In 2014, M6 Gran Coupes stickered for $135k and are now available for around 40k. 95k depreciation in 6 years - 30% of original price. Steve, I'll bet you a steak dinner at anywhere other than Ruth's Chris that this M8 will easily hit 100k in depreciation in 5 years.
Yeah, I really like it. It does not sound a loud as the 1400W it is, but it’s very configurable. Would be interesting to know what the issue is. I will admit though that I prefer the Burmester in my P, but it’s for sure better than the Harmon in the M3.
Mathias Heimstad M6 has the same horsepower and a far more unique interior design, I’m not sure the 8 does it for me Though if you like the new BMW design language which enlarged the grills and flips them upside down and turns the ambient lights into a nightclub, I suppose you can drive one of those
@@demolisherOfMoney You were talking about you M6 GC's exterior which is what I commented. Not the interior, not the horsepower, not the "nightclub" lights... If you wanna comment my comment at least stick to the subject! xD And it looks like an old Kia... That's all I said.
AJ Lee that too but the 8 series isn’t as enticing to buy either because it’s over priced. Merc and Audi are still having strong sales with their 4 door coupes, albeit Audi’s is quite a bit cheaper
I don't get this "slows sales" narrative. I guess some magazine or blog made it a story but to me what's the surprise? The freaking thing costs $100,000! End of story. How many did people expect to see on the road?
The prettiest BMW since the 80s I'd say. Very good review. I think these are cars you have your salesman set up for you when you take delivery - you've spent enough money. So the menu complexity seems a little hard to avoid with all the features. I think the 800lb Gorilla in the room is Tesla though. It's just as fast, has the earth day image, can use the HOV lanes, and is cheaper - thou gh A LOT less special inside. I'd probably buy the model S instead.
"Tesla as the 800 lb Gorilla in the room"? Are you crazy, buddy? Compared to a BMW M8 Gran Coupe Competition a Tesla Model S is just a piece of shit when it comes to refinement in this class of luxury and performance! Sorry, but the M8 Competition is that good and it just "fucks" a Tesla all day long, no matter how often you will bring its stupid "Ludicris" bullshit on the table! Question: How often will such a Tesla Model S do its fucking dumb "Ludicris" shit before its battery will be starting overheating? As an electric car, the Tesla is quite loud inside the cabin, because it has absolutely no refinement at all, compared to such a German machine like the M8. The Tesla has nothing but engineering flaws all over the car including overheating batteries, whereas the BMW M8 Gran Coupe Competition is a perfectly built four door GT, which is absolutely bulletproof in terms of hard accelerations again and again. And at travelling with these cars, a M8 with an empty fuel tank certainly doesn't need to stay for a full hour at a "Supercharger" each time... ;-). Some Americans seemingly still don't get it, when they still compare a fucking stupid 2.4 tons heavy electric and crappy built Tesla Model S with such an incredibly flawless engineered German high performance car like the BMW M8 Gran Coupe Competition. The Tesla of course is a very fast electric car, but that's it. "Fast" for just one or two times at a drag race maybe... until it overheats. This car still has flaws over flaws and it just can't keep up with German quality like the M8! Everybody knows, that with just a little bit of quality chip tuning, the BMW M5/M8 V8 turbo engine will have more than 800 hp/PS and more than 1000 Nm of torque. It's just an absolutely efficient and bulletproof monster engine. 0-60 mph with this amount of power is around 2.6 seconds all day long! A Tesla is just a piece of one trick pony shit compared to such a BMW. Such one trick pony bullshit still impresses a lot of Americans... Sorry, but here in Germany we still laugh about such "comparisons" with a Tesla. I would recommend you: if you have the chance of watching both cars in reality, you would be shocked how fucking crappy built such a Tesla really is, especially side by side to a high quality German high performance car like the M8! How can you even compare such a fucking cheap built Tesla with a BMW M8? Tesla is still procuding bullshit "quality" with their cars, sorry! If you can't understand this fact, then there's something completely wrong with your "imagination" about high quality cars... LOL. The BMW 8 Series has one of the best build quality you will find at any 100.000 - 200.000 Dollar car... period! Better than Mercedes-AMG and also better than some Audi RS cars. BMW has stepped up their game in terms of build quality dramatically! The 8 Series interior is just flawless, buddy! But the Tesla Model S still has just a horrible build quality... The crappiest which you will get for money in the 6 digit price range.
