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BMW M850i Shows New Blue-Grey Paint During Testing

It's not uncommon for M cars to bring new colors to the BMW palette. However, the 8 Series and its M850i are flagships, so it's a given that this would happen.
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Two prototypes have been captured by our paparazzi today, and you can see the color peeking out from under the camo. The regular 8 Series Coupe is black and has smaller air intakes. However, the M850i is sporting a new shade of paint.

Because this editor is slightly "color-blind" in this part of the spectrum and drew blue elephants as a child, it's hard to describe what's going on. However, my mobile color picker app says this is either "denim" or "navy grey."

BMW has no shortage of blue colors. There's a metallic turquoise in the Individual catalog, as well as the famous San Marino Blue and Yas Marina Blue. But this M850i has a no metallic flake and seems more grey from some angles. Could this be a retro theme, considering the 80's are so trending right now?

There's also another M850i painted dark grey. Perhaps we're dealing with the M850d, as the quad-turbo powertrain surprisingly found its way into the X7 flagship SUV.

This is, perhaps, one of the few unanswered questions about the M850i, which is already known to have a 4.4-liter V8 making 530 HP and a 0 to 100 km/h sprint time of around 4 seconds.

The xDrive system's torque vectoring will also be aided by active anti-roll stabilization and rear-wheel steering. Take that Porsche 911 and Bentley Conti' GT!

The 8 Series is looking stunning, bridging the gap between regular BMWs and Rolls-Royce perfectly. Several small design elements like the grille, lights, bumpers, and fenders were revealed a few days ago.

With the official debut only a month away, these mystery colors could find their way into leaked official photos soon.
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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