RE: BMW M850i xDrive: Driven
Discussion
Lovely thing but I clicked and thought i was a 4 series a bit closer than it was, similar shape but all the colours, wheel design and detailing just seem to make it look like the smaller car, I think in more sober schemes it will carry a bit more gravitas and do the super coupe thing better, looks a bit too similiar and trying to be sporty in that spec.
Looks nice, but doesn't look like an 8-series. More like an American muscle car.
I echo the sentiments on lack of air suspension. Even a C-Class can be had with airmatic nowadays. An 8-series should have every bell, whistle and accoutrement in BMW's grasp. It should be like a 1980s Bond car.
I echo the sentiments on lack of air suspension. Even a C-Class can be had with airmatic nowadays. An 8-series should have every bell, whistle and accoutrement in BMW's grasp. It should be like a 1980s Bond car.
Charlie Michael said:
Love it, fantastic looking car and a welcome return of the 8. 
But it doesn't have the wow factor the old 8 had, the old 8 did and still does stick out, this follows the architecture of the 4 series and just makes it a bit bigger. Yes I know others do the same, but I just was hoping for a bit more with the new 8.I’m not judging opinions here, but it amuses me when people trot out the defacto “if I had a £100k to spend on a car I’d buy xyz instead”. In reality, if you actually did have a six figure car budget, then a hundred grand will mean about the same to you as ten grand means to me.
People need to understand that this is all relative to your personal perspective. Folk who buy cars like this tend to be wealthy and already own the stuff that other people would buy instead. They’re not going to save up for it and spend their last penny on it.
In summary, some people are considerably richer than you (me) and have a lot of garage space to help accommodate their frivolous automobile purchases. I know if I were in that boat I’d be lapping up machinery like this just for the Saturday morning trip to Waitrose
People need to understand that this is all relative to your personal perspective. Folk who buy cars like this tend to be wealthy and already own the stuff that other people would buy instead. They’re not going to save up for it and spend their last penny on it.
In summary, some people are considerably richer than you (me) and have a lot of garage space to help accommodate their frivolous automobile purchases. I know if I were in that boat I’d be lapping up machinery like this just for the Saturday morning trip to Waitrose
Phil Dicky said:
Charlie Michael said:
Love it, fantastic looking car and a welcome return of the 8.
But it doesn't have the wow factor the old 8 had, the old 8 did and still does stick out, this follows the architecture of the 4 series and just makes it a bit bigger. Yes I know others do the same, but I just was hoping for a bit more with the new 8.Why would bmw change styling thats obviously working for them and selling bmw in droves, simply make it bigger with more luxuries and more expensive for superiority / exclusive win and voila!
Looks good to me but still prefer the opulence of merc interiors, intersted to hear if the air susp tidies up ride comfort
I used to be BMW through and through, and have owned and worked on many, however I now think thery have totally lost their way and seem to be going South quickly.
Everything just seems too OTT, and the classy, sharp styling which oozed quality has vanished. It just looks like every other bloated new German offering now to me.
Maybe I'm just getting old, anyway what is with the badge alignment on the rear? Shocking, looks like some numpty has just stuck the M badge on and will tell everybody in the pub he has an M8.
Everything just seems too OTT, and the classy, sharp styling which oozed quality has vanished. It just looks like every other bloated new German offering now to me.
Maybe I'm just getting old, anyway what is with the badge alignment on the rear? Shocking, looks like some numpty has just stuck the M badge on and will tell everybody in the pub he has an M8.
belleair302 said:
I am sure it drives well but where has the feel gone, when Germans today are obsessed with BHP output and torque. Their chase designs need to drive more and spend less time eating at their office desks. Not a car for me and I am a huge BMW fan. Alas the new M5 doesn't get my vote either. Again too heavy looking.
I'm not so sure they're obsessed with BHP, after all, the majority of the cars BMW sell have far less than 200bhp. Sure, their halo cars which go on sale for more than £70k have high BHP, but that's what their customer base wants.
I wanted to like it,
I really wanted to like it but it looks HUGE! I recently had a 6 series as a loan. huge car, tiny interior and this seems to the case with the 8 series.
Plus the competitors for this "seem" way better, S class coupe, Bentley and Panamera. As lovely as a 5 series is, not sure I'd want to pay 100k for that interior (with optional(!) cut glass gear and iDrive knobs).
Maybe in a better colour, in the flesh it would look better.
I really wanted to like it but it looks HUGE! I recently had a 6 series as a loan. huge car, tiny interior and this seems to the case with the 8 series.
Plus the competitors for this "seem" way better, S class coupe, Bentley and Panamera. As lovely as a 5 series is, not sure I'd want to pay 100k for that interior (with optional(!) cut glass gear and iDrive knobs).
Maybe in a better colour, in the flesh it would look better.
In black over black (with silver wheels) or dark blue over beige (also silver) please. I'm a bit fed up on the whole about driver modes though - just have one nicely engineered jack of all trades (master of none?) tune and let the owner learn how to get the best out of it. I know personally every time I drive a car with changeable engine, suspension and gearbox settings all I do is fiddle in traffic with them at 10kph or end up going down a fun road fiddling instead of actually enjoying the car. My 2c
Gecko1978 said:
goijg to make a good used buy but I think at 100k the competition from Porsche Mercedes etc looks nicer but some fans of BMW will of course be drawn to this over S class coupe of a 911
Bmw will discount it like the 6 which is why it does make me laugh when people mention depreciation on them as in the real world rarely was just actually paid. Furthermore on some of the slower moving models the discounts were even largerGassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff