BMW used the previous weekend’s 2024 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este to debut the Idea Skytop, a two-seat sports activities automobile with a V-Eight engine that BMW’s design chief says could attain manufacturing.
Automotive Information (subscription required) reported that Adrian van Hooydonk, head of BMW Group Design, stated on the idea’s debut that whereas the automobile was designed as a one-off, restricted manufacturing was doable throughout the area of a 12 months.
He additionally reportedly talked about final 12 months’s 3.zero CSL as a case the place BMW has provided limited-production autos within the latest previous. The three.zero CSL was in-built a run of simply 50 examples, and van Hooydonk reportedly stated the Skytop’s manufacturing might be extra restricted nonetheless.
He additionally reportedly cited as we speak’s sturdy curiosity in BMW’s Z8 roadster constructed across the flip of the century, a automobile which along with the 503 and 507 from the 1950s, impressed the design of the Skytop.
BMW Idea Skytop
Just like the three.zero CSL, which was primarily based on a manufacturing mannequin, particularly the M4 CSL, the Skytop is predicated on the present M8 Competitors. And all the pieces fitted to the idea, together with its slim head and taillights, was developed with a view for manufacturing.
BMW unveiled one other idea that appeared production-ready, the Touring Coupe, throughout final 12 months’s Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este. The automobile’s designer, Domagoj Dukec, hinted on the time {that a} restricted manufacturing run was doable.
Nevertheless, in response to Automotive Information, van Hooydonk stated BMW canceled plans to construct a run of Touring Coupes and that the automaker was now centered on the Skytop.