[TheBingoBalls]

Originally Posted by The Automotive Enthusiast

This is why:

https://carsalesbase.com/us-bmw-8-series/

https://www.goodcarbadcar.net/2020-u...ures-by-model/

Also, a decked out M850i is $125,000. I can get a 2017 R8 V10 Plus with 1,800 miles on it for the same price. I know which one I'd rather have.

We on the forums can complain about this and that but I'm looking at those numbers for the 8er and I don't think it's that bad relative to the type and price of the car. Alternatively, for all the hype and talk about the R8 being the ideal everyday supercar, those sales numbers are abysmal for a car that every "entry-level" performance/supercar is compared to before getting to the Ferrari's and Lamborghini's of the world. At those take rates, the R8 is just a hypothetical talking point - "If I had the money I would get..." of "why would you get that when you could get a R8?".

I'm not saying the 8er is better than the R8 or vice versa but I'm just trying to put the numbers for a car that supposedly nobody wants into context.