[M3 Adjuster]

Originally Posted by advantage20

Huge and yet only 2.5 inch longer than the original E31 8 Series.
And 2 inch lower than the outgoing 6 Series.

@Calvin36

It ain't easy comparing vehicles from different generations on a 20" computer monitor or 6" phone.

advantage20 thanks for the math ..

[JMD]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

I'm sorry BMW, I'm not feeling it. Only the rear end looks +/- ok and the exhaust sounds good .

The 8er should look like this concept...

x1,000,000! Yes!! The front end of this thing has the right amount of everything! Well balance looking!!! Build the damn thing,....with a real "rear end vs some carved up butt job!!!!

[advantage20]

Shmee150 confirms it's based on the 5 Series... So basically what a new 6 should have been, and a good reason for it to get no V12...

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by JMD

x1,000,000! Yes!! The front end of this thing has the right amount of everything! Well balance looking!!! Build the damn thing,....with a real "rear end vs some carved up butt job!!!!

Yeah I agree ! Even Merc is doing better for the moment and BMW runs behind the facts...
Take a look at this green beast , everything from the design looks damn right ...BMW should learn from this !
I heard one in person and it was jaw dropping !

[kevinlevrone]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Yeah I agree ! Even Merc is doing better for the moment and BMW runs behind the facts...
Take a look at this green beast , everything from the design looks damn right ...BMW should learn from this !
I heard one in person and it was jaw dropping !

Sorry, it doesn't happen often lately but the 8-series concept looks like 1000 times better than this. It's like 15 years in the future. Mercedes is playing it too safe with its sport cars. This can work for the C, E and S, but not for the all-out sport cars and GT cars.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by kevinlevrone

Sorry, it doesn't happen often lately but the 8-series concept looks like 1000 times better than this. It's like 15 years in the future. Mercedes is playing it too safe with its sport cars. This can work for the C, E and S, but not for the all-out sport cars and GT cars.

The future ? I actually heard bad things for us in the future !
The green boys want all the NA engines off the roads in 2040 , it was in the Belgian newspapers .
And here is more from the future => https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-ev-oil-crisis/

As for the new 8er design , I already said no thank you BMW .
Of course I understand it's all about personal preference ..

[Godchild14]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

I'm sorry BMW, I'm not feeling it. Only the rear end looks +/- ok and the exhaust sounds good .

The 8er should look like this concept...

Yes that front grille look amazing but then It will only make it look like an advance M6

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by Godchild14

Yes that front grille look amazing but then It will only make it look like an advance M6

Not only the front grille...You saw the hood my friend ?

[ndinh]

Originally Posted by Stu Pedasho

What is up with this dudes pants? You cuff them and roll them up to expose a portion of ankle. Someone got off the fashion train in 1955.

Funny. That's actually the look nowadays. Here in L.A., every hipster clown wears super skinnies, rolled up without socks and a beard.

[RBNetEngr]

I think it looks great. It still clearly looks like a BMW, but definitely a more modern styling exercise. I like how the center of the dash nicely incorporates the touch screen, so it no longer looks like someone wedged an iPad into the top of the dash. I also like how the center curves down and toward the driver, to make the entertainment and climate controls easier to reach.

What's not so nice is the price. 190-200k Euros for the top of the line model (I think he said 860i)? At current exchange rates, that's $213-224k! Yikes!

-rb

[SM335i]

I don't know what that is, but that is not a BMW. Feels like BMW is doing the Lexus LC thing. It is very ugly.

[JRobUSC]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Yeah I agree ! Even Merc is doing better for the moment and BMW runs behind the facts...
Take a look at this green beast , everything from the design looks damn right ...BMW should learn from this !
I heard one in person and it was jaw dropping !

you realize you're comparing a concept car to the track version of the AMG GT right? Once BMW brings out the actual (toned down) car they are more than capable of making a GTS that can be festooned with all the spoilers, diffusers, and canards you want.

[BMWRL]

So I just read on another site that the grill will not make production version as is on the concept. Such a shame, Now I'm afraid of how much this is going to get watered down. Its perfection as is.

[3M TAPE]

Originally Posted by BMWRL

So I just read on another site that the grill will not make production version as is on the concept. Such a shame, Now I'm afraid of how much this is going to get watered down. Its perfection as is.

Perfect is not enough.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by JRobUSC

you realize you're comparing a concept car to the track version of the AMG GT right? Once BMW brings out the actual (toned down) car they are more than capable of making a GTS that can be festooned with all the spoilers, diffusers, and canards you want.

I realize even more...
BMW needs ASAP a bullet to compete with the other beasts on the market (3 sec. cars)
The last good move I saw from BMW was the new 2018 ///M5 Xdrive (AWD) with 608 HP !

Meanwhile I hope BMW will change a lot from the 8er concept design , because with this design and a price from 180-200K it will not hit on the car market ..
Even with spoilers or even a track edition of the 8er will come too short compared with the Merc ///AMG GT .

[upstate650]

Originally Posted by Stu Pedasho

What is up with this dudes pants? You cuff them and roll them up to expose a portion of ankle. Someone got off the fashion train in 1955.

were you coked up all through the 80's? fashion trends tend to run in 30 years cycles. Guess what time it is?

[Calvin36]

Originally Posted by M3 Adjuster

@Calvin36

It ain't easy comparing vehicles from different generations on a 20" computer monitor or 6" phone.

advantage20 thanks for the math ..

Yea I get that. We'll see how it looks like when it comes out!

[raysspl]

What a great looking car, wow

[RBNetEngr]

Originally Posted by upstate650

were you coked up all through the 80's? fashion trends tend to run in 30 years cycles. Guess what time it is?

Good thing huge bell bottom jeans and baggies didn't make it back onto the fashion 'scene'.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0okk9d_1sj...600/ocford.bmp

[clbmw]

Originally Posted by Nikolai Roskov

Rear reminds me of a jag

Front reminds me of the Huracan

[HRE_Wheels]

Love the low grumble of the exhaust.
Can't wait to see the production models

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by clbmw

Front reminds me of the Huracan

Are you drunk my friend ?