Fill Your Ears With The Throaty V8 Roar Of The New BMW 8-Series

BMW has released footage of the all-new 8-series undergoing testing in Italy, and we like what we see and hear

Ladies and gents, prepare yourselves for the throaty noise that is the song of the all-new BMW 8-series. Well, just about - sadly it’s damn near drowned out in places by some excessively bombastic music in this footage of the car testing in Aprilia, Italy, but there’s enough proof here that the V8 version of the 8er is going to sound damn good. And to think, this isn’t even the M8.

Fill Your Ears With The Throaty V8 Roar Of The New BMW 8-Series

Along with the video, BMW has also released a series of photos of the test mule. Even wearing camouflage, it cuts quite a striking figure, doesn’t it?

Underneath, it’ll be much the same as the current 7-series. So, that means on the engine front we can expect six-cylinder petrol and diesel models - badged 840i and 830d, respectively - and a 4.4-litre, twin-turbo V8-powered 850i with 444bhp.

Fill Your Ears With The Throaty V8 Roar Of The New BMW 8-Series

The M8 is expected to use the same 592bhp powertrain as the new M5, and hopefully a V12-powered version should be somewhere in the mix at some stage.

Looking forward to full reveal? That should be in the next few months, potentially during March’s Geneva Motor Show.

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Comments

Anonymous

M8 MEMES COMING SOON

01/25/2018 - 12:50 |
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Anonymous

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Yea, they will be gr8 m8

01/25/2018 - 12:59 |
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suchdoge

V12 needed

01/25/2018 - 13:46 |
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CasualG

The v8 makes this car less special IMO

01/25/2018 - 16:55 |
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Darth Imperius/Anthony🇭🇷

I’m sorry BMW, but it just isn’t as badass as the E31.

01/25/2018 - 18:53 |
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Hamza Barati

It looks beautiful. Sounds beautiful but you can’t hear it because of the background music.

01/25/2018 - 19:36 |
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unfortunately it doesnt look THAT beautiful compared to the concept

01/28/2018 - 20:57 |
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Duggan (koalafan) (koalafan7) (Esprit Team) (Z32 Group) (Lot

Can’t wait for the bmw m8 just bc it’s said mate

01/25/2018 - 21:17 |
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Fill Your Ears With The Throaty V8 Roar Of The New BMW 8-Series
Mighty Mini

I don’t get the concept of something so vast, that offers so little space. With all the weight it won’t handle very nice on mountain passes either. It’ll just be Autobahn A to B…so diesel territory. Was already more or less covered with the 6-Series anyway…

01/27/2018 - 12:35 |
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