{"id":82068,"date":"2025-04-26T13:14:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T17:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=82068"},"modified":"2025-04-26T13:14:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T17:14:41","slug":"bmw-m-supercar-rumors-debunked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=82068","title":{"rendered":"No, a BMW M Supercar Isn\u2019t Coming \u2014 Here\u2019s the Real Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recent headlines (like this<\/a> and this<\/a>) have stirred excitement among enthusiasts, suggesting that a BMW M supercar is officially in the works. The spark for this speculation came after an interview with Sylvia Neubauer, Vice President for BMW M customers, brand, and sales, who shared some insight into the division\u2019s future plans. However, allow us to set the record straight: while BMW M has big plans ahead, a supercar is not one of them \u2014 at least not yet.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what Neubauer actually said: \u201c[BMW\u2019s] strategy is to have a series of small-series additions that we offer to the markets. There will be something coming at Villa d\u2019Este this year, and probably some future small-series editions with the \u2018M\u2019 designation.\u201d She continued, emphasizing that, \u201cHalo models have that positive spillover effect on the brand and on the product portfolio. You\u2019re making a certain customer group very, very happy with these dream cars. Even those that cannot afford the car, they admire the brand. This will be part of our future road map as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked about the idea of a dream car, Neubauer added: \u201cThat question you asked about a dream car? You can trust us, we are working on it internally to make that happen one day. Are we dreaming of dream cars, and is BMW M a very entrepreneurial company where you can really make things happen? Yes, let\u2019s wait for the right time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some publications, however, jumped the gun and rushed to \u201cconfirm\u201d that a BMW M supercar is imminent. But according to our sources \u2014 and in the spirit of clarity, especially when BMW itself can\u2019t publicly correct every rumor \u2014 the reality is different.<\/p>\n

The Hypercar That Almost Happened (But Didn\u2019t)<\/h3>\n

First, there is no BMW supercar currently in development, neither from BMW AG nor from the M division. It\u2019s true that, in the past, BMW explored the idea of a hypercar producing around 1,300 horsepower,<\/a> this is not the BMW i16<\/a> project everyone wrote about. We were told the hypercar project was 99% ready from a business perspective. However, with market conditions shifting \u2014 particularly in the EV hypercar segment where vehicles priced above one million euros are not easy to sell \u2014 the board ultimately decided to pull the plug.<\/p>\n

Second, within BMW M itself, there is no active supercar project underway either, at least based on our reliable sources. Enthusiasm for such a halo car certainly exists among the engineers and leadership, but none of the business cases proposed so far have made enough sense to greenlight a project.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s Next for BMW M? Think Special Models, Not Supercars<\/h3>\n

What Neubauer most likely hinted at is the internal desire for a dream car within BMW M, a passion that has surfaced repeatedly over the years. But more realistically, she was referencing future limited-edition M models, like the usual CS<\/a> and CSL lineup, and\/or beyond. Thanks to the flexibility of the CLAR platform \u2014 which supports vehicles ranging in size from the M2, to the M3\/M4, and even to the M5 and M8 \u2014 BMW M could create exclusive variants using familiar underpinnings.<\/p>\n

If anything, we expect the next steps to involve smaller, highly exclusive editions of their most popular performance cars, such as the M2, M3, or M4. But from that to declaring that a full-blown BMW M supercar is happening? That\u2019s a major leap \u2014 and not one supported by current facts.<\/p>\n

As always, we\u2019ll continue to monitor developments inside BMW M. For now, though, any talk of a new BMW M supercar remains just that \u2014 talk. [Top Photo provided by Steve Saxty \u201cBMW by Design\u201d books and BMW]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Recent headlines (like this and this) have stirred excitement among enthusiasts, suggesting that a BMW M supercar is officially in the works. The spark for this speculation came after an interview with Sylvia Neubauer, Vice President for BMW M customers, brand, and sales, who shared some insight into the division\u2019s future plans. However, allow us […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":82069,"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-82068","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\/82068","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=82068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/82069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}