For years now BMW has used the to , and this year is no different as BMW just revealed the Concept Skytop, a two-seat grand tourer that seems perfectly suited to driving around Lake Como. While there’s a lot to like with the Skytop, as someone who has always been obsessed with and his time at BMW, I’m most excited by the Skytop bringing back the Bangle Butt. Now, the butt isn’t exactly the same as it was when Bangle was actually at the helm of BMW design, but you can’t tell me the Skytop doesn’t give you total vibes.
I’m actually quite a big fan of a lot of — as you can probably tell for my love for the Bangle era, my favorite BMWs are the weirdest ones — but there’s no denying the Skytop is beautiful and a big improvement over the company’s current big coupes. The Skytop is based on the current , and it’s not hard to imagine that it previews what the next-generation 8 Series could look like. (who actually penned the E63 6er based on Bangle’s prior Z9 concept) says the Skytop is meant to evoke the 503 of the 1950s, one of BMW’s most wonderful cars, as well as from 1998.
The Skytop is one of BMW’s best modern interpretations of the shark nose front end, with angled kidneys almost meeting where the front end comes to a point and super thin LED headlights. The front bumper has large intakes but is blissfully fully body color and simpler than . The rear end is similarly clean, with prominent round exhaust tips and Z8-like taillights.
The haunches are f.
