BMW 8-Series Concept WORLD PREMIERE...!

The incredible BMW 8 series is expected to be released at the market at the end of the next year. Even so, the Bavarian Factory released a prototype of the car at Frankfurt Autshow this year.

The high-performance M8 will be significantly faster than M Sport versions but will keep the civility and luxury of the standard 8 Series. The front bumper will be far more aggressive with much larger air intakes than the standard car.
When the E24 BMW 6-series expired with the ’80s, the company decided it was time to take its big coupe upmarket, replacing the 6 with an 8 based on the 7-series sedan. Built to impress, the 8-series was originally offered only with a V-12. It was also priced so high that many 6-series customers couldn’t or wouldn’t make the leap. BMW’s 8-series output totaled less than a third of 6-series production, and the company pulled the plug in 1999, eventually relaunching the 6 in 2003. But now BMW is nudging its big two-door upmarket again.

                                                               Styling
The look of BMW’s sedans may have become somewhat stale, but the 8-series concept BMW unveiled at the Concorso d’Eleganza on the shores of Italy’s Lake Como this year might portend an awakening in the Werke’s design studios. The bold proportions emphasize its longitudinal-­engine architecture, and the forks atop the slats in the brand’s signature kidney grille suggest a willingness to fuss with even the most sacred of styling cues.
But there’s also much to tie this concept to BMW’s present-day lineup. Protruding taillights evoke the daring look of the i8 while the mammoth cutouts in the front and rear bumpers recall the aggressively scalloped M2. The current 5-series wears similarly gimmicky trapezoidal exhaust finishers. The 8er’s edge will surely soften when it reaches production, but the concept gives a clear indication of what’s to come.


                                                                        Interior
Though it will sit beside the 7-series atop the lineup, the 8 won’t be remotely as spacious. It’s snug, with a high center console and low seating position making the interior feel far smaller than it is. Nothing about its control layouts or detailing indicates any sort of interface revolution, though the iDrive controller and gear selector are made of Swarovski glass. Seeing as the jewelry company’s crystals made it into the headlights of the Mercedes-Benz S-class, it wouldn’t surprise us if BMW uses them in the production model. After all, Munich’s product planning often happens in Stuttgart, and vice versa.