BMW Will Reportedly Make An M8, And Is Turning The 6-Series Into A 911 Killer
While we adore the rakish old E31 8-series, BMW hasn’t really needed to revive the name. After all, it has the 6-series (below) for its leggy grand tourer requirements, so why bother making a new 8-series? Well, thanks to a planned reinvention of the 6er as a sports car to take on the Porsche 911 - apparently fuelled by competition from the Mercedes-AMG GT - suddenly there’s room for a Mercedes S-Class coupe-rivalling 8-series.
This isn’t the first time we’ve heard 8-series comeback rumours, and in late March Munich even went so far as trademarking a bunch of names like 830, 850 and even M8. But according to an insider source cited by Auto Express, the trademarking was more than a case of preserving a load of potentially useful names for a rainy day - BMW is indeed about to shake up its GT offerings.
When the 8-series does arrive, expect a range of turbocharged straight-sixes and V8s powering most models. The M860 meanwhile will almost certainly use the M760Li’s new 6.6-litre V12, but the powerplant choice for the M8 is less clear.
A fettled version of the M5/M6’s 4.4-litre twin-turbo V8 seems the obvious choice, but who knows - perhaps a more powerful edition of the aforementioned 6.6-litre V12 could be on the cards. BMW has steered clear of V12s for almost all of its M cars, but the old 8-series did spawn an M8 concept plus the 850CSi - an M car in all but name - so it could happen…
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That’s why you have CT :D
Good luck ///M8.
Nice m8 m8, i r8 8/8.
Wait if it crashes and your friend is driving…
M8 didn’t indicate
*indic8
What a ugly car
lmao, you do know that it’s not an official BMW post right? And the pictures are not accurate? Or are you actually that dumb to fall for anything you read?
what a good grammar have you
Who ever made that must of been drunk
they ruined bmw… it’s just all stupid these days,…
They should also make an ///M version of the 7 series. Alpina already made the B7.
Hehehhe
Yo m8 my new M8 will domin8 your R8 even if you h8 it :P