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BMW’s Latest Vision of the Future Has a V-8 That Still Runs on Gas
The Bavarian brand showed off its Concept Skytop at a car show near Italy’s Lake Como.
The BMW Concept Skytop.
Source: BMW
BMW AG unveiled the Concept Skytop on May 24 at the Villa d’Este Concours d’Elegance on the shore of Italy’s Lake Como. And in one major way, the car is unlike the ultra-modern models BMW has lately revealed at auto shows in Asia, such as the 100% electric Neue Klasse SUV.
In a bit of nostalgia for internal combustion, the open-top two-seater is equipped with BMW’s most powerful V-8 engine, the company says. (A spokesperson declined to specify how much power that is, but the BMW M8 Coupe, for instance, achieves 617 horsepower.)