According to our sources – and now sources close to Automobile Magazine – BMW is looking to move into a higher-end market developing a four-door coupe – and potentially other variants – to compete with the likes of Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe. To do so, BMW will resurrect the iconic BMW 8 Series nameplate. The report says that BMW had originally planned to tackle Benz with a fast two-doors with the 9 Series packed with 7 Series technology and features, but the plan has been scrapped when BMW realized it might not have enough advanced technology to compete.
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And this is where the 8 Series comes into play. The super high-end car will be one of the last BMWs to be built off the CLAR architecture, elements of which are used in the 3, 5, 6, and 7 Series. BMW will aim to make the 8 Series lighter and more agile than the S-Class two-doors, with significant interior space. While further details are still being kept under the rug, Automobile says that there won’t be a four-door 8 Series Gran Coupe, for fear of cannibalizing 7 Series.
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As a direct consequence of the new 8 Series, the 6 Series Gran Coupe will also disappear from the lineup – and as we previously mentioned – it will hand over the Gran Coupe badge to the upcoming 5 Series GT.
Back in May, it was discovered that the Munich-based company registered a few more nameplates for the 8 Series range, from 825 to 830, 835, 845, 850 to the M-branded M850 and M8.
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The top 8 Series model – presumably the 850i – will be powered by a 4.0 liter V8 turbocharged engine, but a combination of four- or six-cylinder engines are also planned. As BMW goes through an electrification process, a plug-in hybrid 8 Series is also on the table.
Is it going to be even bigger and heavier than the 6 series gran coupe? Who is in the market for that?
Maybe it will the same weight. But bigger than 6 series. The new platform could do that.
Let us pray…..
rich people
Apparently, it’s going to be the same size as the 6 series is now, and then 6 series is going to try and take on the 911. BMW is on a losing streak it seems.
6-series take on the 911? As if.
As the article said, it will be built atop a new platform that will make it considerably lighter.
“BMW will aim to make the 8 Series lighter and more agile than the S-Class two-doors, with significant interior space”
Lighter than the S-Class. Not lighter than the 6 series.
Why would a car that is in a bigger, higher class then a 6 series be lighter than it? Thats like complaining that a 7 series is heavier than a 5.
People in the market for bigger more lux GT cars like Continentals and S-class coupes.
4 CYLINDER??? You got to be kidding. Ridiculous for a car like this. Only acceptable if it’s a hybrid and has loads of power to compensate the lack of 2 cylinders (at least). It has to compete with the very best, the S Class Coupe. You won’t find any 4 cylinders there either!
V8 and V12 for the 8 series
Apparently your sources are not very well informed, but you’ll see ;)
And your contribution is? I’m still stuck in he good ol days of BMW, so naturally I think the top models should have V12’s
The 6 Series’ smallest engine is a 6 cylinder, same for the 7, but somehow the 8 Series will end up with a 4 ? That doesn’t make ANY sense, at all. Especially considering the coupes tend to not use their sedan counterparts’ (here the 7) smallest units.
According to how BMW makes their models’ range, the 8 shouldn’t even have a 6 actually. The 850i will probably be the base petrol model, with an 850d as the only diesel, and then M860Li and maybe the M8, and an Alpina B8.
Precisely.
Looks like BMW will be taking my money from 2020 as i8 2nd Gen will also be coming but the following year. BMW M8 and sec. gen i8 I’ll be sorted ;-)
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That’s a weird combo of cars. Are you lying about your plans?
Weird for who, For you??? OK. I guess I’m buying for you neh???
Oh cool. I thought I was the only Motswana who followed this blog actively.
Been with BMWBlog since 2007 when I was doing my first year…ke tswa kgole le yone.
Thanks for reading us!
Ay man, are you a Motswana?
Yes I am
what’s the silver bmw in the last picture?
Great news! But that time I’ll be driving an Apple car and would look at this marvel with much nostalgia.
So much misinformation here….8 series yea it’s coming.. ALMOST everything else said about it in this article is false..
If you know more, feel free to share. All we know so far considering we don’t work for BMW and don’t know all the plans.
He is right, that must be enough ;)
But it’s funny to see people’s reactions to the infos you have!
I do work for BMW lol. Wish I could share more…
Hehe same problem here ;)
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We’re looking forward to seeing The New 8.
Yawn, remind me abut this in 2019. I don’t have the patience to follow spy shots and guess work for 4 years.
I owned an 850i in the early 90s and the issue back then was weight for a 300bhp v12. If they don’t correct the weight issue, this iteration will bomb too.
a too high back …it’s offroad car?
this is all just rendering bmw has no intention on releasing a 8 series, i love bmw as much as the next enthusiast but bmw is not good as seeing what their high end clientele wants only because such clientele does not exist, there all driving s-class and sls, slr, and r8’s bmw is to damn busy focusing on the lower class and middle class, this is why all you see them pushing is 1 series, 2 series, 3 series, 4 series, and now x1, x2, x3, x4, and now grand coupes for all the lower end models. its so lame for a company to lower its standards, they’ve canceled out plans for a 9 series to compete with the maybach there response , “go buy a rolls royce we own those” they’ve canceled out plans for the 8 series their response “our 6 series is doing great why bring another big body coupe into the line up”. bottom line is they know no one will buy them the new 7 series flopped on sales because its losing to the s-class. this site is only known for posting rendering pics by people who have nothing better to do but build up hope for a car company that will never step up their game and this is coming from a guy who owns a 2014 650 and 750.
Never read so much bs in one post…you know nothing about the future models so just sit back and stfu ;)
Merc is selling more s-classes because they offer ridiculously cheap leasing rates which you can finally see in their total margin which is 3% lower than BMWs. Wohooo volume over everything – that is their strategy, nothing else. We`ll see who is doing better in the next years ;)
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