What do you think of the BMW 8 series?

[toppstuff]

Saw one of these on the A34 near Oxford yesterday.

I thought it looked mighty handsome.

They are cheap as chips right now.

Personally, I like them a lot. And we all know, that if you have pop-up headlights on your car, you are Winning At Life.

A modern classic of the future? Or just a tired old shed?

[MitchT]

Fabulous car. With enough spare cash and a large enough garage one would be among my collection.

[Timbola]

An absolute classic.

Still looks awesome today.

Am a big fan.

[B17NNS]

They'll go the same way as the old sharknose six.

Some will rot and die and the remaining cherished ones will be highly desirable.

I like them, just find them a bit chest wiggy.

[LuS1fer]

Never liked them myself and chuckled when I blew an *40 away in my humble Corvette C4.

Top Gear this week has been a re-run of this vs the 600 and that also concluded that even the V12 was slow.

Annoyingly, Hammond said tha he and Clarkson had bought the two cars and intended to report back on running costs but they never did.

[steve_bmw]

It's ok, I wouldn't buy one though.
Its not pretty.

[toppstuff]

I think it is rather lovely..

Sneaks off to look at the classifieds...

[Esseesse]

Great looking cars.



BMW were doing some things so right with their 90's designed cars.

[pti]

toppstuff said:

Bloody gorgeous

[Captain Muppet]

I like them, but the potential for a big bill puts me off, sort of like an FD RX7 but not as nice to drive.

Still, flaired arches, no B-pillars and pop-ups = win.

[flatso]

Gorgeous to this day.

[Escort3500]

Moght not be up to modern day cars in performance terms but OMG, those looks make it worth getting one.

[ambuletz]

Always thought they were great cars, can't understand why the AI always came last when driving one in Gran Turismo.

[RDMcG]

Love them...esp 850CSi.......

[ikarl]

toppstuff said:

I'm not the biggest fan of silver cars, but this is lovely!

One of the most interesting pictures I have seen in a long time. Don't know why but I keep looking at this photo and noticing different things!

[300bhp/ton]

toppstuff said:

Saw one of these on the A34 near Oxford yesterday.

I thought it looked mighty handsome.

They are cheap as chips right now.

Personally, I like them a lot. And we all know, that if you have pop-up headlights on your car, you are Winning At Life.

A modern classic of the future? Or just a tired old shed?

I like the look of them. Kinda of fugly, but a good kind of fugly.

I think they are more style than substance and certainly GT and not a sports car. They are pretty hefty machines.

Certainly a classic now IMO.

[bmthnick1981]

RDMcG said:

Love them...esp 850CSi.......

Santorini Blue?

[Dalto123]

Love them. Great looking car's, and an absolute bargain. Would love to get one of the rare manual ones

[RDMcG]

bmthnick1981 said:

Santorini Blue?

Not sure..I saw this car at the Tail of the Dragon run near Asheville a few years ago. Nice car.

[sparks_E39]

This one has crazy high front ride height, I couldn't live with that. Lovely cars though.

toppstuff said:

Sneaks off to look at the classifieds...