BMW was thinking about doing a M8..... (UPDATED)
02-07-10, 08:52 PM
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One of the best looking BMWs IMO. There are a couple that come out to our local Cars and Coffee regularly, but they don't seem to have been particularly well cared (sad).
07-09-10, 08:09 PM
#25
Bmw m8
Ive always thought that this car was destroyed after being hidden @ the BMW Vault in Germany.....
it lives!
http://www.bmwblog.com/2010/07/02/ex...photos-bmw-m8/
it lives!
http://www.bmwblog.com/2010/07/02/ex...photos-bmw-m8/
07-09-10, 09:38 PM
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I've never understood why BMW has never done a supercar. 
(No, the M1 wasn't designed by BMW, it was a Lambo project that BMW took over due to Lambo's financial difficulties).
I'm in agreement with most here that the 8 series was a special car. I can't fathom why they wouldn't have produced this beast. It could have gone down as a legacy vehicle.
(No, the M1 wasn't designed by BMW, it was a Lambo project that BMW took over due to Lambo's financial difficulties). I'm in agreement with most here that the 8 series was a special car. I can't fathom why they wouldn't have produced this beast. It could have gone down as a legacy vehicle.
07-09-10, 11:35 PM
#28
I've never understood why BMW has never done a supercar. (No, the M1 wasn't designed by BMW, it was a Lambo project that BMW took over due to Lambo's financial difficulties).
I'm in agreement with most here that the 8 series was a special car. I can't fathom why they wouldn't have produced this beast. It could have gone down as a legacy vehicle.
(No, the M1 wasn't designed by BMW, it was a Lambo project that BMW took over due to Lambo's financial difficulties). I'm in agreement with most here that the 8 series was a special car. I can't fathom why they wouldn't have produced this beast. It could have gone down as a legacy vehicle.
07-10-10, 06:30 AM
#29
I've never understood why BMW has never done a supercar. (No, the M1 wasn't designed by BMW, it was a Lambo project that BMW took over due to Lambo's financial difficulties).
I'm in agreement with most here that the 8 series was a special car. I can't fathom why they wouldn't have produced this beast. It could have gone down as a legacy vehicle.
(No, the M1 wasn't designed by BMW, it was a Lambo project that BMW took over due to Lambo's financial difficulties). I'm in agreement with most here that the 8 series was a special car. I can't fathom why they wouldn't have produced this beast. It could have gone down as a legacy vehicle.
Timing...
BMW took too long to get this thing in production. The R&D was like no other car BMW had built and it cost them a ton of time and money.
By the time it was "ready", the market for SuperCars had crashed.
Ive got a rare book that was never "for sale" (only BMW engineers had it) that details just about everything that went into creating it...very impressive and makes me love them even more.
*I paid an arm and a leg for this book
07-10-10, 09:18 AM
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wow @ ^
thats quite a collector's item
as for the 850's V12, it never put out much power but the way it delivered it...
it is a shame most 8 series i see nowadays are not in pristine condition
thats quite a collector's item
as for the 850's V12, it never put out much power but the way it delivered it...
it is a shame most 8 series i see nowadays are not in pristine condition