The First BMW Skytop Has Been Delivered — And It’s Headed to Italy

BMW has formally begun buyer deliveries of the Skytop, its most unique coachbuilt challenge because the 3.0 CSL. The primary instance was handed over this week at BMW Welt in Munich to Andrea Levy, Italian entrepreneur, racing driver, and President of Salone Auto Torino. Levy, who competes within the Ferrari Problem Europe and CIGT Endurance 2025, shared the milestone on Instagram:

“The supply of my BMW Skytop at BMW Welt in Munich was simply wonderful. Assembly the those who developed this distinctive idea and turned it right into a small manufacturing of fifty items was actually a privilege.” The primary Skytop constructed will now journey to Turin, Italy, to affix Levy’s 777 Assortment, an unique lineup of uncommon efficiency and design icons.

From Idea to Restricted Manufacturing

It’s been a 12 months since BMW unveiled the Skytop idea on the 2024 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este. Initially proven as a design examine based mostly on the BMW M8 Competitors, it rapidly generated robust curiosity from collectors. BMW confirmed a brief manufacturing run of simply 50 models, all of which have been reserved inside weeks.

The automotive delivered in Munich carefully matches the Villa d’Este prototype. The proportions, surfacing, and detailing stay intact, together with the manually detachable targa roof, fabricated from two leather-wrapped panels that match neatly right into a devoted trunk compartment.

Pricing was by no means made public, however a number of sources put the determine round €500,000.

Design and Technical Highlights

The Skytop takes clear inspiration from the BMW Z8 and BMW 507mixing long-hood GT proportions with minimal, sculptural bodywork. It’s the primary BMW to make use of electrically operated winglets rather than standard door handles—flush parts that reach from the beltline when unlocked. Within the video posted, we are able to additionally see “One fo Fifty” plaque on the seats.

Beneath, it makes use of the M8’s 4.4-liter twin-turbo V8 and xDrive all-wheel-drive system. Efficiency figures haven’t been introduced, however they’re anticipated to reflect the M8’s 617 horsepower and 0–100 km/h time of about 3.3 seconds.

Current spy images counsel the identical winglet deal with design will seem on the upcoming X5 (G65) and X7 (G67) generations, signaling BMW’s plan to deliver this design characteristic to higher-volume fashions.

The 8 Collection Attracts to a Shut

The Skytop additionally marks the tip of the road for the BMW 8 Collection as we all know it. Manufacturing of present variants will steadily finish by means of 2026, and BMW has not confirmed a direct successor. Insiders counsel a future Gran Coupe-style might return underneath the identical badge after 2030, however for now, the Skytop serves as a last chapter for BMW’s flagship grand tourer.

Subsequent Cease: Tokyo

Though buyer deliveries have began, BMW is anticipated to provide the Skytop a proper public debut on the Tokyo Motor Present subsequent week. Regardless of missing U.S. homologation, at the very least one automotive is rumored to be heading to the East Coast by means of a non-public import.

Right here is our personal video overview of the BMW Skytop: