{"id":85633,"date":"2026-05-26T10:07:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T14:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=85633"},"modified":"2026-05-26T10:07:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T14:07:27","slug":"bmw-speedtop-wagon-test-spy-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=85633","title":{"rendered":"BMW\u2019s Gorgeous V8 Two-Door Wagon Caught High-Speed Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"post-summary-wrap\">\n<h3 class=\"post-summary-title\">Article Summary<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"post-summary-list\">\n<li>The Speedtop is an M8 turned into a two-door wagon with only two seats.<\/li>\n<li>It uses BMW&#8217;s most powerful non-electrified V8 engine in history.<\/li>\n<li>Production is limited to 70 units, all of which have already been sold for an unconfirmed 500,000 euros.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p>People have mixed feelings about BMW\u2019s design language of the early 2020s. Nevertheless, many seem to agree the Speedtop is among the company\u2019s best work in recent years. It\u2019s already been a year since the two-door wagon broke cover at the Concorso d\u2019Eleganza Villa d\u2019Este, yet production still hasn\u2019t started. An M8 transformed into a two-seat shooting brake, the ultra-exclusive Touring has now been spotted stretching its legs at the N\u00fcrburgring.<\/p>\n<p>How exclusive? We know for a fact that BMW is building only 70 cars. Unsurprisingly, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2025\/08\/02\/bmw-speedtop-sold-out\/\">all of them have been pre-sold<\/a>. While pricing remains unconfirmed, insiders have told us the Speedtop changed hands for \u20ac500,000. If our sources are correct, the gorgeous wagon carried roughly the same price tag as the Skytop. The latter came out in 2024 as a targa-topped M8 with an even smaller production run of just 50 units. These are the most expensive BMWs ever, topped only by the 3.0 CSL, which is said to have cost \u20ac750,000.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear why BMW even bothered camouflaging the test car. After all, the Speedtop will look almost identical to the concept that previewed it. If it\u2019s anything like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2026\/01\/27\/bmw-skytop-production-model-synthetic-leather-roof\/\">Skytop<\/a>, the production version will barely change, aside from the addition of sensors and whatnot. All 70 cars are expected to feature the same design, minus the camouflage, of course. The wagons destined for BMW\u2019s wealthiest customers will likely retain the concept\u2019s elegant two-tone 14-spoke wheels, a design not shared with any other model.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bmw-concept-speedtop-villa-d-este-2025-09.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-500954\" title=\"BMW CONCEPT SPEEDTOP VILLA D ESTE 2025 09\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bmw-concept-speedtop-villa-d-este-2025-09-830x554.jpg\" alt=\"BMW CONCEPT SPEEDTOP VILLA D ESTE 2025 09\" width=\"830\" height=\"554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bmw-concept-speedtop-villa-d-este-2025-09-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bmw-concept-speedtop-villa-d-este-2025-09-1535x1024.jpg 1535w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bmw-concept-speedtop-villa-d-este-2025-09-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bmw-concept-speedtop-villa-d-este-2025-09-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bmw-concept-speedtop-villa-d-este-2025-09-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bmw-concept-speedtop-villa-d-este-2025-09.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>BMW Speedtop Has A Pure V8 Engine<\/h2>\n<p>The spy footage captured by car paparazzi shows that even low-volume models based on existing cars must undergo the same rigorous track testing as regular BMWs. It\u2019s highly unlikely any future Speedtop owner will ever drive the car this hard around the Nordschleife. This prototype featured a roll cage in the back, but needless to say, it won\u2019t make it to the production version.<\/p>\n<p>The Speedtop uses a V8 engine, but not BMW\u2019s newer S68 found in M Performance and full-fat M models. Instead, it sticks with the older S63, a twin-turbocharged 4.4-liter unit from the previous generation that skips electrification entirely. The engine is borrowed from the now-defunct M8 Competition, where it produced 617 horsepower. However, this likely won\u2019t be the brand\u2019s last pure-V8 model, as we know next year\u2019s confirmed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2026\/04\/22\/bmw-confirms-v8-power-for-new-7-series\/\">eight-cylinder M Performance 7 Series<\/a> won\u2019t be a plug-in hybrid either.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, this won\u2019t be the last time we see the Speedtop. Given the car\u2019s rarity and eye-watering asking price, owners will probably be reluctant to put many miles on them. Even so, it\u2019s only a matter of time before one shows up in affluent hotspots like Monaco.<\/p>\n<p><iframe type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"cmplazyload\" data-cmp-vendor=\"s30\" data-cmp-purpose=\"c52\" title=\"2027 BMW Speedtop Prototype Limited Shooting Brake Luxury Touring Caught Testing At The N\u00fcrburgring\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-cmp-type=\"text\/plain\" data-cmp-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9HQ-x2n2W0U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Article Summary The Speedtop is an M8 turned into a two-door wagon with only two seats. It uses BMW&#8217;s most powerful non-electrified V8 engine in history. Production is limited to 70 units, all of which have already been sold for an unconfirmed 500,000 euros. People have mixed feelings about BMW\u2019s design language of the early [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85634,"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-85633","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\/85633","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=85633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/85634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}