{"id":185596,"date":"2016-10-07T08:20:27","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T06:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/?p=185596"},"modified":"2016-10-07T00:32:52","modified_gmt":"2016-10-06T22:32:52","slug":"600hp-bmw-m8-launch-2019-s63-amg-coupe-rival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/2016\/10\/07\/600hp-bmw-m8-launch-2019-s63-amg-coupe-rival\/","title":{"rendered":"600hp+ BMW M8 to Launch in 2019 as S63 AMG Coupe Rival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In case you haven&#8217;t noticed, BMW is <a href=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/2016\/09\/20\/2018-bmw-8-series-coupe-first-spy-shots\/\" target=\"_blank\">currently<\/a> developing a very serious Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe rival which will be labelled as the new 8-Series. And that&#8217;s not all, a new 8-series flagship model appears to be in the works too!<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll have to wait a fair bit before it will finally be launched, but if the rumors appear to be true, the new flagship coupe from Bavaria seems to be well worth waiting for. A twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V8 will power the new luxury coupe, which will be made available with both a rear-wheel drive and AWD xDrive setup. <\/p>\n<p>With xDrive installed the M8 will be capable of setting a class-leading 0-100 km\/h time if the coupe will be indeed as competent as the numbers make us believe; more than 600 hp should be available upon stepping on the throttle. <\/p>\n\r\n                <style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n                    \r\n                    #tdi_1  .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item1 {\r\n                        background: url(https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/BMW-8-Series-007-80x60.jpg) 0 0 no-repeat;\r\n                    }\r\n                    #tdi_1  .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item2 {\r\n                        background: url(https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/BMW-8-Series-006-80x60.jpg) 0 0 no-repeat;\r\n                    }\r\n                    #tdi_1  .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item3 {\r\n                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696w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/BMW-8-Series-003-1068x712.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" alt=\"\">\r\n                            <\/a>\r\n                            \r\n                        <\/figure>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                    <div class = \"td-slide-item td-item7\">\r\n                        <figure class=\"td-slide-galery-figure td-slide-popup-gallery\">\r\n                            <a class=\"slide-gallery-image-link\" href=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/BMW-8-Series-001.jpg\" title=\"BMW 8-Series 001\"  data-caption=\"\"  data-description=\"\">\r\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/BMW-8-Series-001.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/BMW-8-Series-001.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/BMW-8-Series-001-300x200.jpg 300w, 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territory for the Bavarian brand. An earlier attempt to bring BMW&#8217;s M-power division and their original 8-series together in the 1990&#8217;s failed because of the high costs involved and key decision makers remaining skeptical about demand for such a relatively extreme car. The one-off prototype of the M8 that was presented back in the day featured a massive 6.0-liter V12 which was later tweaked to become the famous McLaren F1&#8217;s power plant.<\/p>\n<p>In the end BMW did go ahead with the BMW 850 CSi packed with a 5.4-liter V12 which was brought to market back in 1992. Back to the reborn 8-Series, which is supposed to indirectly replace the brand&#8217;s 6-Series coupe, of which production will be ceased by 2018. Codenamed G17, the 8-Series coupe will come in different shapes and sizes but is built on the versatile CLAR platform that&#8217;s currently forming the base of the 7-Series. Right before the launch of the range topping M8, an open-top version of the new 8-Series is supposed to make an introduction. <\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for more news regarding the development of BMW&#8217;s new flagship model line over the coming months. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In case you haven&#8217;t noticed, BMW is currently developing a very serious Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe rival which will be labelled as the new 8-Series. And that&#8217;s not all, a new 8-series flagship model appears to be in the works too! We&#8217;ll have to wait a fair bit before it will finally be launched, but if [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":230,"featured_media":183909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[10],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185596"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/230"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}