Heart of the County

Motors: BMW’s 8-Series

BMW’s new 8-Series GT. Have you ever wondered what would happen if BMW made a 21st century rival to Porsche’s 911 Carrera? The answer is here; BMW’s eighth wonder of the world, and a GT flagship for Germany’s Bayerische Motoren Werke… Diesel is dead, long live diesel. So said the bigwigs at Bayerische Motoren Werke, more commonly known by its acronym. Ever since 2014, BMW’s i8 proudly proclaimed that combustion engines were dead and electric supercars were the way forward. Indeed, the i8 is a fine car; blending blistering performance with a degree of eco-responsibility. But liquid fuels aren’t dead yet, and since the discontinuation of the BMW 850i in 1999, BMW has been lacking a flagship GT to take...