RE: BMW 8 Series Concept for Villa d'Este
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8 is considered a lucky number in China. This will sell by the shipload to rich Chinese kids. Tons of them here in Sydney, even more in Vancouver, maybe less in UK. Lifestyles of the rich and idle…..
The car looks great, but the grille is massively exaggerated, Everyone does it now, Lexus, Mazda ( see new CX9) and of course Audi who started it. The opposite of the old E31 with the tiny stylised kidney beans and low wedge nose, and the cool low profile pop up lights. Too bad that old 8 was so underwhelming to drive...
The car looks great, but the grille is massively exaggerated, Everyone does it now, Lexus, Mazda ( see new CX9) and of course Audi who started it. The opposite of the old E31 with the tiny stylised kidney beans and low wedge nose, and the cool low profile pop up lights. Too bad that old 8 was so underwhelming to drive...
Looks good but not great, quite conservative given rivals looks and badge kudos at the price point however it will be a good daily user.
Will it sell ? Decently for a couple of years until newness wears off, at which point it will become just another big coupe with big depreciation ( especially in SE spec ).
So like it's predecessor buy 3 years old or watch out for the inevitable contract hire deals looking to move stagnating stock.
Coupes are always a compromise, not as useable as a saloon and not a true sports car. The only one that's ever bucked the above trends happens to be a Bmw - 3series/4series - but there's always an exception to every rule.
Will it sell ? Decently for a couple of years until newness wears off, at which point it will become just another big coupe with big depreciation ( especially in SE spec ).
So like it's predecessor buy 3 years old or watch out for the inevitable contract hire deals looking to move stagnating stock.
Coupes are always a compromise, not as useable as a saloon and not a true sports car. The only one that's ever bucked the above trends happens to be a Bmw - 3series/4series - but there's always an exception to every rule.
Bravo, sir!Looks epic especially with a decent v8 or v12, but even with £100k+ price tag, its no Bentley GT rival despite how bmw might try pitch it.
The S63 coupe is the same, whilst having some ludicrous £120k+ sticker price, its available sub £100k with discount even before you haggle to hard...So half the price of a GT or Aston, and they still give you an A or B class when its in for service. It just doesn't wash at this level.
I suspect the 8 series will fall into a similar category.
The S63 coupe is the same, whilst having some ludicrous £120k+ sticker price, its available sub £100k with discount even before you haggle to hard...So half the price of a GT or Aston, and they still give you an A or B class when its in for service. It just doesn't wash at this level.
I suspect the 8 series will fall into a similar category.
Aeroresh said:
Looks epic especially with a decent v8 or v12, but even with £100k+ price tag, its no Bentley GT rival despite how bmw might try pitch it.
The S63 coupe is the same, whilst having some ludicrous £120k+ sticker price, its available sub £100k with discount even before you haggle to hard...So half the price of a GT or Aston, and they still give you an A or B class when its in for service. It just doesn't wash at this level.
I suspect the 8 series will fall into a similar category.
Damn. Are you talking new? I was not aware of such an incentive on those. The S63 coupe is the same, whilst having some ludicrous £120k+ sticker price, its available sub £100k with discount even before you haggle to hard...So half the price of a GT or Aston, and they still give you an A or B class when its in for service. It just doesn't wash at this level.
I suspect the 8 series will fall into a similar category.
Burwood said:
MOBB said:
ducnick said:
The front is minging! Love the rest.
Please don't sell them with 3 litre Diesel engines. There really is no need for those kind of antics, leave that for the lower series.
814Please don't sell them with 3 litre Diesel engines. There really is no need for those kind of antics, leave that for the lower series.
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TheDrBrian said:
Burwood said:
MOBB said:
ducnick said:
The front is minging! Love the rest.
Please don't sell them with 3 litre Diesel engines. There really is no need for those kind of antics, leave that for the lower series.
814Please don't sell them with 3 litre Diesel engines. There really is no need for those kind of antics, leave that for the lower series.
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anonymous said:
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I'm sorry, but you really haven't looked at this in any detail as a prospective purchase (Yes some of us still BUY our cars!)As has been explained to you, the delta between buying and running a Company funded i8 and (say) my SL500 in and out of London and driving 20k a year would be £15k.
Per annum.
Truthfully, I'd still rather run an SL500 myself, but I applaud BMW for coming up with a unique proposition - there is nothing else like it.
Helicopter123 said:
Lovely, but it would take a 'special' type of BMW fan to have one of these new over a DB11 I suspect...
Will make a lovely used buy though.
I suspect it will only cost about 60% of the DB11 even with a V12 once both are properly speeded .... or at least it will if sterling does not drop below euro parity Will make a lovely used buy though.
MDL111 said:
Helicopter123 said:
Lovely, but it would take a 'special' type of BMW fan to have one of these new over a DB11 I suspect...
Will make a lovely used buy though.
I suspect it will only cost about 60% of the DB11 even with a V12 once both are properly speeded .... or at least it will if sterling does not drop below euro parity Will make a lovely used buy though.
Helicopter123 said:
MDL111 said:
Helicopter123 said:
Lovely, but it would take a 'special' type of BMW fan to have one of these new over a DB11 I suspect...
Will make a lovely used buy though.
I suspect it will only cost about 60% of the DB11 even with a V12 once both are properly speeded .... or at least it will if sterling does not drop below euro parity Will make a lovely used buy though.
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