Beyond a six-figure price tag, BMWs have sometimes struggled to justify their place in a rarefied area of the market that includes competitors such as the Porsche Panamera and the Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door. Both of these feel more engaging to drive and more special inside than the M8 Competition. BMW provides a competitive limited and powertrain warranty that aligns with those of its high-performance rivals. The company also offers one of the longest complimentary maintenance plans in the industry.

As automotive facelifts go – or Life Cycle Impulses in BMW parlance – the new M8 Competition Gran Coupé is a light one. However, look closely and you’ll realise that changes have been made. It’s superbly stable at speed and doesn’t take very long to get there, sprinting from 0-62mph in just 3.2 seconds thanks to BMW’s M xDrive four-wheel-drive system. But BMW’s greatest rival arguably comes from within, in the form of the excellent and significantly cheaper M5 Competition. Due to regular software updates, screen designs in the communication may differ from the actual screen design in your car.Subtle mid-life updates to its styling and a revised spec inside with more personalisation potential have kept the M8 Competition Gran Coupé fresh enough. However, the M5 is a better (and cheaper) bet if you want a super- saloon, while if you’re sold on the four-door coupé styling but still want an M division flavour, the M850i GC could be a better compromise and more usable. For further information about the official fuel consumption and the specific CO2 emission of new passenger cars can be taken out of the „handbook of fuel consumption, the CO2 emission and power consumption of new passenger cars“, which is available at all selling points and at https://www.dat.de/co2/. Brakes (F/R): 15.7-in vented, cross-drilled, carbon-ceramic disc/15.0-in vented, cross-drilled carbon-ceramic disc

As you’d expect from a range-topping car such as this, matrix LED headlights, a Harman Kardon sound system, four-zone climate control, adaptive cruise and lots of driver-assistance tech, such as BMW’s Parking Assistant, are fitted as standard. There is also full keyless go and a powered tailgate, while the M8 boasts BMW’s illuminated kidney grille option, although this might be a feature that repulses as many people as it excites.