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This Beautiful Widebody BMW 8 Series Hides an M5-Sourced V-10

This Beautiful Widebody BMW 8 Series Hides an M5-Sourced V-10

The automobile is called the 858 CSL, and it wears numerous new carbon fiber body panels to help minimize weight and gain the Competitors Sport Lightweight badge. Special alloy wheels feature the original BMW facility caps.

The one-off also eliminates the original engine– BMW offered V-8s and V-12s of various variations– replacing it with the 5.0-liter V-10 from the E60-generation M5. Reyn Speed Store couldn’t leave well adequate alone, so it enhanced the engine’s dimension to 5.8 litres with a longer stroke, and combined it with a six-speed handbook transmission.

BMW has just used 2 generations of the 8 Series. Reyn Speed Shop has created a spectacular one-off that it revealed to the globe during Monterey Cars and truck Week.

Reyn didn’t break down the customized engine’s brand-new efficiency numbers, yet the engine made 500 horse power and 384 pound-feet of torque in the first E60s to roll off the line, which BMW sold from 2005 to 2010. The bigger variation most likely corresponds to even more horse power, however with Monterey Vehicle Week over, you might have missed your chance to see the 858 CSL face to face. At the very least it exists. The first-generation 8 Collection is worthy of a lot more love.

1 Monterey Car Week
2 Reyn Speed Shop