Great video Steve!! Love the sound of that M8! I almost fell off my chair at the price! Yes it is high but $90k starting when its around £100k for the M8 in the UK. Great cost savings (if you can afford it) :D Hope you are well and safe?
Can't wait to trade in my M6 Gran Coupe Comp in 2 yrs for this beauty! I was disappointed to hear the upgraded speakers are underwhelming. My upgraded Harmon Kardon speakers in my M6 are amazing!
I don't believe this guy what he's cricizing about the sound system in the M8 Comp, because here in Europe test results with the Bowers&Wilkins system are very very good! It just depends on each individuals taste. This guy maybe has totally different preferences than you or me. Personally I know the Bowers&Wilkins system from a M5 and in this car it sounds absolutely fantastic!
I have an M6 gran coupe with competition package as well. I’m hoping to get an M8 gran coupe used as well but the prices are shocking. Used 2020s are like 125k still 😭
Great review, Steve. See my pathetic channel--I have one: how did you get the M-mode HUD display in Sport mode to show the speed limit? A small thing I know but it drives me nuts?
Steve Hammes New Car Reviews Thanks for replying, Steve, but the M8s no longer work that way-both of my F90 M5s did, though. Instead, you MUST use the M-mode button which doesn’t permit any customization that I can find. I’ve had the car for 2-months and have looked thoroughly and posted on forums but no luck so far beyond folks agreeing with me. I was hoping you’d found some hidden function.
It's like a Kia Cadenza spent a weekend in Cabo with a Ferrari Pista and after a bottle of tequila, 9 months later this beast was born. A remarkable automotive achievement!
Yeah it keep running the fan for a long time. Been asked to turn off my engine at a gas station ... it was off :). Steering is precise but not delicious as I.e. the E92 was. Also complaining about all the setting is so weird ... it’s to set the M buttons, and you don’t have to use it at all!
Hmmm not yet sold on this car. I would buy a s-class coupe or the CLS over this. It's a nice car but I feel it doesn't bring the same 'class' as the mercs
That car is bad ass gorgeous.
Such an incredibly beautiful car, Steve! The power does seem mind blowing lol. I love how far BMW has come with adding some class to their interiors.
Couldn't agree more!
Looking so beautiful and mean at the same time. Live the M8 GC
Right on!
Wow 😍🤩 I'd love to own this car some day, it is stunning!
You and me both!
I agree, I saw this car in person and it’s absolutely stunning.
Looking at this Friday!
In 2014, M6 Gran Coupes stickered for $135k and are now available for around 40k. 95k depreciation in 6 years - 30% of original price. Steve, I'll bet you a steak dinner at anywhere other than Ruth's Chris that this M8 will easily hit 100k in depreciation in 5 years.
You're probably right.
I'll even OK the Ruth's Chris idea.
Welp gg due to the pandemic and all the supply shortages these things are still like 125-130k on the used market for a 2020 💀.
amazing review, pleasure to watch
What is wrong with the BOWERS AND WILKINS SOUND SYSTEM? It's one of the best sound systems ever
Yeah, I really like it. It does not sound a loud as the 1400W it is, but it’s very configurable. Would be interesting to know what the issue is. I will admit though that I prefer the Burmester in my P, but it’s for sure better than the Harmon in the M3.
YEAAA HAMMES IS BACK
Great video, loving the M8!
Me too!
Sounds awesome
looks awesome!
It does!
They silenced the voice to let the engine sound. I'm subscibed.
BMW for life babe
Ill stick with my M6 GC thank you very much, lines are much more timeless and stunning
M5 is the goat of sedans
You might as well be driving an old Kia in my mind. It's so boring in comparison. Different people, different taste I guess 😅
Mathias Heimstad M6 has the same horsepower and a far more unique interior design, I’m not sure the 8 does it for me
Though if you like the new BMW design language which enlarged the grills and flips them upside down and turns the ambient lights into a nightclub, I suppose you can drive one of those
@@demolisherOfMoney You were talking about you M6 GC's exterior which is what I commented. Not the interior, not the horsepower, not the "nightclub" lights... If you wanna comment my comment at least stick to the subject! xD And it looks like an old Kia... That's all I said.
@@mathiasheimstad5089 Yeah design is on top 100 best looking cars of all time, so maybe you're wrong ;P
subjective anyway
Sales have been slow for the 8 series simply bc it’s a 6 series replacement with a 30k price increase. They’re great vehicles but are overpriced.
Arman Pabla, that is hardly the reason. Sales are slow because people aren’t buying sedans and coupes.
AJ Lee And buying SUVs and crossovers.
