powertrain and some batteries. The result is a dual-motor, all-wheel drive, fully-electric sedan with 536 horsepower and 586 lb-ft of torque. For reference, that\u2019s 33 horsepower more than an M4 Competition and more than 100 more torques. Though, due to its massive weight disadvantage, it\u2019s actually a few tenths slower to 60 mph, doing the sprint in around 3.9 seconds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022-bmw-i4-m50-portimao-blue-46.jpg\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-422680\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022-bmw-i4-m50-portimao-blue-46-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"2022 bmw i4 m50 portimao blue 46 830x553\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022-bmw-i4-m50-portimao-blue-46-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022-bmw-i4-m50-portimao-blue-46-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022-bmw-i4-m50-portimao-blue-46-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022-bmw-i4-m50-portimao-blue-46-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022-bmw-i4-m50-portimao-blue-46.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" title=\"image of 2022 bmw i4 m50 portimao blue 46 830x553\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-medium wp-image-422680\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20830%20553%22%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022-bmw-i4-m50-portimao-blue-46-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"2022 bmw i4 m50 portimao blue 46 830x553\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022-bmw-i4-m50-portimao-blue-46-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022-bmw-i4-m50-portimao-blue-46-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022-bmw-i4-m50-portimao-blue-46-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022-bmw-i4-m50-portimao-blue-46-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022-bmw-i4-m50-portimao-blue-46.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" title=\"image of 2022 bmw i4 m50 portimao blue 46 830x553\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So it has the power and performance to match most M cars but its weight is a problem. Can it actually hang with its proper M cousins?\u00a0There\u2019s no questioning its acceleration. Put your foot down and the i4 M50 certainly accelerates like an M car. In fact, it accelerates harder, more often. It might not launch off the line like an M4 Competition but the i4 M50 will likely beat an M4 Comp in a rolling race. However, it\u2019s just not sharp enough for fun enough to be considered a proper M car. Harry Metcalf also noticed particularly poor efficiency, with it failing to achieve anywhere near its claimed max range.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Metcalf doesn\u2019t seem to like the i4 M50 much at all, calling it his first real disappointment of 2022. So to answer the question, is the BMW i4 M50 worthy of those M badges, Metcalf says no.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BMW i4 M50 is M-Power's first all electric car but is it worthy of the iconic M-badge?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ezmeX8c672U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BMW i4 M50 Review - Should I Buy One?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ecVRGgnuOgc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ADVERTISEMENT This new BMW i4 M50 one of the most interesting M Performance cars of all because it\u2019s not truly an M car. BMW sometimes calls it an M car, it has M car power and M car performance, but it\u2019s not actually the real thing. It\u2019s an M Performance car, which is a normal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":20216,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}