{"id":13818,"date":"2022-01-25T20:19:44","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T01:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=13818"},"modified":"2022-01-25T20:19:44","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T01:19:44","slug":"photo-comparison-bmw-8-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=13818","title":{"rendered":"Photo Comparison: BMW 8 Series — LCI Facelift versus Pre-LCI Facelift"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s genuinely difficult to spot the differences between the newly LCI facelifted BMW 8 Series<\/a> and the pre-LCI car. BMW rightfully wanted to keep its investment into updating the 8 Series down, as it just doesn\u2019t sell well enough to likely justify a big-money refresh. Naturally then, the 8 Series\u2019 LCI facelift was subtle to say the least.<\/p>\n

Honestly, unless you\u2019ve already owned an 8 Series for a few years and have come to know it inside and out, you won\u2019t notice any differences between the old car and the new. To be fair to BMW, though, the 8 Series\u2019 styling was never a real issue, as it\u2019s always been a good looking car. However, it\u2019s still getting a bit old now, and new competition is coming, so it needs a bit of refreshing. But has the LCI facelift done anything worthwhile?<\/p>\n

Up Front<\/h3>\n

Looking at both cars head on, there\u2019s really only one substantial difference between the newly facelifted car and the old one; the grille. On the new car, the grille slats are wider and they come illuminated as standard. The 8 Series\u2019 grille was always fine \u2014 not particularly good looking or bad looking, just fine \u2014 but it looks a bit more interesting on the new LCI car. The as-standard illumination also makes it look a bit more special.<\/p>\n

From the Side<\/h3>\n

If you can show me any significant differences between the old car and the new LCI car from the side, I\u2019ll show you a liar. The two cars are identical from the side, with no noticeable changes made for the LCI facelift. However, that\u2019s not such a bad thing, as the 8er was always great looking in profile. Still, anyone hoping for updates will be disappointed.<\/p>\n

Out Back<\/h3>\n

The same goes for the rear, where there are no appreciable differences between the two cars. I thought the LCI model might get some more three-dimensional taillights, as the X3 LCI did, but no such updates were made. Instead, the newly LCI\u2019d car looks exactly the same as the pre-LCI car.<\/p>\n

Inside<\/h3>\n

One the inside, the only major changes made were to the BMW M8, which gained carbon fiber bucket seats<\/a> from the M3 and M4. Standard 8 Series models don\u2019t really receive any changes, except for a steering wheel that has a hollow bottom spoke. The rest of the cabin is the same. BMW didn\u2019t even give it the updated iDrive system from the iX and i4.<\/p>\n

Overall<\/h3>\n

BMW barely made any changes to the 8 Series, inside or out. Thought, looks were never its problem, so that\u2019s not really a big deal. Especially when you consider the fact that the 8 Series was a pretty poor seller for BMW. However, for current 8 Series customers hoping to get a couple of updates for when they trade their car in, they\u2019ll instead find the exact same car and, likely, some disappointment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s genuinely difficult to spot the differences between the newly LCI facelifted BMW 8 Series and the pre-LCI car. BMW rightfully wanted to keep its investment into updating the 8 Series down, as it just doesn\u2019t sell well enough to likely justify a big-money refresh. Naturally then, the 8 Series\u2019 LCI facelift was subtle to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":13819,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}