BMW’s high-performance M8 four-door Gran Coupe was the marque’s show stopper at this year’s Geneva motor Show. With the 8 series derivative set to handle whatever from the new four-door Mercedes-AMG GT to the Porsche Panamera.
The M8 Gran Coupe idea is stated to be a close preview of an M8 production vehicle that BMW will expose before the end of 2019. BMW likewise verified that the vehicle it foreshadows will be the range-topping variant of the reborn 8 Series. indicating there will likewise be a ‘standard’ 8 series Gran Coupe using as well.
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However, the idea takes the vision of the vehicle to extremes, with looks that Domagoj Dukec, vice-president for style at BMW M, explains as “designed to stir things up, to polarise as well as take high-end out of its comfort zone”.
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The front end of the M8 Gran Coupe is clearly associated to the just recently exposed 8 Series, however it’s a lot more aggressive as well as features neat styling cues, such as a double-kidney grille (with gold surround) that widens towards its bottom to emphasise the lower centre of gravity.
The profile of the vehicle is traditional four-door coupe, with long overhangs at the front as well as rear to assist ‘stretch’ out the profile. The roofing is made of carbon fibre-reinforced plastic (CFRP) – the exact same lightweight material utilized for the panels on BMW’s i3 as well as i8 eco-vehicles – in a quote to get even a lot more of the Gran Coupe’s mass as low as possible.