BMW has formally delivered the first buyer unit of the BMW Skytop, the ultra-limited targa mannequin derived from the M8 Competitors. The handover happened at BMW Welt in Munich, the place Italian entrepreneur and racing driver Andrea Levy obtained chassis #001. The automotive will now head to Turin, Italy, to affix Levy’s 777 Assortment, marking the start of deliveries for BMW’s 50-unit coachbuilt masterpiece.
From Idea to Restricted Manufacturing
The Skytop’s arrival marks a uncommon transformation from idea to actuality. Precisely a 12 months in the past, BMW unveiled the Skytop idea on the 2024 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, a design research that shortly captured collectors’ consideration. Following the enthusiastic response, BMW authorised a small manufacturing run of simply 50 automobiles, all of which had been spoken for inside weeks.
The automotive delivered in Munich is sort of similar to the unique Villa d’Este prototype. It retains the identical proportions, surfacing, and detailing, together with the manually detachable targa roof fabricated from two leather-wrapped panels that may be saved in a devoted trunk compartment.
BMW has not launched official pricing, however a number of studies place the determine at round €500,000.
Design and Technical Highlights
The Skytop blends basic BMW GT proportions with fashionable minimalism. Its design attracts inspiration from the BMW Z8 and the BMW 503, combining an extended hood and brief rear deck with sculpted bodywork and complex surfacing.
It’s additionally the primary BMW to characteristic electrically operated winglets as a substitute of conventional door handles—flush components that reach mechanically from the beltline when the automotive is unlocked. This new design cue is predicted to look on future BMW fashions, together with the upcoming X5 (G65) and X7 (G67).
Beneath, the Skytop makes use of the M8 Competitors’s 4.4-liter twin-turbo V8 engine paired with xDrive all-wheel drive. Whereas official specs haven’t been shared, efficiency is predicted to match the M8’s 617 horsepower and 0–100 km/h time of round 3.3 seconds.
A Uncommon Sight Already on the Highway
With solely 50 models deliberate for manufacturing, the Skytop is one among BMW’s most unique tasks ever. Every instance is hand-built, combining BMW’s design experience with small-series craftsmanship extra generally seen in bespoke Italian exotics.
The primary automotive now resides in Italy, and given its rarity, design significance, and connection to the ultimate era of the 8 Collection, it’s already shaping as much as be one of the vital collectible fashionable BMWs produced within the final decade.
