BMW’s Idea Skytop unveiled in Might throughout the 2024 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este in Italy is headed for manufacturing, the automaker stated on Friday.
Simply 50 examples are deliberate, and all construct slots are already claimed. A price ticket wasn’t introduced.
The Skytop is probably going based mostly on the platform of the 8-Collection Convertible, and BMW has confirmed it runs the identical 617-hp twin-turbocharged 4.4-liter V-8 fitted to the M8 Competitors Convertible.
Not a single physique panel is shared with the 8-Collection, although. As a substitute, the two-seat Skytop includes a distinctive design impressed by previous open-top BMW icons just like the 503, 507, and Z8. There’s additionally no standard convertible roof on the Skytop; as an alternative, the automotive includes a targa design with roof panels that have to be manually eliminated.
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BMW solely final yr constructed a restricted run, once more 50 examples, of a contemporary 3.0 CSL based mostly on the platform of the 4-Collection. And the automaker’s design chief, Adrian van Hooydonk, stated on the reveal of the Skytop that the automaker is open to related tasks sooner or later.
Whereas the follow of constructing limited-production fashions utilizing present platforms has been commonplace at unique manufacturers like Ferrari and Rolls-Royce for years, extra mainstream luxurious manufacturers like BMW and Mercedes-Benz have lately began exploring the potential. Mercedes plans a sequence of limited-production fashions, which it calls the Mythos sequence, and the primary member will probably be a speedster based mostly on the platform of the SL-Class convertible.
