{"id":25125,"date":"2018-04-03T21:43:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T19:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autoestrada.ch\/spy-photos-bmw-m8\/"},"modified":"2021-10-12T09:35:43","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T07:35:43","slug":"spy-photos-bmw-m8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autoestrada.ch\/en\/spy-photos-bmw-m8\/","title":{"rendered":"SPY-PHOTOS &#8211; BMW M8"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">The new BMW M8 got snapped by our spy photographers again today. It\u2019ll sit above the recently confirmed 8-series, which itself was previewed by the 8-series Concept, revealed in late May last year. It&#8217;s likely to be powered by a more highly stressed version of the next M5&#8217;s 4.4-litre twin-turbo V8 engine and share the same &#8216;M xDrive&#8217; four-wheel drive system.\u00a0The production car will have M\u2019s signature quad exhaust pipes, larger brakes and uprated air intakes, BMW announced, although further details have not been given.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><div class=\"autoestrada-nel-contenuto autoestrada-entity-placement\" id=\"autoestrada-2791839030\" style=\"position: relative;padding: 30px;border: 2px solid red;margin: 25px auto 35px;text-align: center;width: fit-content;\"><div class=\"autoestrada-adlabel\">Advertising<\/div><div id=\"autoestrada-3322909636\"><!-- START ADVERTISER: from tradedoubler.com -->\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\nvar uri = 'https:\/\/impfr.tradedoubler.com\/imp?type(img)g(25346028)a(2263928)' + new String (Math.random()).substring (2, 11);\r\ndocument.write('<a href=\"https:\/\/clk.tradedoubler.com\/click?p=289682&a=2263928&g=25346028\" target=\"_BLANK\"><img src=\"'+uri+'\" border=0><\\\/a>');\r\n<\/script>\r\n<!-- END ADVERTISER: from tradedoubler.com --><\/div><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">M division president Frank van Meel said: \u201cThe conception and development of the standard BMW 8-series and the M model run in parallel. The future BMW M8 will build on the genes of the 8 series and augment its DNA with added track ability and generous extra portions of dynamic sharpness, precision and agility. It all flows into a driving experience that bears the familiar BMW M hallmarks and satisfies our customers\u2019 most exacting requirements.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\">\u201c<span lang=\"en-GB\">We have been involved with the wider 8-series project from the very beginning,&#8221; van Meel said. &#8220;Our challenge as engineers was actually to ensure that the standard car wasn\u2019t too sporty for its customers, because we wanted the M8 to feel like a proper step up. Also, because not all 8-series customers want an M car.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">Insiders suggest the 8-series and M8 will use the same platform as both the 7-series and 5-series, and that the big M-car will share much of the engine and drivetrain of the forthcoming four-wheel drive M5. \u201cFor now I can\u2019t confirm that,\u201d said van Meel, \u201cexcept to say that we have watched the luxury sports coupe market closely, and we see lots of four-wheel drive cars within it already. We have also already proven that our \u2018M xDrive\u2019 four-wheel drive system doesn\u2019t adversely affect the handling purity of the new M5.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\">\u201c<span lang=\"en-GB\">We certainly want to make a statement with this car. It will sit at the very top of our model range, and for now we have no confirmed plans for any series production model above it, so we understand it must have a specification suiting its position in our hierarchy.\u201d\u00a0Expect more than the 615 hp expected of the next M5, therefore.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">The M8 will carry a heavy premium over the standard 8-series, so a starting price surpassing that of even the i8 supercar is certain; the Mercedes-AMG S63 kicks off at around 140,000 Euros, so the M8 should remain competitive with its Stuttgart competitor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new BMW M8 got snapped by our spy photographers again today. It\u2019ll sit above the recently confirmed 8-series, which itself was previewed by the 8-series Concept, revealed in late May last year. It&#8217;s likely to be powered by a more highly stressed version of the next M5&#8217;s 4.4-litre twin-turbo V8 engine and share the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[140,174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-special-stories-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/autoestrada.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/autoestrada.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/autoestrada.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autoestrada.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autoestrada.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25125"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/autoestrada.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28285,"href":"https:\/\/autoestrada.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25125\/revisions\/28285"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autoestrada.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/autoestrada.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autoestrada.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autoestrada.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}