{"id":82467,"date":"2025-05-19T07:41:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T11:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=82467"},"modified":"2025-05-19T07:41:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T11:41:14","slug":"bmw-new-one-off-car-teaser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=82467","title":{"rendered":"BMW Is Teasing A New One-Off Car, But What Is It? (Update)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>UPDATE: BMW Group Head of Design Adrian van Hooydonk has shared a new teaser image, reinforcing our suspicion of a Skytop-based coupe\/shooting brake.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DJ0-BYvozDA\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" readability=\"0\"\/>\n<p>It\u2019s been over a month since BMW promised a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2025\/04\/03\/new-one-off-bmw-concorso-deleganza-villa-deste\/\">new one-off car<\/a>. We\u2019ll finally see the mysterious vehicle at the Concorso d\u2019Eleganza Villa d\u2019Este later this week. In the meantime, teaser images are making the rounds on social media, prompting fans to try to unlock the mystery. We\u2019re only told it\u2019s a \u201cdynamic, elegant, exotic\u201d car, but one detail could betray its identity.<\/p>\n<p>A close-up of the rear shows dual strips of thin LEDs, one shorter than the other, serving as taillights. Look familiar? Pictured below, last year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2025\/04\/24\/bmw-skytop-auto-shanghai-2025\/\">Skytop concept<\/a> had a similar rear light design. Although BMW has yet to show the production version, these teasers are unlikely to preview a road-going model. After all, the German luxury brand said it would unveil a new concept rather than a rehash of an existing showcar.<\/p>\n<p>BMW describes the new one-of-a-kind model as an \u201celegantly sporting one-off designed to provide motoring pleasure for two.\u201d Assuming it\u2019s related to the Skytop, what could it be? We\u2019re noticing the same electrically operated winglets built into the beltline to open the doors. Another teaser shows a sharply angled tailgate with a large roof spoiler. That doesn\u2019t look like a convertible, does it?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_476422\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-476422\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bmw-skytop-09.jpg\"><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-476422 size-medium\" title=\"bmw-skytop-09\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bmw-skytop-09-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bmw-skytop-09-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bmw-skytop-09-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bmw-skytop-09-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bmw-skytop-09-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bmw-skytop-09.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-476422 size-medium\" title=\"bmw-skytop-09\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20830%20553%22%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bmw-skytop-09-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bmw-skytop-09-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bmw-skytop-09-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bmw-skytop-09-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bmw-skytop-09-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bmw-skytop-09.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\"\/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-476422\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BMW Skytop concept<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Another droptop model wouldn\u2019t make much sense, so we\u2019re leaning toward something with a fixed roof. We\u2019d be curious to see a coupe version of an already gorgeous car. A more practical shooting brake would be equally exciting. It would help heal the wounds after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2024\/02\/28\/bmw-z4-touring-production-ruled-out\/\">Z4 M40i-based Concept Touring Coupe<\/a> wasn\u2019t greenlit for production.<\/p>\n<p>If BMW is doing a second version of the Skytop, it could be the last hurrah for the 8 Series. A coupe or shooting brake would likely be based on the M8 Coupe, which has already been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2024\/12\/22\/bmw-m8-coupe-production-ends-early-2025\/\">pulled from the U.S. market<\/a>. The Skytop concept has since evolved into a 50-unit production car, so here\u2019s hoping a fixed-roof counterpart also gets the thumbs-up from Munich executives. The targa-topped stunner was an instant success and could\u2019ve encouraged the higher-ups to approve a follow-up derivative. Fingers crossed.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 Concorso d\u2019Eleganza Villa d\u2019Este kicks off Friday, May 23, so the wait is almost over.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DJ0-MiuOpk3\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" readability=\"0\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: BMW Group Head of Design Adrian van Hooydonk has shared a new teaser image, reinforcing our suspicion of a Skytop-based coupe\/shooting brake. It\u2019s been over a month since BMW promised a new one-off car. We\u2019ll finally see the mysterious vehicle at the Concorso d\u2019Eleganza Villa d\u2019Este later this week. In the meantime, teaser images [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":82468,"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-82467","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\/82467","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=82467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/82468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}