Rendered Speculation: BMW 8 Series

 Rendered Speculation: BMW 8 Series
BMW 4 door Coupe Artist Rendering / Copyright by Lehmann Photo Syndication

The Mercedes CLS four door coupe is currently fighting a solo battle with no competition - but now is the time for Daimler to be looking over their shoulders. Preparation is well under way by their German competitors with the Audi A7, Volkswagen Passat Coupe, Porsche Panamera and now we bring you an artists interpretation of the BMW four door coupe which will probably be badged as the 8 series.

The All New BMW 8 series styling will be based on the CS concept with the platform to come from the 7 series or even possibly the 6 series.

The original 8 series was produced between 1989 and 1999 and was powered by a V8 and a V12 engine. We expect this trend to continue with the new model set to use the 438hp 6.0-liter V-12 engine  from the 760i and 4.8-liter V8 from the 750i.

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 thamzn thamzn
This is such a beautiful rendering, I hope it will be very close to reality! Nice nice, very nice!
December 6, 2007 8:55 am
 asif asif
yep no question about it. very beautiful indeed. its more resolved than the merc cls, without the "me too" approach in its design. i like it alot. not convinced by the grille though... but otherwise very slick.
December 6, 2007 9:04 am
 stillthewhizz stillthewhizz
What a joke. It bares absolutely no resemblance to the CS Concept and looks like a poor Lancia copy.
December 6, 2007 9:31 am
 Harajoshi2 Harajoshi2
ugly
December 6, 2007 10:52 am
 elsonlau elsonlau
As I said, let's hope Adrian Van Hooydonk, BMW Designer, create the best lines for 8 Series.
December 6, 2007 11:20 am
 stillthewhizz stillthewhizz
Thing that makes me laugh is you've gone to the effort to get the Hoffmeister kink in but you've fallen short with the 'L' shaped lights at the back. In fact they're not even present. I really doubt BMW will make their grill so small on a so called halo car as well.
December 6, 2007 11:24 am
 dmanero dmanero
Love the design, threatening but still elegant. Great job on the rendering, but anyone notice there's no driver, yet the car is in motion.
December 6, 2007 11:27 am
 THERENAISSANCEMAN THERENAISSANCEMAN
BULL'S EYE , DMANERO ! FLYING DOUBLE HIGH-FIVES FOR YOU ! 'JUST WONDERING HOW ON EARTH IS BMW GOING TO VENTILATE THIS 8s V12 WITH SUCH A SLIT OF A DOUBLE-KIDNEY GRILLE ?
December 7, 2007 3:05 pm
 Ghent2007 Ghent2007
hahaha! ur so damn right! slit-eye kidney grilles! that's so funny!
December 7, 2007 4:44 pm
 car-commando car-commando
Although BMW rose from its dark ages of design by this elegant 8-series,but,theres a great resemblance to merc cls specially from the side.
December 6, 2007 12:40 pm
 radmeister radmeister
If they made an 8 series it would be something between the 7 series and the Maybach not between the 5 and 7 series. That spot is reserved for the CS. to me this looks like an extended 3 series.
December 6, 2007 1:36 pm
 carcrazy1234 carcrazy1234
it really does look like an extended 3 series
December 6, 2007 1:41 pm
 AZNMANN AZNMANN
That's such an ugly rendering. The body lines are nearly identical to those of the 3 series. The grille looks weird and the side profile is too fat. The CS concept was much better. Enough with these porrly done renderings.
December 6, 2007 2:50 pm
 wirelesscoyote wirelesscoyote
I thought this rendering is a joke...the back is like the ugliest part of the car...the grille at the front is just small enough why don't they just not make one at all...
December 6, 2007 5:31 pm
 unknown unknown
WCF photoshops never look anything like the prototype nor the real thing so I wouldn't count on it.
December 6, 2007 6:17 pm
 stillthewhizz stillthewhizz
Those who said it's 3 series - http://www.carbodydesign.com/archive/2006/04/25-bmw-3-series-coupe/Bmw-3-Series-Coupe-3-lg.jpg Come on WCF stop speculating on cars to fill up the news.
December 6, 2007 6:39 pm
 radmeister radmeister
Ahahahaha even the same background, thats hilarious
December 6, 2007 9:02 pm
 bimmerboi14 bimmerboi14
bad rendering... i got the perfect idea bmw how about a 2door 8 series coupe and a 4door cs series coupe
December 6, 2007 9:42 pm
 bimmerboi14 bimmerboi14
8series shud run against the mercedes cl not cls.... the cs should be in between the 7-8 not the 5-7
December 6, 2007 9:45 pm
 thamzn thamzn
Actually, I have it on very good word that this thing is the CS Concept we saw in China. It will be quite different in looks of course, but that is essentially the 4-door coupe that BMW is building.
December 7, 2007 5:15 am
 bassam bassam
BMW...The ultimate driving machine...WHAT'S GOING ON???? If i see this car...i will not consider it abmw???
December 7, 2007 8:55 am
 Gust3439 Gust3439
It is a beautiful rendering, but its not BMish, its a looker but too asian for my test
December 7, 2007 11:39 am
 Agoraphobia Agoraphobia
which flag to character this caR? whether it new 8 series bMw or new edition of cls Mercedes ...
December 9, 2007 4:12 am
 U.Will U.Will
Altogether, I think the rendering is nice. But the grill is ... Sooo strange...
December 9, 2007 10:39 am
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