Someone in Los Angeles looked at a 2022 BMW M4 Competition xDrive and saw a pickup truck waiting to get out. DinMann, the shop responsible, cut into the factory carbon fiber roof, fabricated a bed, built a rear bulkhead for the cab, and turned a 503-horsepower German coupe into something that looks like it belongs in an alternate universe where Holden never died.
The truck, dubbed the M4Maloo, is now listed on Bring a Trailer.
It debuted at SEMA wearing a metallic blue wrap, but the new owner will get it stripped back to its factory Brooklyn Gray Metallic paint. Underneath the cosmetic drama sits a seriously modified powertrain. The twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-six has been fitted with aftermarket turbos, a new intake manifold, and a full exhaust.
The listing doesn’t quote a horsepower figure, which usually means the number is large enough to be interesting.
The all-wheel-drive system and eight-speed automatic were mandatory equipment on the 2022 Competition xDrive, along with a limited-slip rear differential. So mechanically, the bones are legitimate. Four driven wheels, proper power distribution, and enough torque to embarrass most actual trucks in a straight line.
The exterior got the full carbon fiber treatment: grille, front lip, rear diffuser, side skirts, and widened fenders with additional vents over the wheel arches. It rides on lowering springs with M Performance forged wheels, 19 inches up front and 20 out back. Not exactly off-road spec, but nobody building this thing was thinking about fire roads.
Inside, the Fiona Red leather seats and matching door trim survived intact, a factory option that now reads like a deliberate styling choice against the gray exterior. The 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster, head-up display, Harman Kardon audio, and gesture control all remain functional.
What’s genuinely surprising is the claim that the conversion preserved the parking sensors, surround-view camera system, and adaptive cruise control. Rear parking sensor dots are visible in their usual bumper positions. Rearview camera functionality on a vehicle that was never designed to have a tailgate takes real engineering effort, not just panel fabrication.
BMW itself has built pickup conversions before. The company made ute prototypes as far back as the 1960s and rolled out an E92 M3 pickup when that generation was current. But those were always internal projects, engineering curiosities that never saw a showroom. The M4Maloo exists because someone outside Munich decided to stop waiting.
The timing is worth watching. Ford just launched the Maverick to strong demand. Hyundai’s Santa Cruz carved out its own niche. Slate is promising a stripped-down electric minitruck. Compact pickups are having a moment in the American market, but a ute, a car-based pickup with real performance credentials, remains a format no major manufacturer will touch in the U.S.
Australia had it figured out for decades with the Holden Ute and Ford Falcon Ute. Both are dead now. The appetite clearly isn’t.
Bidding on the M4Maloo is active, and there’s no reserve. Whatever this thing sells for will say something about how badly people want a vehicle that no automaker is willing to build.
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