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The BMW Speedtop has been spied carving its way around the Nürburgring, and it looks every bit as menacing as its concept promised. Wrapped in heavy camouflage but betrayed by that signature kidney grille, the upcoming shooting brake was filmed putting in serious laps at the venue every serious manufacturer must conquer before signing off on a performance flagship.
The footage, captured by YouTube channel Carspotter Jeroen, catches the prototype attacking the corners of the Green Hell at varying speeds. While the disguise hides much of the bodywork, the silhouette is unmistakably BMW, and the urgency of the testing suggests the Bavarian marque wants this coachbuilt machine to walk the walk, not just turn heads on a concours lawn.
Underneath that sculpted skin sits the bones of the BMW M8 Competition, giving the Speedtop genuine sporting credentials. First shown as a design study at the 2025 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, it was greenlit for a strictly limited run of just 70 units. Every single example has reportedly already found a buyer, which means this lap of the Nordschleife is one of the few public glimpses anyone will get.
Power comes from a 4.4-litre twin-turbocharged V8 producing 617 horsepower, mated to an eight-speed automatic gearbox feeding an all-wheel-drive system. There is no hybrid assistance here, just a proper combustion engine pulling the shooting brake forward, marking it as something of a throwback in an age of electrified everything.
Design cues borrow heavily from BMW’s heritage, with the silhouette nodding to the Z3 M Coupé “Clown Shoe” and the curvaceous Z8 roadster. Up front, a sharp shark-nose treatment is flanked by the slimmest LED headlights BMW has ever fitted to a road car. Owners even receive a three-piece bespoke leather luggage set crafted by Italian house Schedoni, sealing the Speedtop’s status as the second chapter in BMW’s revived coachbuilding tradition after the 2024 Skytop targa.
