Sports Car BMW M8 Gran Coupe From Alpina Accidentally Declassified Shortly Before The Premiere

2023 Author: Natalie MacDonald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-05-21 02:36

The famous Alpin atelier is planning to present its new development today. However, a few hours before the premiere, photos of the B8 Gran Coupe hit the Internet: according to the Bimmer Today portal, it happened by mistake.

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• The images were published ahead of schedule on the American website of the BMW brand. They were hastily removed from there, but portal users managed to save some photos.
• The novelty from Alpin received not so many external differences from the base BMW M850i Gran Coupe. They are exhausted by a modified front bumper, a different rear diffuser, four exhaust tips and branded multi-spoke wheels. In addition, the example shown in the photo is painted in one of the colors from the atelier's own collection.
• Shown in the photo and the interior, the main changes in which were the nameplates with the inscription Alpin and the plate with the model name on the central tunnel.

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• Exactly what kind of feedback the engineers will give the 4.4-liter V8 from BMW is still unknown. According to some assumptions, the base for the B8 Gran Coupe is the BMW M850i version, and the power of the four-door from Buchloe will be about 600 hp. instead of the current 530. In Russia, the BMW M850i Gran Coupe costs at least 9,150,000 rubles.
• In the future, Alpin plans to release its own versions of the BMW 8 Series Coupe and Convertible.