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BMW’s famous 8 Series, a car that was the best the company had to offer regarding a luxury GT in the 1990s, might make a comeback that could affect the 6 Series' existence.
We have already seen spyshots of a prototype that is a BMW coupe that looks too big to be a 6 Series, which is expected to be turned into the second-generation 8 Series. Those that are familiar with BMW’s history already know that the successor of the first generation 6 Series, referred to as the E24, was the E31 8 Series.
As the years passed after the only 8 Series model in BMW’s lineup passed, people expected to see a comeback of the GT from Munich. Nothing happened until 2003, when BMW launched the second generation of the 6 Series, known as the E63/64. It was primarily based on the technical platform of the E60 5 Series, and eventually got a successor.
Currently, the BMW 6 has the chassis codes F12 and F13, and it was first revealed in production guise at the 2012 Shanghai Auto Show. BMW went further with the idea and created a Gran Coupe version of the 6 Series, which was made to compete with Audi’s A7 and Mercedes-Benz’s CLS.
All along, BMW lacked a direct competitor of the Mercedes-Benz CL, which was the Coupe version of the S-Class. Audi also does not have a direct rival of the car that is now named the Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe, but the four-ringed brand from Ingolstadt has not announced any plans for such a model.
BMW, on the other hand, has been testing prototypes of a car that is visibly larger than an ongoing 6 Series. While the next generation of the 5 Series has recently been revealed, the 6 Series is in development, and the German brand has even confirmed the launch of the next M6.
However, an important question arises with the launch of the next 6 Series and the existence of the prototype seen in the top image of this article. How will the 6 Series be integrated into the range if a bigger, more expensive coupe, will be launched by BMW?
This has made some believe that the potential 8 Series will lead to the elimination of the 6 Series from the range, but BMW might only eliminate the Coupe from the 6 Series range for the introduction of the 8 Series, while the Convertible and Gran Coupe could be kept in the range without any worries. If the launch of the 8 Series happens after the production cycle of the next 6 Series ends, then BMW might discontinue the 6 entirely for the 8 Series.
As the years passed after the only 8 Series model in BMW’s lineup passed, people expected to see a comeback of the GT from Munich. Nothing happened until 2003, when BMW launched the second generation of the 6 Series, known as the E63/64. It was primarily based on the technical platform of the E60 5 Series, and eventually got a successor.
Currently, the BMW 6 has the chassis codes F12 and F13, and it was first revealed in production guise at the 2012 Shanghai Auto Show. BMW went further with the idea and created a Gran Coupe version of the 6 Series, which was made to compete with Audi’s A7 and Mercedes-Benz’s CLS.
All along, BMW lacked a direct competitor of the Mercedes-Benz CL, which was the Coupe version of the S-Class. Audi also does not have a direct rival of the car that is now named the Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe, but the four-ringed brand from Ingolstadt has not announced any plans for such a model.
BMW, on the other hand, has been testing prototypes of a car that is visibly larger than an ongoing 6 Series. While the next generation of the 5 Series has recently been revealed, the 6 Series is in development, and the German brand has even confirmed the launch of the next M6.
However, an important question arises with the launch of the next 6 Series and the existence of the prototype seen in the top image of this article. How will the 6 Series be integrated into the range if a bigger, more expensive coupe, will be launched by BMW?
This has made some believe that the potential 8 Series will lead to the elimination of the 6 Series from the range, but BMW might only eliminate the Coupe from the 6 Series range for the introduction of the 8 Series, while the Convertible and Gran Coupe could be kept in the range without any worries. If the launch of the 8 Series happens after the production cycle of the next 6 Series ends, then BMW might discontinue the 6 entirely for the 8 Series.
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