{"id":40282,"date":"2023-01-13T06:34:21","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T11:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=40282"},"modified":"2023-01-13T06:34:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T11:34:21","slug":"i4-m50-best-selling-car-bmw-m-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=40282","title":{"rendered":"The i4 M50 Was The Best-Selling Car From BMW M In 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

BMW M celebrated its 50th<\/sup> anniversary in 2022 with record sales as deliveries to customers rose by 8.4% to 177,257 units<\/a>. For the sake of clarity, this number includes both M Performance and M vehicles. Although Bavaria\u2019s performance division doesn\u2019t provide a breakdown of sales for each model, we do know which car was the most popular last year.<\/p>\n

That honor goes to the i4 M50<\/a>, essentially an all-wheel-drive 4 Series Gran Coupe with a pair of electric motors instead of a combustion engine. With 544 hp and 795 Nm (586 lb-ft) on tap, it has strong enough output numbers to serve as an electric alternative to the ALPINA B4 Gran Coupe, itself an M4 Gran Coupe that BMW won\u2019t make.<\/p>\n

Although a dedicated M electric car won\u2019t arrive in the foreseeable future, 2023 will see the introduction of BMW\u2019s most powerful EV to date. The forthcoming i7 M70<\/a> based on the latest-generation 7 Series Sedan is going to have over 600 hp and 1,000 Nm (737 lb-ft). Later this year, we might also get an i5 M60, but it hasn\u2019t been confirmed.<\/p>\n

Speaking of electrification, the plug-in hybrid XM has entered production and will receive a Label Red version<\/a> this fall with 748 hp and the same 1,000 Nm (737 lb-ft) as the i7 M70. It\u2019ll effectively become BMW\u2019s most powerful street-legal vehicle ever, with 585 hp and 750 Nm (553 lb-ft) provided by the twin-turbo 4.4-liter V8 engine while the electric motor will be good for 197 hp and 280 Nm (206 lb-ft). Mind you, these numbers are estimates based on prototype testing and are subject to changes for the production model.<\/p>\n

If you prefer BMW M cars to have a pure ICE setup, the end of January will bring the world premiere of the limited-edition M3 CS<\/a> super sedan during the 24 Hours of Daytona. This spring, the X5 M and X6 M will be subjected to a Life Cycle Impulse, which will also be applied to the M Performance version set to transition from the M50i to the M60i moniker.<\/p>\n

Source: BMW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BMW M celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2022 with record sales as deliveries to customers rose by 8.4% to 177,257 units. For the sake of clarity, this number includes both M Performance and M vehicles. Although Bavaria\u2019s performance division doesn\u2019t provide a breakdown of sales for each model, we do know which car was the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":40283,"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-40282","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\/40282","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\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/40283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}