A BMW 9-Series Might Be In The Pipeline
The Mercedes-Maybach S600 could have an incoming rival from BMW. Sure, it already has a kinda/sorta Bavarian challenger in the form of the 7-series, but for anyone who wants something posher than the 7er and the incoming 8-series Gran Coupe, there could eventually be a ‘9-series’ available.
Asked by Autocar if BMW was planning such a car, design director Adrian van Hooydonk dropped a tantalising hint. “Let’s say this: we won’t stop here [with the 8-series]. Obviously, our job is to have more ideas than the company can build, because the other way round would be very bad…My team and I are now looking at 2021 and beyond – as far out as 2030. We have a lot of plans.”
Beyond this - admittedly vague - suggestion, it’s all guesswork. Autocar speculates such a car would share much of its architecture and engine line-up with the 7-series and 8-series, which seems a fair assumption.
An appearance of the M760Li’s 6.6-litre twin-turbo V12 would surely be a given…
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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Am i the only one not liking that one piece grill on the 8-series. Kidneys should be 2piece
Wait until they do big arse GT versions of the 8 & 9!
Well the s600 is still based on the s class. So the 9 series would also have to be strongly based on the 7 series. Otherwise it would be too expensive to develop it.
If i would buy a luxiourious bmw i would rather buy a Rols royce