With only a bamboo cane and a bowler hat, the new BMW 4-Series Coupe would do a very good Charlie Chaplin impersonation. After all, it does have the mustache, aka the front license plate, to make a statement – or does it?
The official pictures released when the sports coupe premiered on Tuesday showed it in European specification with a front license plate, which is mandatory for all cars registered across the pond.
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Nonetheless, there are more than a dozen U.S. states where vehicles don’t need to have one, so a BimmerPost member went the extra mile to render the new 4-Series Coupe with and without the front license plate in several shades.
Before deciding on which look suits it best, we will remind you that the car attached to that huge kidney grille will launch in worldwide markets this October, followed after by the 4-Series Convertible and 4-Series Gran Coupe four-door model.
On this side of the Atlantic Ocean, customers will have to pay at least $46,595 for the 430i variant, which comes with a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder gasoline engine making 258 HP. Should you want the xDrive all-wheel drive system, it will cost you an extra $2,000, but this is offered as standard in the M440i trim level, which acts as the range-topper of the series, until the M4 arrives. The 369 HP produced by the 3.0-liter turbocharged straight-six engine, and 11 HP added by the mild-hybrid system, rockets it to 62 mph (100 km/h) in just 4.7 seconds, en route to a top speed electronically limited to 155 mph (250 km/h).
