BMW is the company that has a reputation for building rather excellent track toys as well as comfortable expresses with practicality and economy in mind. All of that sounds great, but the cars never seem to have a unique feel to them. You know what I mean, they never were truly exotic, apart from a few classics. All that changed when the 8 series was unveiled in the 1990s.

Let’s discuss design. There is something so right about it. It is very exotic and pure while still managing to look very, very BMW. The lines are smooth and clean. The popup headlamps, specifically on this one are a marvel to behold in terms of aesthetics. The interior can be described as extremely function oriented crossed with cracking luxury for its time.

BMW offered 2 flavours for us to savour what was under that long hood. A thumping 4 litre V8 and a silky smooth 5 litre V12. There was also an uprated 4.4 litre V8 and a performance oriented 5.6 litre V12 in the 850 CSI. Honestly speaking, both the V8 and the V12 suit this car perfectly. What to choose depends on what you’re looking for. The choices are, a roaring, fun little track toy that doubles as a continental blaster, or a silky and elegant cruiser designed to break speed limits and please the ears.

According to a certain legend, if you place a coin upright on the V12 block and fire it up, the engine runs so smooth and refined that the coin wouldn’t tip over. The V8 however, is a completely different animal.

Second hand prices may be extremely tempting, but high maintainance, a labour intensive “When gone wromg” suspension setup, parts getting rarer, as well as thirsty engines are major considerations. But having said that, the car itself is quite strong due to robust engine block cores and of course, German engineering, ensuring second to none build quality. To conclude, its an exotic with germanic engineering, huge smiles per miles and exotic looks. For that price, this is what we call, a buy.

–  Abhyjith. K. Ashokan

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