6 Series 2017 BMW 6 Series Rumors

[SKY]

@SKY so you've seen it then

Just pointing out what is evident.

 

[domleo999]

Quick comparison...

 

[Andy1980]

I like the fastback style (i hope, this is no cameo!!!!) of the new 6er. The old one looks by comparison mutilated.

 

[Matski]

Quick comparison...

Good spot.

I've GIF-ized it, to me the wheels on the new car look an inch larger than those on the old car.. so I've based my focal point around the rear wheel centre.

It still looks more compact, and sleeker, in every dimension to me.

I'm stick with 6-er, not 8-er. If this is the 8-er, then the 8-er is not a big luxury GT car.

 

[domleo999]

Good spot.

I've GIF-ized it, to me the wheels on the new car look an inch larger than those on the old car.. so I've based my focal point around the rear wheel centre.

It still looks more compact, and sleeker, in every dimension to me.

I'm stick with 6-er, not 8-er. If this is the 8-er, then the 8-er is not a big luxury GT car.

I was waiting for your analysis...good GIF !

What do you think about the wheelbase comparisons?

 

[Matski]

I was waiting for your analysis...good GIF !

What do you think about the wheelbase comparisons?

Going off those images it's perhaps not as big of a difference as I first thought. With no fixed point of reference it's difficult to say, but it still seems to be a more compact car all round.

If the old one was 2855mm wheel base on Style 234 18's, and the new one is riding on 19's, I reckon it to be about 2785mm. If the new one is riding on 18's, I reckon it to be about 2710mm.

.. I could be wrong of course.

 

[domleo999]

The roofline execution reminds me of the 4er coupe

 

[Matski]

More new shots

http://www.motor1.com/news/127560/bmw-8-series-spy-photo/

It's looking bigger there than I took it for before, but I'm still not convinced.

 

[domleo999]

Very nice, the only thing thats telling me this could be an 8 series is the exhaust shape, which is shared with the 7 series and not the 5er.

 

[mdartisian]

No more grill connected headlights?

 

[Matski]

With the better side profile shot it does look bigger to me... going by the wheelbase, I'm sticking to my prediction that it will have a shorter wheelbase than the current 6-er, though maybe not by as much as my earlier post stated.

 

[mdartisian]

This is what Carscoops had to say:

It's no secret that a new coupe is heading our way. The question is whether the test mule snapped here is actually the new 6-Series Coupe, as the source who provided the images claims, or the reborn 8-Series that almost all other reports claim the new model will be named

 

[JPATT93]

Didn't @SCOTT27 basically say we may or may not get a 6er coupe?

 

[JPATT93]

Also, anyone notice the inverted grille?

 

[domleo999]

I think the 8 series roofline will not as compromised as this, but have a more traditional roofline and accommodating for rear passengers. More on the lines of this:

 

[azeez samara]

No more grill connected headlights?

@mdartisian
I wish that too but from the first spy pic above it seems that the headlights are connected to the grill!!

 

[bmwblog]

This is what Carscoops had to say:

It's no secret that a new coupe is heading our way. The question is whether the test mule snapped here is actually the new 6-Series Coupe, as the source who provided the images claims, or the reborn 8-Series that almost all other reports claim the new model will be named

The source is the spy photographer. They usually send a description with the photos based on what they read on the Internet. Again, no 6 Series Coupe.

 

[mdartisian]

@mdartisian
I wish that too but from the first spy pic above it seems that the headlights are connected to the grill!!

If the lower part of the headlights reach the grill, that will be lame. Hopefully those headlights are more along the lines of the X2.

 

[azeez samara]

Another spy pic and i love the look of the car from this pic

 

[domleo999]

The source is the spy photographer. They usually send a description with the photos based on what they read on the Internet. Again, no 6 Series Coupe.

I appreciate your validity, and I'm in no way to questioning your accuracy - but my hearts telling me this is a 6 series!