2023 BMW M4

BMW M4

BMW’s M4 Convertible Competition AWD is for the handful who want drama and badge appeal with their speed, not just numbers on a spreadsheet. On auto.co.za, there’s literally a single listing: a 2025 G83 drop-top, all-wheel drive, M-DCT, and yours for R2,049,995. That number isn’t a typo, and neither is the 10,000 km reading on the odo—probably a demo, maybe an early handover, but that’s the only flavour on offer. Volume? Forget it. It sits in the same money space as the Porsche 718 Cayman, Audi RS5, and Merc’s AMG C63, all of which are petrol-only and just as exclusive, but none will ever flood Gauteng’s streets. If you’re shopping here, you either care about traction in a Highveld thunderstorm or just want to say you do. BMW’s xDrive is more than just a marketing badge for South Africans who’ve been caught out on slick tarmac between Sandton and Pretoria. The M-DCT’s split personality—smooth in gridlock, vicious when the roads open up—makes it the transmission you’d spec anyway, and that’s the point. There’s zero used market to speak of, so if you want one, you’re buying new or you’re not buying. The M4 lands a cleaner, more focused punch than the AMG C63, and isn’t as shouty as the RS5—on paper at least, that matters.