M8 BMW Concept M8 Gran Coupé

[Matski]

I am hearing a full contingent of new models are available at the NDA Courtyard?

~ Oh good, excuse me whilst I infuse a brew in my wonderful new chocolate teapot.

 

[Tarek]

^ There's no great whites in the Mediterranean.

 

[manuelf]

^ There's no great whites in the Mediterranean.

Wrong. Yesterday a great white has been caught off shore tunesia. And not for the first time!

 

[martinbo]

Apparently they have pulled a massive Great White Shark from The Mediterranean today...

Is this legit or just for fun?

Edit: Ah, I see manuelf's post above - but find no sources?

 

[SCOTT27]

Is this legit or just for fun?

Edit: Ah, I see manuelf's post above - but find no sources?

Fischer fangen 780-Kilo-Hai im Mittelmeer

 

[martinbo]

Fischer fangen 780-Kilo-Hai im Mittelmeer

Thanks. Very sad to see that.

 

[hoffmeister_fan]

Looks properly sinister. That's a good BMW.

One point of criticism. Well, more like a wish....

I wish the production version would have omitted that trim bit on the air breather that's aft of the front wheel. Keep it clean to emphasize the car's muscular lines. Plus, I think it's time to retire having an M badge on the side. An ///M8 badge on the rear and a small on the grille should suffice. Especially as this is a "Black Label" car in BMW's line-up, so I think a more restrained, understated approach would be more in line than going badges-galore.

 

[SCOTT27]

Thanks. Very sad to see that.

So...is there any truth to the legend of "Submarine?"

 

[martinbo]

So...is there any truth to the legend of "Submarine?"

I think it's a hoax.

 

[Tarek]

Wrong. Yesterday a great white has been caught off shore tunesia. And not for the first time!

Don't mistake an anomaly with natural habitat.

 

[sako97]

My only wish is that they make the rear of the production car more... erm, lithe.

 

[SCOTT27]

My only wish is that they make the rear of the production car more... erm, lithe.

I think it would be more "restrained"
But then again they might need more downforce at the rear.
Excited to see Motegi Red, hopefully as it has Japanese influences it will be more of a proper bright red. Hopefully like the premature E31 M8?
It will be interesting to see old M8 versus new M8, especially when the E31 was pioneering some interesting elements that will be featured on the M8.

 

[SCOTT27]

I think it's a hoax.

But....The eye-witnesses and....The Discovery channel dramatisation of the events?

 

[klier]

The concept has all the elements of the real production car BUT in a grossly exaggerated form! Just look closely at the spy-shots of the production M8 coupe prototypes and you can clearly see that certain elements on the concept e.g the front facia & rear deck will not make it to production in that exaggerated form...they are definitely toned down!

Maybe toned down because you're comparing the coupe to the sedan. The rear of the sedan concept is very ugly imo, probably the worst rear ever on a BMW. I really hope the final version will be like the production coupe rear.

Don't mistake an anomaly with natural habitat.

Great Whites roam the Mediterranean for 5.3 million year already
So yeah, it's fairly new for them because they are three times as old as a species

 

[manuelf]

Don't mistake an anomaly with natural habitat.

What is wrong with you?
Your first response was "There is no great white ...", which is dead wrong. Then your second response is this. Again dead wrong. @klier told you already!
If you just would have googled it, you could have seen easily, that great whites do have regular habitat in the northern african region!
And why you are starting to tag any of my recent comments as either "old" or "disagree" now, seems to be your secret? Did I jump on your toes?

 

[Tarek]

What is wrong with you?
Your first response was "There is no great white ...", which is dead wrong. Then your second response is this. Again dead wrong. @klier told you already!
If you just would have googled it, you could have seen easily, that great whites do have regular habitat in the northern african region!
And why you are starting to tag any of my recent comments as either "old" or "disagree" now, seems to be your secret? Did I jump on your toes?

I just disagree with what you're saying that's all.. move along.

 

[SCOTT27]

Maybe toned down because you're comparing the coupe to the sedan. The rear of the sedan concept is very ugly imo, probably the worst rear ever on a BMW. I really hope the final version will be like the production coupe



Great Whites roam the Mediterranean for 5.3 million year already
So yeah, it's fairly new for them because they are three times as old as a species

The Great White is THE SHARK of the Sea...

 

[klier]

I just disagree with what you're saying that's all.. move along.

Disagreeing with facts is kind of stupid though.

 

[Tarek]

Disagreeing with facts is kind of stupid though.

Then that crown is definitely yours here haha.

 

[manuelf]

Basically I was just wondering, why all of a sudden I got 3 negative ratings from @Tarek at the same day for different threads. Ok, a "disagree" is not really negative, but the funny thing was, that I did get a disagree for a question I did ask and for posting the picture of the caught white shark. The "old" rating I did get for commenting a close up pic of the front brake of the G20, where I just stated something about its dimensions. To be honest: I haven't found any other comment about this in this forum, so did not really get, why it was rated as being "old". Maybe it is my fault, but I see this rating system as a feedback system. And since I somehow like the forum and often really get interessting info from it, I tend to take every feedback serious, to improve also my contribution. But then I somehow need to understand the feedback I get... but with Tareks feedback it really gets hard for me.
But if you @Tarek simply say "move on", then my only reaction could be, to ignore ratings from you, which I dont understand . It is a pitty.