The BMW Skytop Idea is right here, and it’s one fairly convertible. With distinct design references to the Z8 and 503, it goals to be an unique two-seater match for the elegant present that’s the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este the place it formally debuted.
You’ll discover straightaway how restrained and easy its design is from the sweeping hood, small-ish (however nonetheless illuminated) kidney grille and curvaceous rear. Its silhouette is highlighted by a spline that runs by way of the hood, into the inside and finally to a bit of aluminum on the trunk lid.
The proportions all scream 8 Sequence to us, which makes it no shock to be taught that BMW fitted the M8 Competitors’s 4.4-liter twin-turbo V8 engine below hood. Its 8-speed computerized transmission is managed by the crystal glass shift knob you’ll discover within the non-M variations of the 8 Sequence, although. BMW says that slotting an M engine into this idea is one more reference to the Z8 that was additionally powered by an engine from BMW’s M division.
The Skytop’s headlights up entrance are a selected level of innovation, as BMW says they’re LED models positioned on milled aluminum carriers that have been designed with the slimmest profile potential whereas nonetheless being totally purposeful. The theme continues round again with ultra-thin taillights, too. Different attention-grabbing particulars are its winglets positioned on the door shoulders that perform as door handles and the gill-like design to the alloy wheels.
In truth, the Skytop appears prefer it may very well be turned from idea to manufacturing fairly simply. Step inside, and the impact is even stronger. You’ll discover it wears the complete inside from an everyday 8 Sequence, iDrive screens, knob and all. The reddish-brown leather-based is kind of eye-catching, and it flows into the leather-finished detachable roof to match – stated roof could be break up into two components and eliminated for open-top motoring. The outside shade is a gradient that BMW says was specifically developed for this automotive by one in every of its grasp painters.
BMW doesn’t make any binding statements about whether or not it will or wouldn’t construct a brief run of Skytops, however contemplating how production-like it appears, we wouldn’t be stunned if this reveal isn’t the final you hear of it.