AJ Lee that too but the 8 series isn’t as enticing to buy either because it’s over priced. Merc and Audi are still having strong sales with their 4 door coupes, albeit Audi’s is quite a bit cheaper
I don't get this "slows sales" narrative. I guess some magazine or blog made it a story but to me what's the surprise? The freaking thing costs $100,000! End of story. How many did people expect to see on the road?
Steve Hammes New Car Reviews my real point is that it’s overpriced for what it is
I love that color.
This guy sounds like he's reciting a news segment😂
Good work!
I heard he used to work in TV news.
The prettiest BMW since the 80s I'd say. Very good review. I think these are cars you have your salesman set up for you when you take delivery - you've spent enough money. So the menu complexity seems a little hard to avoid with all the features. I think the 800lb Gorilla in the room is Tesla though. It's just as fast, has the earth day image, can use the HOV lanes, and is cheaper - thou gh A LOT less special inside. I'd probably buy the model S instead.
"Tesla as the 800 lb Gorilla in the room"? Are you crazy, buddy?
Compared to a BMW M8 Gran Coupe Competition a Tesla Model S is just a piece of shit when it comes to refinement in this class of luxury and performance!
Sorry, but the M8 Competition is that good and it just "fucks" a Tesla all day long, no matter how often you will bring its stupid "Ludicris" bullshit on the table!
Question: How often will such a Tesla Model S do its fucking dumb "Ludicris" shit before its battery will be starting overheating? As an electric car, the Tesla is quite loud inside the cabin, because it has absolutely no refinement at all, compared to such a German machine like the M8.
The Tesla has nothing but engineering flaws all over the car including overheating batteries, whereas the BMW M8 Gran Coupe Competition is a perfectly built four door GT, which is absolutely bulletproof in terms of hard accelerations again and again. And at travelling with these cars, a M8 with an empty fuel tank certainly doesn't need to stay for a full hour at a "Supercharger" each time... ;-).
Some Americans seemingly still don't get it, when they still compare a fucking stupid 2.4 tons heavy electric and crappy built Tesla Model S with such an incredibly flawless engineered German high performance car like the BMW M8 Gran Coupe Competition.
The Tesla of course is a very fast electric car, but that's it. "Fast" for just one or two times at a drag race maybe... until it overheats. This car still has flaws over flaws and it just can't keep up with German quality like the M8!
Everybody knows, that with just a little bit of quality chip tuning, the BMW M5/M8 V8 turbo engine will have more than 800 hp/PS and more than 1000 Nm of torque. It's just an absolutely efficient and bulletproof monster engine. 0-60 mph with this amount of power is around 2.6 seconds all day long! A Tesla is just a piece of one trick pony shit compared to such a BMW. Such one trick pony bullshit still impresses a lot of Americans...
Sorry, but here in Germany we still laugh about such "comparisons" with a Tesla.
I would recommend you: if you have the chance of watching both cars in reality, you would be shocked how fucking crappy built such a Tesla really is, especially side by side to a high quality German high performance car like the M8!
How can you even compare such a fucking cheap built Tesla with a BMW M8?
Tesla is still procuding bullshit "quality" with their cars, sorry! If you can't understand this fact, then there's something completely wrong with your "imagination" about high quality cars... LOL.
The BMW 8 Series has one of the best build quality you will find at any 100.000 - 200.000 Dollar car... period! Better than Mercedes-AMG and also better than some Audi RS cars.
BMW has stepped up their game in terms of build quality dramatically! The 8 Series interior is just flawless, buddy! But the Tesla Model S still has just a horrible build quality... The crappiest which you will get for money in the 6 digit price range.
Great video Steve!! Love the sound of that M8! I almost fell off my chair at the price! Yes it is high but $90k starting when its around £100k for the M8 in the UK. Great cost savings (if you can afford it) :D
Hope you are well and safe?
Thanks! And you, as well. Really appreciate you checking in.
Have you ever heard about GT63 S AMG ?
Never heard of it ua-cam.com/video/kg7keylOEn4/v-deo.html
Steve Hammes New Car Reviews So which one is better🤔 since you’ve been in both.
Note to Android Auto users, BMW will have it coming in July.
Can't wait to trade in my M6 Gran Coupe Comp in 2 yrs for this beauty! I was disappointed to hear the upgraded speakers are underwhelming. My upgraded Harmon Kardon speakers in my M6 are amazing!
