- The previously concept-only BMW Skytop is becoming a material (and purchasable) reality.
- This coveted roadster houses the same 4.4-litre V8 in the M8 Competition.
- Limited to just 50 examples.
Clearly, executive management at BMW has taken the phrase โthe customer is always rightโ to heart.
In a bout of good news for clamouring Beamer fans (who have deep pockets to match), the German automotive marque has recently announced that its previously concept-only โSkytopโ will be going into production. Wellโฆ kind of.
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Modelled after the same 8 Series-inspired roadster BMW unveiled at the annual Concorso dโEleganza earlier this May, the road-ready Skytop will be made in a small global production of 50 examples.
None of which โ surprise, surprise โ youโll be able to buy (particularly if youโre learning of the Skytopโs entry into serial production through this article).
That being the case, the silver lining is we get to dedicate more page space to actually gawking at the Skytop Roadsterโs design: one that is bound to induce a chorus of โawoogaโ type exclamations wherever its lucky owner drives it. But particularly, from passersby overhead.
Covering the unveiling of the original concept car earlier in the year, Top Gear noted โ tongue firmly in cheek โ that the Skytop seemed to be a vehicle whose โelegant design touchesโ are โbest enjoyed from directly above.โ
โ[Itโs] a concept made for drones,โ noted veteran motors writer Jason Barlow. โOr birds if you want to be more romantic about it.โ
Notable design codes include the carโs sharklike front (many have noted, with relief, the absence of the controversial โbeaver toothโ grille), lamella-style rims, and rear-bisecting โsplineโ. Not to mention: the pronounced wheel arches, which we expect the more churlish of s**tposters to begin describing as โdummy thicc.โ
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Despite declarations by BMW personnel (e.g. Adrian van Hooydonk, the groupโs Head of Design) that the Skytop road car driving experience will be all about โelegance at the highest level,โ you can rest assured that the designโs lineage โ descending, most famously, from the Z8 โ still has a whiff of the olโ Munich muscle car about it.
Thatโs because, under the bonnet, BMW has decided to outfit the Skytop with a 4.4-litre V8: the same one drivers will find in the M8 Competition that makes 100km/h in a fleet-footed 3.3 seconds.
Suddenly the whole shark-like description seems spot-on.
