BMW loves revealing idea automobiles at Villa d’Este. This 12 months is not any totally different, with the German carmaker taking the wraps off the Skytop Idea, a two-seater coupe with out a roof the corporate says takes inspiration from its previous fashions.
“The BMW Idea Skytop is a really distinctive and unique design, within the custom of the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este,” says Adrian van Hooydonk, head of BMW Group Design. “It presents a mixture of driving dynamics and class on the highest stage, similar to its historic ancestors, just like the BMW Z8 or BMW 503.”
Connections to the Z8 roadster are apparent. The Skytop’s skinny taillights and sharknose entrance finish are clear design inspirations lifted from the early 2000s roadster. The sculpted hood design, small headlights, and distinctive flat-decked rear finish remind us of the 503 from the late Nineteen Fifties.
From a fast look, although, you’d suppose the Skytop was only a rebodied 8 Collection. It has related proportions and makes use of the 617-horsepower 4.4-liter V-8 from the M8 Competitors. We would not be stunned if BMW merely used an M8 as a base and resculpted the traces.
BMW would not give another technical or efficiency specs, although if we needed to guess, the Skytop can be utilizing the M8 Competitors’s eight-speed automated transmission and trick all-wheel drive system.
The production-car-like theme continues inside. The dashboard setup appears to be lifted straight from the 8-Collection, with a well-recognized digital gauge cluster, infotainment display, heart stack, and kit selector. Whereas the leather-clad seats and steering wheel look beautiful, it is clear they’re additionally production-based.
The distinctive roll bar behind the seats is completely bespoke, although, and incorporates a power-retractable window. The roof is a two-piece merchandise that may be manually eliminated and stowed within the trunk space.
Whereas the Skytop is probably going production-based, we doubt it will really ever see an meeting line. BMW already makes the 8 Collection coupe and convertible, so we assume a slick targa model could be cannibalized within the lineup, regardless of how cool it appears.
