One particularly interesting bit regarded the shooting brake, which Nurnberger said, "we sort of started it and then realized to make a really good shooting brake we had to do a lot more engineering." Thus, the long-roof Vanquish actually has a longer wheelbase than the rest of the cars. According to Nunberger, the rear of the car is taken from a modular platform and is essentially a rear of a Rapide that has been added on. Of course, that required total reengineering, retesting, as well as re-crashing to bring it to production......
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BMW 8 Series Golden Thunder edition
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BMW enlisted the help of its Individual departments to create an appearance package named Golden Thunder for the 8 Series. It wraps the inside and the outside in black and adds a handful of gold accents. Every 8 ordered with the Golden Thunder package is finished in either Sapphire Black metallic or Frozen Black metallic and fitted with the M Sport package. It also receives high-gloss black trim, there's not an ounce of chrome on it, and brake calipers painted in — you guessed it — black. BMW then adds gold accents on both bumpers, on the rocker panels, on the mirror caps, and on the coupe variant's rear spoiler. Double-spoke 20-inch light wheels add a finishing touch to the look. If you're experiencing déjà vu, it could be due to the fact that the Jeep CJ-7 Golden Eagle built between the 1977 and 1980 model years ....
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