2020 BMW M8 Gran Coupe Is Stylish!
We imagine that BMW's product planners spent plenty of time working with popular brands of construction toys as kids. There is something very Lego-like about the way the company's model plan locks together.
So having seen both the 8-series Gran Coupe and the M8, we are entirely unsurprised by official confirmation that the two will be combined in the stylish form of the new M8 Gran Coupe
Like its non-M sister, the M8 is what more people would tend to think of as a sedan than a coupe, having four doors and—in a serious pinch—five passenger spaces. But it offers a stylish and more practical alternative to its two-door coupe and cabriolet sisters, and will also be sold.....
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