BMW M4 vs MG Im5

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BMW M4
BMW M4

$173,300 - $254,900

2025 price

MG Im5
MG Im5

2026 price

Summary

2025 BMW M4
2026 MG Im5
Safety Rating

Engine Type
Turbo 6, 3.0L

0.0L
Fuel Type
Premium Unleaded Petrol

Electric
Fuel Efficiency
10.2L/100km (combined)

0.0L/100km (combined)
Seating
4

5
Dislikes
  • Uncomfortable in the city
  • Hard-edged seats a necessary evil
  • Fuel bill will be sizeable

  • Awkward rear seating position
  • No physical spare wheel
  • Some over-zealous active safety
2025 BMW M4 Summary

To say the BMW M4 CS is a hot ticket in Australia is something of an understatement.

Consider this. There is an even more expensive one, the M4 CS Edition VR46 – at a cool $346,900 – and it sold out in less than an hour. Now, granted, Australia only got four examples, but still, demand was running hot.

That car makes this one, the regular M4 CS, seem like an absolute steal. It's only $254,900 (yes, the word 'only' is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence), and it shares the same upgrades, and makes the same monstrous power, as the VR46 – for Valentino Rossi’s 46th birthday – only it does it for around $100K less.

See? A bargain. At least, that's how I'd be justifying it to myself if I had a quarter of a million burning a hole in my pocket.

So, this or a Porsche 911? Read on.

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2026 MG Im5 Summary

Yep, it’s like deja vu all over again! Yet another fresh name in the Aussie new-car market, but this time in the form of a sub-brand from a carmaker that itself feels like it’s only been around for five minutes (but has in fact been in market here for a decade or more).

We’re testing the MG IM5 Performance, the IM badge standing alone in other markets. There, as here, signifying a new level of equipment, performance and quality.

And we’ve been steering this top-spec, dual-motor AWD version of the pure-electric, five-door liftback IM5, priced and specified to challenge a rapidly expanding group of high-performance mid-size EV sedans now occupying local showrooms.

 So, read on to see if this premium electric performer has what it takes to tempt you into a new option from the latest challenger brand to jump into the ever-intensifying, no-holds barred contest for your new-car dollars.

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