Every BMW i4 Coupe will leave the factory wearing M Sport design, according to forum leaker ynguldyn. No base look. No stripped entry car to anchor the advertising.
The same leak says a sport steering wheel and multifunction seats will be standard. On the US-market i3 Sedan, which the coupe is built on, those two items sit in option packages that add $3,100.
BMW hasn’t confirmed the car or said anything about output, range or price. But it has already shown its hand.
Last month the iX4 (NA7) launched with the M Sport Package on every version. The iX3 (NA5) it’s based on still lists M Sport as an option.
On the iX4, that standard package means 20-inch M light-alloy wheels and M Sport brakes with blue calipers. Every iX4 also gets a panoramic glass roof.
In Germany, the iX4 starts at €70,900. The iX4 40 xDrive costs €5,000 more than an iX3 40 xDrive.
Spec the iX3 with M Sport and the gap shrinks to €1,200. Add the panoramic roof and the iX3 becomes the more expensive car.
So the coupe premium is mostly hardware BMW decided you wanted. The order form gets shorter. The number at the bottom gets bigger.
The i3 Sedan shows what the i4 Coupe is likely to absorb. In the US, the i3 50 xDrive starts at $61,500 before destination, with a panoramic roof included.
The $2,000 M Sport Package adds M trim inside and out, a sport steering wheel and 19-inch M Aero wheels. The $3,200 M Sport Professional package brings the illuminated grille, M Sport brakes and an M steering wheel.
Multifunction seats live in a separate $1,100 Comfort Package, bundled with a heated steering wheel and a power tailgate.
That’s where the coupe would go further than its siblings. Even the range-topping iX4 M60 xDrive gets M Sport seats, not multifunction seats, and on lesser iX4s they remain a standalone option.
Germany offers a preview of how BMW prices a loaded car. The standard i3 costs €65,900. The First Edition, with M Sport, illuminated grille and head-up display, costs €75,340.
The steering wheel is the easy part. On the i3, the sport wheel comes with M Sport, so making the package standard drags the wheel along with it.
On the iX4, an optional upgrade adds a 12 o’clock marker and shift paddles. Expect the paddles to show up on M Performance versions of the coupe.
The wait is long. BMWBLOG first reported a two-door Neue Klasse i4 in 2022, the NA2 code has been attached since 2024, and production is expected in the second half of 2028.
An i4 Convertible (NA3) should arrive around the same time.
Meanwhile, the current i4 Gran Coupe (G26) is expected to end production around early 2027 with no direct replacement. Product management chief Bernd Körber has said the i3 Sedan will more or less cover that role for now.
That returns the i4 badge to two-door duty, in line with BMW’s habit of giving coupes and convertibles even numbers. It also leaves well over a year in which the name has no car attached.
Hardware should be Gen6 eDrive, shared with the i3. For reference, the i3 50 xDrive makes 345 kW (469 hp) and 645 Nm (476 lb-ft) from two motors, with up to 900 km (559 miles) of WLTP range.
The case for skipping a base coupe is easy to make. People buy two-doors for the way they look, and the M Sport bumpers carry much of the Neue Klasse design.
The case against will show up on the window sticker. BMW hasn’t printed one yet.
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