Luxury sports cars are the fields that every high-end manufacturer wants to get involved in, one is that luxury sports cars can enhance the overall brand image, the other is to show their understanding of luxury cars and the strength of manufacturing luxury sports cars, which is a summary of the technology, image and tonality of the car factory.
A few days ago, BMW officially released a mid-term redesign of the 8 Series Gran Coupe, 8 Series Coupe, 8 Series Convertible models, simply put, it is a four-door, two-door and convertible version. In addition, there are Thunder versions of two-door, four-door and convertible versions.
The new 8 series does not have a particularly exaggerated change in the appearance design compared with the old model, and continues to use the front and rear bars and light group shapes of the current model, mainly because the design of the current 8 series is good enough.
Of course, new cars can't always be static, so the new 8 Series uses a new grille. The professor personally believes that the BMW 8 Series is a combination of BMW's sporty, elegant, and eye-catching and impressive vehicle design, especially the two-door model, which has a strong luxury GT flavor on the basis of the BMW model.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of BMW's M division, the new 8 Series comes standard with the M suite. In addition, on the M850i model, the "horn" rearview mirror unique to the M part is used, which is one of the parts that many non-M owners like to modify.
The interior part is mainly an upgrade of the car engine system, which has been upgraded from the original 10.25 inches to 12.3 inches. The overall design is not particularly distinct from the current model. The interior of the BMW 8 Series is different from other BMW car series, the overall design will use symmetrical design, the overall functional area will be redesigned, and the line from the center console to the saddle position is the most unique part of the BMW 8 Series, and it is also the most attractive place for a luxury GT when it is open-top.
Of course, as a top BMW, the seat is also top-notch. First of all, the seat can actively provide support for the body when the vehicle is cornered, which not only effectively fixes the center of the body, but also enhances the driver's long-distance comfort, which is especially important for a GT model. Coupled with the seat belt that is actively pushed, the whole thing looks very ritualistic.
In terms of power, the new BMW 8 series will continue the power configuration of the current model, and there are 840d diesel versions overseas, which are equipped with a 3.0T inline six-cylinder engine with a maximum horsepower of 340Ps; the gasoline 840i also uses an inline six-cylinder engine, with a maximum horsepower of 333Ps (the current domestic 840i maximum horsepower is 340Ps), the two-door version of the model can choose rear-drive or four-wheel drive, while the four-door version of the model is only four-wheel drive to choose.
The M850i version uses a 4.4T V8 engine with a maximum horsepower of 530Ps, all in four-wheel drive format. Of course, the 8 Series sold in China is all 3.0L in-line six-cylinder engines, and the M850i version of the 4.4T V8 is not available.
At the same time as BMW released the 8 series, BMW China officially launched the new M8 Thunder version model, and will also launch a hard-top, convertible and four-door version of the model overseas, but the convertible model is temporarily out of the domestic market, only the two-door hardtop version and the four-door coupe version, and the guidance price is 196.8-219.8 million yuan.
The design of the M8 is more aggressive than the 8 series, from the front of the car can find the difference between the 8 series and the M8, the front and rear fenders slightly with a wide body taste, enhance the muscle sense of the vehicle. The double out exhaust is also replaced by a four-out style, and the overall sense of combat will be stronger.
The interior part is also "M" transformation, the new M seat, M steering wheel, M gear, and a large number of carbon fiber trim panels, the overall routine is similar to M3 and M4.
Pictured above is the S63B44 engine of the current M8
In terms of power, the 4.4T twin-turbo V8 engine has been adjusted and strengthened by the M department, output up to 626Ps, 750N·m, in order to control this powerful power, BMW is equipped with a four-wheel drive system; thanks to the four-wheel drive system, the car's 100-kilometer acceleration can be about 3 seconds, if there is no accident, the four-wheel drive system will be consistent with the M5, can be switched to the rear drive mode through electronic control, enjoy the fun of drifting.
8 series is the flagship product of BMW, M8 is BMW in BMW, M in M, the three body styles have their own taste, although the body style is changing, but the same is the elegance in the 8 series gene, the understanding and interpretation of luxury in the bones, for the inheritance of sports car tradition, the elegant lines and sports driving experience are perfectly integrated, which is the essence of the 8 series, and it is also BMW's car-making experience for many years.