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BMW 8 Series Gran Coupe Concept Teased Ahead of Geneva Debut!
BIMMERPOST NEWS BMW 8 Series Gran Coupe Teased! Check out the first official teaser for the upcoming BMW 8 Series Gran Coupe Concept! “Stay tuned. More to come in Geneva next week,” says BMW.
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02-28-2018, 10:21 AM | #2 |
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Looks ala Aston Martin or Jaguar...
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02-28-2018, 10:22 AM | #3 |
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02-28-2018, 10:23 AM | #4 |
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Unfortunately it would seem that the new BMW doesn't seem to follow it's concepts as closely in the past. Makes this announcement less exciting.
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02-28-2018, 10:28 AM | #5 |
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I agree...we have many many miles to travel before we actually see the true form... the real news is simply that there will be a gran coupe.. which is awesome. The 6 series GC looked fantastic and from the shapes that I believe I can see under the camo of the M8... the front hood lines look unique. I have a feeling both the 8 coupe and gran coupe will be outstanding.
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02-28-2018, 10:28 AM | #6 |
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Aston Rapide territory. It wont sell. Why they do this? They push into a price bracket that others will stay away from. Aha Halo car perhaps.
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Do you mean build a gorgeous concept car everybody loves and wants and then go into production with something that looks very different?
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02-28-2018, 10:31 AM | #8 |
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Interesting...
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We'll pretty much know what it'll look like once the 8 Coupe shows it's true face
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Will it sell? There is greater chance than zero that it will sell! |
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I think these cars make emotional purchases so where something like an M760i is a narrow niche, this may sell better. We’ll see... Not for me, but I wish them success.
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I like the sleek profile. I'd wish it was sleek like the old 8 and not super bulky. But then again, I'm sure it's a lot of extra safety components that make it big.
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02-28-2018, 11:12 AM | #17 |
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This is a computer generated image, not even a real physical concept.
Judging by what they've done to the 8 series concept to 8 series production..this kind of marketing BS pisses me off. |
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02-28-2018, 11:43 AM | #18 |
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So true and so disappointing. BMW's concept cars used to be near production ready, maybe only showing stylized rear-view mirrors and over-sized wheels. But the 8 Series and Z4 Concepts changes all of that. BMW is now over-promising and under-delivering.
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The image above seems to show a full-blown concept-car akin to the previous 2 door concept, according to the again exaggerated ducktail trunklid. Which would be very weird if we assume the toned down production 2 door will also simultaneously be unveiled at Geneva.
So either a true concept-car 8er GC will be unveiled at Geneva while the production 2 door will skip the show, which seems quite unlikely given the latter has already been teased for a while. Or the image above is just a stylized sketch of what will actually be an almost production-ready show-car 8er GC, akin to the 6er GC Concept back in 2010, but this too would be quite strange if it's unveiled alongside the actual production 2 door... Last edited by advantage20; 02-28-2018 at 12:13 PM.. |
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Yeah it's pretty crazy. Not even 3-4 yrs ago BMW's concepts were near mirror images of the production models.
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