2014 Best Driver’s Car: BMW M4 in 5th place and BMW i8 in 8th

Motor Trend released their list of 2014 Best Driver’s Cars and two BMWs make it to the list. The new BMW M4 Coupe takes the 5th place while the new i8 is placed 8th. First spot was awarded to the Chevrolet Camaro Z/28, followed by the Alfa Romeo 4C and Porsche 911 Turbo S. Here is what Motor Trend had to say about the new BMW M4 Coupe:

“The M4 is the best-driving M Division product in years, easily eclipsing even the pretty dang great M6 Gran Coupe. This becomes especially true when it’s time to make the snot yellow coupe’s rear end dance. “Love how this car rotates mid-turn,” says Kiino. “Get on the gas, and the rear end just shoots you around — minimal understeer, no drama.”

BMW did an admirable job of allowing the chassis to slip just enough before the rear tires regain their purchase. Totally sweet, and more so on the track than on the street. Randy Pobst explains, “I have renewed respect for the capability of this latest M coupe, and it is a giant step forward from the peaky and pushy E92 M3. The shocks in Sport Plus are track-firm and effective, and the fat, flexible, and generous torque curve makes for delicious, all-natural managed oversteer as it powers out of corners. That’s a driver’s car right there. Usable power-oversteer.

And they even made it rumble a little.” Why didn’t the M4 finish even higher, then? The steering’s a little odd, for one. “I couldn’t get used to the adjustable steering,” says Nate Martinez. “I found it to be too much on either end of the spectrum — too light or too heavy.” As much as we all dig the adaptive suspension compared to stock, on imperfect, non-track surfaces, the M4 is still squirmy. “While it’s not nearly as wild over the bumps,” says Scott Evans, “the M4 still moves around more than I’d like. Needs to be a little more buttoned-down.” True, true. The quibbles are small, however. The BMW M4 is one hell of a great driver’s car. Trouble is, this year’s field is especially gifted.”

 

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