M8 COMPETITION

THE FLAGSHIP

It’s easy to consider the M8 family as an M5 reconfigured to whichever of the three body styles you’ve opted for: two-door coupe or convertible, or four-door Gran Coupé. Having two 616bhp four-wheel-drive, four-door M-cars might look profligate, but the M8 Gran Coupé delivers a different driving proposition to that of an M5. Its softer-edged approach makes it more a four-door GT than a hard-nosed supersalon, yet it retains the level of performance you’d expect. Its two-door coupe relative is equally Gt-esque. As driver’s cars that straddle the world of mile-eating GTS, both coupe and Gran Coupé still offer a clear point of difference.