BMW 850 CSi specs

There was no M8 because of the management’s overall lack of interest to actually market such a big car. M was about pure driving experience. Not big-dawg V12s and ultra-refined interior packaging.

Today’s M is basically AMG or SRT with a different badge.

Don’t these 850csi cars have rear wheel steering?

We are now staring to see 1990s German premium cars appreciated on world stage:

If they ever made an actual M8 with advertised 640 PS, it probably would have been about as fast as 340 kph or more. Maybe a 0-200 in 11.5

Volga V12 Coupe 2001 based on BMW 850 CSI
0-100km/h - 6.56s
0-200km/h - 26.06s
400m - 14.71s
1km - 26.21s
The price of the project around 400.000- 500.000$

The new BMW M8 SL TT has been finished in FM7.

Road America: 2:23.174.
Top Gear track: 1:20.257.
Laguna Seca: 1:38.526.
Le Mans: 4:27.012.
Nürburgring Nordschleife: 7:45.826.

It will make over 600 hp and weigh under 3700 pounds.

I’m making a BMW M8 SL TT.

Specs for my tuned BMW 850CSi are: 512 horsepower, 487 torque, 3,768 pounds.

I tuned my 850CSi to make it worthy of an M badge. I brought it back to the tracks and this is what I got.

Road America: 2:29.561.
Top gear test track: 1:22.580.
Mazda raceway Laguna Seca: 1:42.896.
Le Mans: 4:41.681.
Nordschleife Nurburgring: 7:59.561.

I bought this car in FM7, I brought it to some tracks and these are the times I got, please keep in mind I am 15 and not the best driver by a long shot.

Road of America: 2:51.354
Top Gear test track: 1:33.664.
Laguna Seca: 1:52.898.
Le Mans: 5:16.250.
Nordschleife Nurburgring: 8:55.808.

With the aerodynamics of this car I'm sure it could have hit 290 with a speed limiter removed.

Honestly, if they really made a functional E31 M8 back in the 90s and we assume the claimed 1492kg is dry weight (which most likely is the case), this car could have taken on an M6 Competition with not too much effort. Top speed would have been in the high 340s to low 350s as well, provided the CD doesn't change.

I guess you can say
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this is the best car to own in Miami

Supreme machines and engineering marvels and FULL FORCE BMW and BMW MOTORSPORT created what was from memory, I mean where talking awhile ago, a dynamically accomplished thoroughbred. It was generations ahead of the base model.

And talking about that, it has reminded me of the BTCC 3 Series racers, I followed those too. Joachim Winkelhock and Steve Soper. Glory years.

AutoZeitung classicCars (8/2017):
Fuel: 8.5 - 19.8 l/100 km

This really was an M8, check the VIN and Engine codes. You will find the door sill has the M on it and M colors on the interior. Most of all the 5.6L engine was the foundation for the McLaren F1. Catch one while you can.

one of the best cars ive owned............................!

Its too bad the M8 supercar was never built because the prototype seemed incredible by early 90's standards. Financially it was a smart decision as the early 90's were a bad supercar market. With Audi and Mercedes both having their own supercars, it would be a good time for BMW to introduce a modern M8 supercar to compete.

@ Mental: Yeah, I was thinking the same thing, BMW ought to reintroduce the Z8/M8, offer it as a coupe or roadster, and give it, the M5, M6, and M3 the 535 horsepower 6.0 liter V12 from the 760Li, 600 horsepower for M5, M6, and Z8/M8, give the Z4 the 4.0 liter Twin Power Turbocharged V8 from the M5, and reintroduce the 8-Series coupe.

@Shaggy
"The 760li still comes with a V12."

Really? Hmm, that car is so bland, unspectacular and peaceful that I completely forgot about that detail as well. That is not what I'd like to see. V12 under the hood of M6/M5 or Z4 - that would be hardcore! Even better would be if BMW introduced the new M8/Z8 V12 with marvelous aggressive classic bodies!

BTW, I loved pop-up headlights!

I like the pop-up headlights, but they are a bit outdated, and when something goes wrong with pop-up headlights and one is stuck up, the car looks like it's winking at you.;)

As long as they dont bring back pop up headlights, im good.

@ Mental: The 760li still comes with a V12.

I absolutely love this car. Perfect design, big V12, which is pretty astonishing for a German car! True unique. Yeah, BMW needs to bring it back, and V12s.

I would lso like for them to bring back the 8 Series, Was nice back in the day, That lovely shape, fitted with a V12 in coupe form.

Unfortunetley, given the weight of the car back then, a new 8 Series would prolly be round 4500Lbs fully fitted, Bmw should also fll in the gaps with there opther missing Series cars and stop the "Gran" cars and make them there own.