It's hard to believe just by looking at well-preserved examples, but next year, the BMW 8-Series coupe will be a quarter of a century old as it debuted at the Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA) in September of 1989, remaining in production for a decade.
It's also hard to believe that someone would spend time, effort and money to transform a 1993 850i into an odd-looking caricature (and that's a huge understatement) like the one pictured here.
With the exception of the glasshouse, the rest of the body has been radically modified. At the back, for example, we find a pair of BMW 3-Series E36 light clusters and a shaved bumper, while the front and rear fenders have been reshaped and widened. As for the front end of the car, it doesn't quite know if it wants to be a Jaguar XK Mk1 or a Panoz Esperante.
No wonder the project remains unfinished...
The V12-powered model is currently listed for sale in Germany with an asking price of €3,850, which is equal to about US$5,250.
13 Comments:
Sad...
What the hell where they trying to make?
What an abomination
I hate to say this, but I kind of like it... :-x
i think those headlights are from the fiat barchetta
Porsche 928's design + Fiat Barchetta headlights + Superb old school BMW = I really don't know but a big mess :'(
from the first picture in the gallery, i could imagine someone might have been inspired by the mklV supra, but that is using quite a bit of imagination ;)
@pcurve:disqus Just Die.....OK?
Or just inspired by bad taste.
Regardless of whether or not you like it, it's good body work. The seams all look pretty clean. It looks a lot better than some of the giant bolt on plastic pieces that some people put on cars.
Someone should report him. While it's too late for the 8 series, there's still an M5 in the garage that can be saved from Dr. Frankenstein.
Kill it with fire!
kindly have the owner contact me:commandercondor@yahoo.com
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