Car Review
The BMW M850i Coupe Is the Unicorn You’ve Been Waiting For
Faster and better-looking than the M cars, and $100,000 cheaper than a Bentley Continental GT, BMW’s newest coupe checks all the boxes.
Photographer: Daniel Kraus
You could be forgiven for mistaking BMW’s latest coupe for a Ford Mustang.
Both are two-door sports cars with smoothly sloped fastback rooflines and punchy, softly rounded front ends. Their tilted headlights are angled up on the sides so they look ready for some rather aggressive antics. Their short backsides end with the upward lilt of a tiny lip set just above the trunk. Compared side-by-side in a parking lot last week, the BMW looked like a slightly beefier version of the ‘Stang—if not a close cousin.