Spy Shots [Spy shots] BMW Neue Klasse Coupe

[martinbo]

iM and iM1 make the most sense.

They sound terrible. Spoken with any accent other than the King's English they sound like "I am" and "I am one".

 

[Bradman]

BMW M Ceo: „We would never use an i on an M”.

 

[AbsoluteUnit]

BMW M Ceo: „We would never use an i on an M”.

Until the BMW Group CEO says "We are making an iM"

 

[mini_cooper4]

They sound terrible. Spoken with any accent other than the King's English they sound like "I am" and "I am one".

Not like "I ate" sounded better.
These are the ones that make the most sense if they insist on using "i" again.

 

[Akrapovicowns]

BMW: We see no business case for a sports/hyper car.
Also BMW: But how about a high riding 4X4 M coupe with weird styling? Definitely yes.

They’re so lost it’s even funny

 

[Gianclaudio]

They sound terrible. Spoken with any accent other than the King's English they sound like "I am" and "I am one".

Not like "I ate" sounded better.

How about i8M&M ?

 

[Matski]

There's no reference to the M1 that makes any sense.

A fundamentally different car and philosophy named outside of the nomenclature at the time and non-sensical when applied to anything else, especially now.

 

[SCOTT27]

And we’re off.

The rear is too generic. Like a Pontiac Revival.
With what’s being hidden? I expect a rear that is totally a BMW iconic USP like the Original Turbo. Two badges on each side.

They are returning to that classic shark snout look with a new interpretation of the four headlamp and thinner kidney grille.

It makes sense for this car as a icon for a new
Movement to showcase what has gone before. We have had the M1 Hommage and the M Next. Now it’s the Turbo’s turn.

 

[El Zorro]

The back of the concept BMW Turbo, of which only 2 were built:

BMW Turbo - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The design of the BMW M1 and original 8 series were derived from the BMW Turbo, I learned from Wikipedia.

 

[El Zorro]

And we’re off.

The rear is too generic. Like a Pontiac Revival.
With what’s being hidden? I expect a rear that is totally a BMW iconic USP like the Original Turbo. Two badges on each side.

They are returning to that classic shark snout look with a new interpretation of the four headlamp and thinner kidney grille.

It makes sense for this car as a icon for a new
Movement to showcase what has gone before. We have had the M1 Hommage and the M Next. Now it’s the Turbo’s turn.

Quite an ugly render. I think NK has more potential than this.
The headlights seem to come from an Opel, the side mirror doesn't fit with the design and the kidney grill probably won't be that small. But the overall shape is not too far off from the spy shots.

Is this 2er coupe size? 4er? 8er?

 

[SCOTT27]

Quite an ugly render. I think NK has more potential than this.
The headlights seem to come from an Opel, the side mirror doesn't fit with the design and the kidney grill probably won't be that small. But the overall shape is not too far off from the spy shots.

Is this 2er coupe size? 4er? 8er?

i8 size.

 

[mini_cooper4]

How about i8M&M ?

Hahahah... you have my vote.

 

[Tuffode]

Quite an ugly render. I think NK has more potential than this.
The headlights seem to come from an Opel,

Not surprising that the Neue Klasse cars will have some Opel similarities since both brands are doing kind of a retro design for the front end.

 

[Rolf]

Something like this would’ve been cool. Definitely has M1 vibes.

This sought of reminds me of the 1980's Honda CRX with its angle rear window.

I do kinda like this style of car for a BMW. Nice and compact and an attention seeking design.

 

[Centurion]

This sought of reminds me of the 1980's Honda CRX with its angle rear window.

I do kinda like this style of car for a BMW. Nice and compact and an attention seeking design.

The CRX was hoooot and had stress cred.

 

[SCOTT27]

The CRX was hoooot and had stress cred.

“Street Cred?”

 

[klier]

The BMW Concept X coupe's side profile comes to mind as well:

Kind of wedge shaped too....

 

[bmwblog]

Lots of conflicted info on this car. Some even say the prototype spotted was not a BMW.

 

[KiwiRob]

So are the NEXT line abandoned in favour of NK?

The iX came from the NEXT line.

 

[Design FIRST]

As found on autoevolution.com, an independant illustrators vision of what could be a "production version" of this enigmatic NKL coupe:

Must say...I very much like where this is going so far.