BMW pulled the covers off the Speedtop at the 2025 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este on the shores of Lake Como, Italy, this weekend.
The Speedtop is a follow up to last year’s slinky Skytop convertible unveiled in the same location. The two cars are closely related, with the two vehicles sharing their doors, and everything forward of the windscreen.
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Both cars have a V-shaped front end with slim headlights, and smooth surfaces that stand in stark contrast to the somewhat brutalist designs adorning many of the brand’s latest models.
Aft the rear door is a much longer quarter window, while at the back there’s a steeply raked windscreen, for a wagon. The tailgate only extends as far as the slim LED tail-lights, meaning the lift over height to get lugged into boot is quite high.
Despite the extended roof line, and fully enclosed cabin, the Speedtop is strictly a two-seat affair. Instead of a rear bench, there are two luggage receptacles with leather holding straps.
Schedoni, a Italian leather goods manufacturer specialising in road trip luggage, has crafted a pair of bags to fit in those slots, as well as weekend bag that fits in the Speedtop’s leather-lined boot. A much larger storage area lies under the boot floor, which is propped by gas struts.
According to BMW the Speedtop is equipped with the company’s most-powerful road-going V8 engine, which would mean the 460kW/750Nm 4.4-litre twin-turbo V8 from the M8 Competition. In that car, the V8 is mated to an eight-speed automatic transmission, and drives all four wheels.
Under the skin, both the Speedtop and Skytop are based on the 8 Series, and this connection is most evident when you step inside.
Whereas the exterior is completely shares no panels with the 8 Series, the cabin is a straight lift, although every conceivable surface has been retrimmed in the softest-looking leather.
The dash, upper doors, steering wheel and central armrest are finished in Sundown Maroon to match the exterior’s Floating Sunstone Maroon paint.
The seats and lower section of the door, centre tunnel and glovebox are clad in contrasting Moonstone White leather.
Although the Speedtop is being presented a concept car, it will produced in a limited run of 70 cars, and sold to “collectors and connoisseurs”. Last year’s Skytop was also put into production, and its production run is capped at 50 cars.
No word on how much the Speedtop will cost, but it will likely be over US$1 million (A$1.5 million).
BMW’s other unveiling at Lake Como this year was the BMW M2 CS, which lies at the other end of the design spectrum.
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