2020 BMW F82 M4

DTM Class 1 “IQOO”

VIN#: N/A

ENGINE 2.0-liter P48R20 four-cylinder

OUTPUT 630 hp, 610 lb-ft @ 9500 rpm

TRANSMISSION 6-speed Hewland semi-automatic

CURB WEIGHT 2360 lbs (fueled with driver)

TOP SPEED N/A  (gearing-dependent)

COLOR  Yellow

OWNER  Todd and Michelle Brown

OWNED SINCE  N/A

LOCATION  Louisa, Virginia

When the first iteration of Germany’s DTM launched in 1984, its three-letter name stood for Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft: German Touring Car Championship. That series ran from 1984 to 1996 and featured production-based racing cars.

From 2000 to 2020, the DTM looked quite different. The series even took a new name—Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, or German Touring Car Masters. For those two decades, the DTM existed to showcase exotic “silhouette” prototype race cars. These machines paired significant aerodynamic downforce and high horsepower with high cornering loads and sky-high running costs.

From 2000 to 2018, every vehicle in the DTM wore a 4.0-liter V-8. For 2019 and 2020, as part of a series-wide effort to reduce cost and complexity, the DTM shifted to turbocharged, 2.0-liter four-cylinders. 

First raced in the DTM in 2014, our display M4 is a former factory team car. It began life with a 480-hp, 90-degree V-8. By 2020, that carbon-fiber engine bay held a 9,500-rpm BMW P48R20 four producing around 630 hp and 610 lb-ft of torque. 

Developed specifically for the DTM, the P48 shares basic engine architecture with BMW’s B48 road-car four. Its aluminum block and four-valve aluminum head were cast by BMW’s production-car facility in Landshut, Germany. Notable features include a dry-sump oiling system, gear-driven cams (the B48 uses a timing chain), and a driver-activated, “push-to-pass” feature that, when engaged, offers an additional and temporary 30 hp. Despite being heavily stressed, the P48 is rules-mandated to last at least 3700 miles of track use, with teams penalized if a car receives a replacement engine before the mile minimum.

Like all 2020 DTM cars, this M4 features a central carbon-fiber tub and a steel rollover structure. A six-speed, pneumatically operated sequential Hewland transaxle lives between the rear wheels. The rear wing’s driver-activated drag-reduction system (DRS) is also pneumatically operated.

Although still alive in name, the DTM has since 2021 operated under the FIA’s Group GT3 ruleset for production-based grand-touring cars. Our display M4 thus represents the last of an era. While no longer actively campaigned in pro racing, it is exercised regularly by owners Todd and Michelle Brown of Virginia’s Rooster Hall Racing.