BMW M8

摘要

Ahead of its arrival on UK roads, we put the Competition coupe to work in a setting more conducive to 616bhp, 3.2sec-to-62mph performance. It's BMW's fastest road car yet, it's BMW's most expensive model and, in case you're wondering, it's a bit more than a BMW M5, with two fewer doors and prettier bodywork. Nevertheless, plenty of M8 building blocks are shared with the M5, starting with a platform shared across the 5,7 and 8 Series. The M8's engine and gearbox are the same as the M5's, mighty 616bhp power output included, and so is most of the suspension hardware. There's dynamic advantage in the M8's 201mm shorter wheelbase, but there are also a series of modifications, detailed in the tech box on p27, aimed at sharpening its agility.