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Written by Rowan Horncastle
Ferrari, Ford, Aston Martin, Porsche and Corvette, you have a new challenger: BMW. Yep, the Bavarian marque is heading back to Le Mans and endurance racing in the World Endurance Championship (WEC) and North America"s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with this, the M8 GTE.It"s the racing version of the upcoming BMW M8 road car, giving us several hints as to what it"ll look like when it"s unveiled at the LA motor show in December.We"d like to think this GTE"s craterous bonnet, huge front spoiler, bloated side skirts, ginormous rear wing and Tetris-spec carbon diffuser will surface on the road car. We have a feeling however, they won"t. Boo. That slatless kidney grille that improves airflow into the engine will definitely be more slat-y on the production car. However, we know the roof line and design of the front and rear lights will be carried over.The engine up front is a 4.0-litre, twin-turbo V8, here turned down to 500bhp to comply with the regulations. The cylinder block and head are taken from the production engine but the power it produces is instead fed through a sequential, six-speed racing gearbox.
Date written: 13 Sep 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 9176
Ferrari, Ford, Aston Martin, Porsche and Corvette, you have a new challenger: BMW. Yep, the Bavarian marque is heading back to Le Mans and endurance racing in the World Endurance Championship (WEC) and North America"s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with this, the M8 GTE.It"s the racing version of the upcoming BMW M8 road car, giving us several hints as to what it"ll look like when it"s unveiled at the LA motor show in December.We"d like to think this GTE"s craterous bonnet, huge front spoiler, bloated side skirts, ginormous rear wing and Tetris-spec carbon diffuser will surface on the road car. We have a feeling however, they won"t. Boo. That slatless kidney grille that improves airflow into the engine will definitely be more slat-y on the production car. However, we know the roof line and design of the front and rear lights will be carried over.The engine up front is a 4.0-litre, twin-turbo V8, here turned down to 500bhp to comply with the regulations. The cylinder block and head are taken from the production engine but the power it produces is instead fed through a sequential, six-speed racing gearbox.
Date written: 13 Sep 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 9176
