{"id":42575,"date":"2023-02-10T15:28:58","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T20:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=42575"},"modified":"2023-02-10T15:28:58","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T20:28:58","slug":"bmw-m8-isle-of-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=42575","title":{"rendered":"BMW M8 Convertible in Isle of Man Green: Chicago Auto Show 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite its relative lack of sales success and the fact that it never lived up to its hype, the BMW M8<\/a> is still one of the brand\u2019s best looking cars. It\u2019s also an incredible long-distance GT car, even if it isn\u2019t all that thrilling to drive hard. It has gobs of power, a comfy suspension, and long enough legs to drive hundreds and hundreds of miles, at triple-digit speeds, in one sitting. As a convertible, it\u2019s even better. So even through it isn\u2019t particularly new or special in BMW\u2019s lineup, we just had to snag some photos of it in Isle of Man Green<\/a> at the Chicago Auto Show.<\/p>\n

With the recent BMW M8 LCI facelift, it gained quite a few new colors, such as Marina Bay Blue, Dravit Grey, Skyscraper Grey, Frozen Grey Metallic, and Frozen Tanzanite Blue. However, none are as popular as Isle of Man Green. The gorgeous green color, named after independent island in the Irish Sea, was first introduced on the G80 BMW M3<\/a> and instantly became one of its most popular colors. However, I don\u2019t think anyone would argue that the G80 M3 is better looking than the BMW M8 Convertible. The latter is far prettier and it wears the M3\u2019s color even better than the M3 could ever dream of.<\/p>\n

The BMW M8 Convertible\u2019s low, wide, aggressive design works really well in Isle of Man Green and the contrasting black soft-top roof, wheels, and accents work perfectly. The M8 isn\u2019t without flaws (actually, it has several) but its looks are not one of them. In this color, it\u2019s even prettier than usual.<\/p>\n

Inside, this specific BMW M8 Convertible has an unusual choice of black and Sakhir Orange interior. While it\u2019s a nice interior in isolation, I\u2019m not sure it works with the green exterior paint. Something like the Midrange Beige would have worked better with green. However, the Alcantara-covered dashboard is an interesting touch and one I would like to see and feel in person. Alcantara is a lovely material and one that feels expensive but I don\u2019t know how well it will hold up to being cooked in the sun underneath the windshield over many years.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a long time since I\u2019ve driven a BMW M8 but it\u2019s a great GT car with stunning looks. Adding a great color like Isla of Man Green and dropping the top makes it even better. I hope I get to drive one just like this before the 8er gets killed off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Despite its relative lack of sales success and the fact that it never lived up to its hype, the BMW M8 is still one of the brand\u2019s best looking cars. It\u2019s also an incredible long-distance GT car, even if it isn\u2019t all that thrilling to drive hard. It has gobs of power, a comfy suspension, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42576,"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-42575","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\/42575","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/42576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}