BMW decided to replace the 6 Series Coupe and Gran Coupe with the 8 Series, which didn’t end up selling as well as BMW had hoped. So after this generation of 8 Series is dead, the nameplate will go back into hibernation, just as it did after the E31-generation 8er did in the ’90s. In a few years, though, BMW might have the opportunity to bring the 6 Series back, as an electric grand touring car, built on the Neue Klasse platform. And it absolutely should.
When BMW finally releases the Neue Klasse series of cars, it’s going to have a scalable, flexible platform on which to build all sorts of cars. Small cars, big cars, sports cars, and SUVs. All can and will be built on Neue Klasse. So there’s certainly room for cars like the 6 Series. But which 6 Series would make sense to bring back?
Imagine this gorgeous thing but electric
The one that makes the most sense is the BMW 6 Series Gran Coupe. That car is one of the best looking BMWs of all time and still drops my jaw every time I see one on the road. It’s just so perfectly proportioned and it looks both muscular and elegant. It’s a gorgeous design and one that BMW should try and bring back, at least in spirit. An added benefit is that customers seem to be leaning more toward four-door “coupes” than traditional sedans. The idea is that you get the sleeker looks of a coupe with the added practicality of a sedan. Four-door coupes are sort of killing off both the traditional two-door coupe and four-door sedan, so if BMW were to revive the 6er, it’d likely be as a gran coupe.
However, I think there’s also space for a traditional two-door coupe and, if I were making the decisions in Munich, there’d be one. Can you just imagine, for a moment, an electric BMW 6 Series coupe? That sounds fantastic, so long as BMW were to style it properly. Give it a futuristic version of the last-gen 6 Series’ design and you’ve got a smash hit on your hands.
The main thing BMW would have to get right is the price, though. It needs to be a…
