The BMW 8 Series is Only 190" Long

"BahamaTodd" (bahamatodd) 06/20/2018 at 21:39 • Filed to: BMW 8 Series, 8 Series

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I was under the impression that the 8 series was a large (about 200" long) personal coupe to compete with the S class coupe. However its only 190" long. That’s E class coupe, Camaro, Mustang, Accord Coupe etc, sized. Why is this not a 6 series?

Wheelerguy > BahamaTodd 06/20/2018 at 21:51

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dat profile.

wafflesnfalafel > BahamaTodd 06/20/2018 at 21:53

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agree... really should be a 6 series. And it looks like a pony car, not a power coupe. Profile is Mustang, (admittedly with a nicer interior.)

BahamaTodd > Wheelerguy 06/20/2018 at 21:53

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Except for that tiny rear caliper.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > BahamaTodd 06/20/2018 at 21:57

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Because it is a 6-series

WilliamsSW > BahamaTodd 06/20/2018 at 21:58

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Because 8>6 so more monies

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > BahamaTodd 06/20/2018 at 22:00

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Maybe it’s as wide as a 7-series? I haven’t the foggiest.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > BahamaTodd 06/20/2018 at 22:02

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Observation: it seems that the original 8-series was only 188" long, so this would at least be consistent.

fintail > BahamaTodd 06/20/2018 at 22:12

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S-class coupe has nothing to fear.

Cash Rewards > BahamaTodd 06/20/2018 at 22:13

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I refused to believe a S class was that big, but holy shit it’s longer than a minivan.

Vítor > BahamaTodd 06/20/2018 at 22:32

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Lexus LC: 187 inches

Aston Martin DB11: 187 inches

Bentley Continental GT: 190 inches

BMW 8-Series: 190 inches

Maserati GranTurismo: 192 inches

Ferrari GTC4 Lusso: 194 inches

Mercedes S-Class Coupe: 198 inches

The BMW is right in the middle of the class when it comes to size, the Mercedes that is enormous, almost the size of a Porsche Panamera

Spasoje > BahamaTodd 06/20/2018 at 22:34

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It’s not a 6-series because that badge is already taken:

Textured Soy Protein > BahamaTodd 06/20/2018 at 22:34

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Everything else you mentioned is a boat, so...

AddictedToM3s - Drives a GC > BahamaTodd 06/20/2018 at 22:36

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That side profile makes me go OOOOoooooOOOOOHHHhhhHHHH!!!~~~

I’m a sucker for the hofmeister kink and when you combine it with that gentle angle on the rear window. HNNNNGGH!

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > BahamaTodd 06/20/2018 at 23:20

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Mmmmm, single piston cost cutting.

Wobbles the Mind > BahamaTodd 06/21/2018 at 01:23

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The only logical reason I can see moving the 6-series into an 8-Series is due to the eventual availability of a V12. There is a huge market change once you make a 12-cylinder engine available because that specific cylinder count is purely a prestige play for both brand and buyer.

Tareim - V8 powered > BahamaTodd 06/21/2018 at 06:00

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cannot unsee :(

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Cash Rewards 06/21/2018 at 09:27

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A ‘74 Coupe DeVille is 32" longer than that, peasant.

WiscoProud > BahamaTodd 06/21/2018 at 10:51

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Because 8 is more than 6 and higher number = more better

ZHP Sparky, the 5th > BahamaTodd 06/21/2018 at 13:39

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I just had a mental conversation with that caliper that went something like this:

Me: Hey little fella, let me see ya brake!

Caliper: Pleep! (turns and smiles coyly, like a puppy)

ZHP Sparky, the 5th > Wobbles the Mind 06/21/2018 at 13:41

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Either that, or this is what the “numbers game” has devolved in to. First the 328 became the 330! Now the 6 becomes the 8. Why? Because bigger is better. Just wait until the next 7 series is called a 9 series! 

How can you stand driving your 6 series when your coworker or neighbor has an 8?! It’s a bigger number! Especially with V12s seeming to become less common now with cylinder cutting, turbocharging, hybridization – is it even confirmed at this point that this will get a V12? I thought I had read the 2 options were a turbo 8 gas and a diesel variant?

Cash Rewards > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 06/22/2018 at 11:21

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I think the sum  of front and rear overhangs is longer than my first car

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Cash Rewards 06/22/2018 at 11:30

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It’s something like 20" short of being the longest Caddy ever (no really), but holy schnikies is it a big two-door. Although my favorite rear overhang on a Cadillac is the ‘58 extended deck:

Basically “people made fun of the Cadillac for not being big enough, so let’s put the two-door length trunk on the four door”.

The early marketing drawings were even more so :

Cash Rewards > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 06/22/2018 at 12:04

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My house was built in 1960. I assure you that would not fit in a driveway of it's era.

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > BahamaTodd 05/26/2019 at 20:16

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Short-term marketing. Get people excited because the 6 became an 8.

Most of the people in Marketing probably don’t even know there used to be an 8 series in the 1990s.

At some point it will be discontinued again, and revived again as a 6- series.

It’s really an evolution of the same damn car, but the new 8 is nowhere near as cutting-edge as the old one was for its time.

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > ZHP Sparky, the 5th 05/26/2019 at 20:17

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Agreed on the marketing spin. I think it’s just lazy marketing at BMW, just like the ever-increasing -##i numbers.

I’m not holding my breath for a continuation of BMW’s V12. Let’s just hope Mercedes-Benz carries the torch for some time, otherwise that’s pretty much the end of German 12-cylinder engines.