Feb 6
2007 BMW CS Concept car ⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️
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seen from Netherlands
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seen from United States
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seen from China
seen from China
seen from China
seen from United States
seen from Malaysia
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United Kingdom
seen from Netherlands
seen from Malaysia
seen from Hong Kong SAR China
seen from United States
2007 BMW CS Concept car ⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️
📸 - Classic Driver
2007 BMW CS Concept car ⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️
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Gran Lusso Coupé / 8-Series / Not Gonna Happen
It really is heartwarming to see that Pininfarina and BMW has garnered quite a few positive reactions from people at the Villa d'Este this weekend on their debut collaboration with the beautiful and stately Gran Lusso Coupé.
But it really annoys me a little bit that a lot of people are quick to judge that this car is a preview to a long rumoured return of the 8-Series. Let me tell you right now that it is not going to happen. Here's why and I will start with a really quick history lesson. The original 8-Series (E31) debuted on Frankfurt IAA in 1989. The same year that the original 6-Series (E24) died. The big coupés really fill the same market share, and BMW knows this. The only concept car that people can actually hope to be the "new" 8-Series was the CS Concept from Shanghai 2007, because it projected a 7-Series size car with a coupe flair. Naturally, this seemed to be the perfect "modern" combination at the time for an 8-Series after the rival's CLS successfully fill a gap between the E-Class and the S-Class.
But we all know that very concept car really ended up as the 6-Series Gran Coupé in the current BMW lineup. I believe BMW played it safe by downsizing the car into the 6-Series family, especially with the uncertainty of the current European economic climate.
However, if somehow BMW does channel the Gran Lusso Coupé into an 8-Series after it is provoked by the soon launched S-Class Coupé (ex- CL-Class), you now know that BMW will it's goodbyes to the currently alive and well 6-Series lineup. A shot on it's own foot, really.