{"id":83762,"date":"2025-09-18T12:18:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T16:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=83762"},"modified":"2025-09-18T12:18:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T16:18:50","slug":"bmw-coupe-future-4-series-8-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=83762","title":{"rendered":"BMW Still Deciding on Successors to Its 4 Series and 8 Series Coupe Models"},"content":{"rendered":"

Traditional two-door coupe models are hard to come by in 2025, irrespective of segment or brand. BMW is one of only a handful of brands still in the segment in any meaningful way, but it\u2019s getting harder to shop for a two-door from Bavaria. Of the three coupe models BMW offers \u2014 2 Series, 4 Series, and 8 Series \u2014 one, the 8 Series<\/a>, is nearly entirely phased out production. Another, the 4 Series, is over halfway through a regular BMW production cycle, having been on sale since 2021. And in exclusive talks with Bernd Koerber, Senior Vice President BMW Brand and Product Management, we learned that the brand hasn\u2019t completely decided what\u2019s coming next for the upmarket duo of two-doors.<\/p>\n

BMW is Still Planning When It Comes to Coupes<\/h3>\n

When asked whether or not coupes \u2014 historically, a driver-oriented and emotional model rather than one with any sort of practical benefit \u2014 still have a home with a brand increasingly focused on electrification, Koerber is non-committal. \u201cWe are still in the making of decisions,\u201d he starts. We have 8 Series, we have 4 Series. So, what\u2019s the succession plan? We\u2019re still in there. So, nothing definite.\u201d Dauntingly cautious, although he does emphasize that the brand views internal combustion and electrification on a \u201ccontinuum.\u201d This could imply EV and gas-powered coupes are on the horizon, but of course, BMW has not confirmed that yet.<\/p>\n

Koerber does offer some reassurance when further asked, though. Even better, he acknowledges that even if a product doesn\u2019t necessarily appear in a direct succession, it doesn\u2019t mean BMW left the segment. \u201cWe are all car lovers,\u201d Koerber says, \u201cthat\u2019s why we will always try to find ways. Even if there\u2019s sometimes, for various reasons, technology, architecture, platform move over, etc, and we create a gap.\u201d He claims the brand always looks into ways around obstacles; or, \u201chow can we make it work?\u201d as he says. That said, Koeber\u2019s aware of what his company ultimately needs to do: sell cars. \u201cOf course, at one point it also has to make economic sense,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Niche Projects Make Sense Financially<\/h3>\n

We\u2019ve seen that approach already with highly-limited models, like the Speedtop<\/a> and Skytop<\/a>, both which make sense financially at their $500,000 price point. Koerber also discussed the importance of \u201cprofitable niche\u201d vehicles. \u201cIf we can make it work, we will do it, really,\u201d Koerber says.<\/p>\n

The BMW 8 Series ends production some time in early 2026, although exactly when is still unclear sine BMW has not officially communicated that. The 4 Series is also rumored to stay in production until 2028. In the mean time, the Bavarians gave the 4 Series a facelift<\/a> for the 2025 model year. Normally, facelifts (or LCI, Life Cycle Impulse, in BMW-speak) only come when a car has hit the halfway point in its scheduled production run.<\/p>\n

If BMW hasn\u2019t yet committed to a succession path, it may be awhile before we see a truly new version of either. At least now we know it may not be \u201cgoodbye,\u201d just \u201csee you later.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Traditional two-door coupe models are hard to come by in 2025, irrespective of segment or brand. BMW is one of only a handful of brands still in the segment in any meaningful way, but it\u2019s getting harder to shop for a two-door from Bavaria. Of the three coupe models BMW offers \u2014 2 Series, 4 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83763,"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-83762","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\/83762","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=83762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/83763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}