I don't believe this guy what he's cricizing about the sound system in the M8 Comp, because here in Europe test results with the Bowers&Wilkins system are very very good! It just depends on each individuals taste. This guy maybe has totally different preferences than you or me.
Personally I know the Bowers&Wilkins system from a M5 and in this car it sounds absolutely fantastic!
I have an M6 gran coupe with competition package as well. I’m hoping to get an M8 gran coupe used as well but the prices are shocking. Used 2020s are like 125k still 😭
a dream car🙏🏼
Awesome machine
We agree!
They say it looks good on the lot where it tends to stay slow sales and this was before the pandemic
to expensive
The slow sales are probably due the fact that the car doesn't look like it should cost that much.
Yikes, silverstone leather is nice, but the stains already on that headrest make it a no-go.
Monster
Great review, Steve.
See my pathetic channel--I have one: how did you get the M-mode HUD display in Sport mode to show the speed limit? A small thing I know but it drives me nuts?
Hey! There is a sub-setting for the HUD that allows you to choose the info shown. Good luck!
Steve Hammes New Car Reviews Thanks for replying, Steve, but the M8s no longer work that way-both of my F90 M5s did, though. Instead, you MUST use the M-mode button which doesn’t permit any customization that I can find. I’ve had the car for 2-months and have looked thoroughly and posted on forums but no luck so far beyond folks agreeing with me. I was hoping you’d found some hidden function.
The 8 series grand coupe is the only bmw I like
It's like a Kia Cadenza spent a weekend in Cabo with a Ferrari Pista and after a bottle of tequila, 9 months later this beast was born.
A remarkable automotive achievement!
Excellent analysis, as always!
Yeah it keep running the fan for a long time. Been asked to turn off my engine at a gas station ... it was off :). Steering is precise but not delicious as I.e. the E92 was. Also complaining about all the setting is so weird ... it’s to set the M buttons, and you don’t have to use it at all!
Hi Steve, does anyone know the color?
Dravit gray.
Hi
Color name pls ?
it is more beautiful than both the convertible and the 2 doors.
Title of this video is also an INXS tune.
That's what I was thinking.
Nice voice.
Why, thank you.
so apparently this is faster than the ferrari gtc4 lusso
Awesome car nice, I would take this over the Mercedes Benz CLS AMG.
They watered this down from the concept version something RIDICULOUS. When will this madness stop?!!!
One of my coworkers just got one.
Pretty good car... it doesn’t sound better than the m850i... which is unfortunate
BOWEL AND WILKINS audio system ???😵😱??? REALLY???
I prefer the Bowel and Feces system for its more robust bass but it can sound constipated at times.
Hmmm not yet sold on this car. I would buy a s-class coupe or the CLS over this. It's a nice car but I feel it doesn't bring the same 'class' as the mercs
In my opinion I don't think it's trying to....cars like that you buy if you like them and can afford them
Why a 7 minute video
As opposed to what?
He said a starting price of $90K. I know he is truly mistaken! Lol
For the 840i Coupe.
The exhaust note is horrible!!!!
Better than anything Mercedes has.
You can buy one of these used for 30k in a few years 🤣🤣🤣
LMAO...😄 So True..☺😂
What are u talking about?? the m6 gc is still 50k sh with 120k miles
good luck with that.
hey, do you review car accessories? I have roof rack. are you interested in reviewing it ?
Sorry. I don't.
Amazing car but interior is too simple. Should have done more with interior
👌👍👌
I don't like the way he says coupé. Its "Coo-pay" not "coop"
I’m American. No one here pronounces it that way.
@@stevehammes That's the way it was intended to be said. That's reason why theirs an é on top of the coupé. BTW, I'm from the UK
Best looking of new BMW’s but Mercedes is blowing them away with interiors.
Benz have the fancy interior but I love the simplicity of BMW's interiors, not too fancy and quality is top notch
Lol not anymore have you seen the hideous interior of the new S class? Mercedes has lost the plot their best years are behind them (2013-2017)
M A I just looked it up and good lord if those spy images are the consumer product than you are 150% correct.
Meh. Kool, but for that sorta doe I'd rather buy a used S65 AMG in next to new condition.
bm's and to Merc gt63 4 d
bmw no no no
It should be cheaper when it's got an old engine from old M6. Make a new engine bmw!!!
GT63 looks better imo, this is just a stretched out m8 and it looks weird, regular M8 looks way better
167k for this car? No thanks.
Damn those ugly orange North American reflector strips you guys have to have. Awful.
Dash is ugly and looks basic. GT63S my pick