The recently unveiled BMW Concept M8 Gran Coupe was displayed this weekend at the 2018 Concorso d’Eleganza in Italy. The annual Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este event is hosted by BMW Classic and along with many beautiful classic cars, it also allocates time and space to automakers to display their latest concepts.
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BMW Motorrad introduced this year an all-new bike, the Concept 9cento, while the car division decided to show visitors the exciting Concept M8 Gran Coupe which was unveiled this Spring at the Geneva Motor Show.
BMW says the concept car “offers a look ahead to the most alluring and exotic variant of the new BMW 8 Series.” With its long hood, sleek roofline, powerful haunches, and raised up trunk spoiler, the Concept M8 Gran Coupe certainly looks the part. This car, moreover, represents “a new facet of luxury: extremely sporty, extravagant and polarizing,” according to BMW chief designer Adrian van Hooydonk.
The M treatment adds M-typical elements such as large wheels, massive air intakes, widened fenders, a carbon-fiber roof, a prominent rear spoiler, and four exhaust pipes. The kidney grille, the wheels, and the exhaust tips are finished in rose gold, a material that represent the epitome of luxury. The M8 Gran Coupe is painted in a blue-green called Salève Vert, after the name of a mountain above Geneva.
When it arrives in 2019, we can expect an engine output of over 600 hp for the BMW M8 family, along with the M xDrive all-wheel drive which should offer a standard sprint of less than three seconds.
I’m looking forward to the unveiling of the production version next month. Although, I’m crossing my fingers that all those vents are functional and not simply plastic trim.
All M cars have functional air vents
As does the M550i but not all air vents even on past M Cars have been functional (I thinking of the front fender gills on several past models). And the first 8-series will be an M850i not an M car. I’m mostly worried about the rear.
on the M850i it might just been for design and might not be functional but we will see in future
M850i will also have the same V8 as with M8. That’s a big engine. It’ll need all the vents they can put on a car. I don’t think there’ll be non-functional vents on even the M850i
My worry is also the rear.
BMW need to make the M8 GRAN COUPE EXACTLY like this concept, especially the front bumper and rear bumper needs to be exactly the same as the concepts bumpers
Yes I agree, BMW has been going soft after they make an awesome concept. They need to take the lead and make every brand like the last
I remember the M4 and 6 series gran coupe concepts they turned out identical to the concept too which is good. BMW need to do the same with this M8 gran coupe and make it identical to the concept M8
The Hofmeister kink seems that to be borrowed from Volvo S90.
and just to add the front end is SO aggressive love it
Looks nowhere close to 8 series concept. Just as the cases in past, BMW drops balls by the time their concepts reach production.
This one looks not very different from current BMW sedan range and thats a shame as the sedans themselves are okayish at best. More importantly, there isn’t any WOW factor in its styling anymore. And those rear bumpers are plain garish. BMW doesn’t seems to be doing enough justice to its ‘going to be’ flagship.
BMW should bite the bullet and accept that they aren’t doing much in designing. Lesser brands such as Volvos, Mazdas can teach them a thing or two about design sophistication, finesse and refinement, these days.
“Looks nowhere close to 8 series concept. Just as the cases in past, BMW drops balls by the time their concepts reach production.”
Uh, that IS the concept. There’s an 8-Series Coupe Concept, and this M8 Gran Coupe Concept. We don’t know what the production M8 will look like yet, but if it looks like that it’s going to be a home run.
Aggressive & unlike anything else on the road. As well as being a goer & a looker!
Not you again!
Ohh you are back !!
Rehab failed again, i guess !
GORGEOUS
I hope they keep the production car 99% exactly like this concept. On another note I see Charlie Chaplin made it to the unveiling in Picture 5/17.
Hmmm…Boats&Yachts…Wrong Forum…
Tasty.
Counter to most here I actually think the production version will be far better. The shapes of the headlights, taillights, grille and overall body are good – but I hate all the details on this concept. It looks like an aftermarket job with the wheels and exhaust pipes, yellow headlights, blacked-out taillights, bronze accents and body-kit fascias. I expect the production car will instead revert to the usual BMW class.
Perhaps thats what a few a worried about, that reversion to usual BMW class. They may go too conservative with it. It needs to be aggressive, mean, extremely sporty, just as it looks right now in concept guise. Sure the gold trims, yellow headlights, blacked out taillights etc may or may not be provided as options for those who so want them but per the overall design of the car, they need not change anything. it is perfect as it is.
This car design is just WOW. This is the design many were thinking Mercedes AMG would have applied on the AMG GT 4 doors being that it’s supposed to be off-shooting from a very aggressive looking sporty AMG GT coupe, but AMG only produced a blobby bar of soap for a car. They missed an opportunity there. BMW though got it right with this one. This is amazing, even better looking than the M8. So, new Z4, M8, M8 GC etc., well Beemer shouldn’t stop now, keep it coming with the fantastic designs, do something great and fantastic with the 4GC to look more sportback in profile and even introduce a M4 GC. Also correct the atrocity made with the 6GT by making something interesting out of that 6 series plate. Or has that segment been conceded to the E Class/E Class coupe and Audi A6/A7?
Rock look cars