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The BMW 8 Series had everything going for it - striking looks, an almighty V12 engine and BMW chassis engineering, all the ingredients to replace the legendary E24 6 Series. So why did it fail against Porsche, Mercedes and Jaguar? Phil took a late 840 V8 for a test drive...
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Chapters
0:00 Why Did The 8 Series Fail?
0:44 BMW At Its Peak
1:14 High Tech
1:40 Styling
1:54 Interior
2:05 What Could Go Wrong...?
2:37 Improvements - V8 Added
3:12 Unreliability
3:33 BMW's Supercar?
3:47 Driving Impressions
4:15 The Perfect Grand Tourer
4:51 A Flawed Genius