2023 BMW M8 Competition

Make

BMW

Model

M8 Competition

Year

2023

Listed price

$92,995

Location

Akron, Ohio

Transmission

8-Speed Automatic Sport

Mileage

20,282 miles

Perfect Auto Collection Signature Listing 2023 BMW M8 Competition Convertible VIN WBSDZ0C0XPCM77958 | 20,282 miles Grey paint, black roof, and then it folds away and the whole thing turns orange. Why We Acquired This Vehicle The M8 Competition sits at the top of everything BMW M builds, and the Convertible is the version that makes the least sense on a specification sheet and the most sense on a road. Its 4.4-liter twin-turbocharged V8 produces 617 horsepower and 553 lb-ft, M xDrive puts all of it down, and the whole thing reaches 60 mph in roughly three seconds - with nothing overhead. This example arrived with its factory build sheet, which records a total suggested price of $155,405 against a $143,700 base and shows exactly what was ordered rather than leaving it to be guessed. What that sheet describes is a car specified around being driven open - the seat and cabin heating, the flagship audio, and the neck-level warm-air system that only exists because BMW expected the roof to be down. It is finished in Brooklyn Grey Metallic with a black soft top over a Sakhir Orange and black interior, which is a far braver order than the dark-on-dark most of these received. Closed, it reads as a restrained grey coupe. Open, it is something else entirely. At 20,282 miles it has been driven as intended and looked after while being driven. The verified appointments are detailed in full below. At a Glance Highlights Sakhir Orange/Black Full Merino Leather Moonlight Black Soft Top Neck Warmer Bowers & Wilkins Diamond Surround Sound System Brooklyn Grey Metallic Paint 20-Inch M Star-Spoke Bicolor 813M Wheels M Compound Brakes with Red Calipers M Shadowline Lights Icon Adaptive LED Headlights with Laserlight Soft-Close Automatic Doors Front Ventilated Seats Heated Front Seats, Armrests & Steering Wheel Driving Assistance Professional Package Driving Assistance Package Parking Assistant Plus Black All Weather Floor Mats Exterior: Brooklyn Grey | Interior: Sakhir Orange/Black 20,282 miles 4.4-Liter Twin-Turbocharged V8 617 HP and 553 LB-FT 8-Speed M Steptronic Sport Transmission M xDrive All-Wheel Drive Original MSRP as Delivered: $155,405 WBSDZ0C0XPCM77958 + Additional Factory Options & Features - see the complete equipment list for the full specification The Perfect Auto Collection Experience Personalized Video Walkarounds Independent Third-Party Inspections Welcome Nationwide Enclosed Transportation Boutique, Appointment-Level Service Transparent Representation From Start to Finish Our Perspective At Perfect Auto Collection, we are less interested in what a car can do at its limit than in how often an owner will actually reach for it. The question we ask is whether the car makes its case on an ordinary week, and whether we would be proud to keep it in our own collection. This one was ordered by somebody who had thought it through. Open cars are usually bought for a handful of perfect days a year and then sit; this build is full of the equipment that extends that window - warmth at the neck and the hands, cooling for the seats, all-wheel drive, and even weather mats. The specification says plainly that the roof was meant to come down often, and the mileage suggests it did. Why Enthusiasts Value This Model The M8 is the most complete thing BMW M builds. Where a mid-engine rival asks its owner to accept compromises in exchange for pace, the M8 Competition delivers 617 horsepower through a chassis as composed on a highway as it is on a circuit, in a car with a usable trunk and a cabin built for hours rather than minutes. The Competition designation is not cosmetic: increased output over the standard M8, firmer engine mounts that tie the powertrain more directly to the chassis, and revised suspension and stability tuning. The Convertible adds the one thing the coupe cannot, which is unobstructed access to the sound of a twin-turbocharged V8 working directly behind an open cabin - and it gives up remarkably little to get there. What buyers are looking for among them is specific: the Competition rather than the base car, an interior specified in color rather than defaulted to black, a build that went past the standard order, mileage that shows the car was used without being exhausted, and factory documentation proving how it left the line. That is why a specification matters - it is the difference between a listing that claims a car is well ordered and one that can show it. Factory and Vehicle Highlights Sakhir Orange/Black Full Merino Leather The cabin is trimmed in Full Merino hide in Sakhir Orange with black, at $3,500 on the build sheet - the largest single option on this car. Why it matters: Full Merino is the highest grade BMW offers and covers surfaces that lesser grades leave in synthetic, which matters far more in an open car - with the roof down the interior is the exterior, visible to everyone the car passes, and Sakhir Orange is a color M has used on its most serious machinery for years. Moonlight Black Soft Top The fabric roof was specified in Moonlight Black, at $250 on the build sheet. Why it matters: The roof is the largest single surface on a convertible when it is up, so its color decides what the car looks like for most of the year - black against grey keeps the profile low and severe, and it is the reason this car reads as a coupe from a distance until the moment it does not. Neck Warmer Vents in the head restraints direct warm air at the occupants' necks and shoulders, at $500 on the build sheet. Why it matters: This option exists for one reason and has no purpose in a coupe - it is what makes the difference between a roof that comes down in July and a roof that comes down in April and October, which is most of the argument for owning a convertible at all. Bowers & Wilkins Diamond Surround Sound System The Bowers & Wilkins Diamond system replaces the standard audio installation, at $3,400 on the build sheet. Why it matters: An open cabin is the hardest environment any car stereo faces, because there is no roof to contain the sound and wind noise rises with speed - only a system with genuine headroom stays coherent with the top down, which is precisely where the standard installation gives up. Brooklyn Grey Metallic Paint The exterior was specified in Brooklyn Grey Metallic. Why it matters: Grey is the quietest thing you can do to the outside of a car, and here it is doing deliberate work - it sets up the contrast with an orange interior that nobody sees coming, which is a far better joke than a loud exterior and a black cabin would have been. 20-Inch M Star-Spoke Bicolor 813M Wheels The car rides on twenty-inch M Star-Spoke 813M wheels in a bicolor finish, with staggered high-performance tires. Why it matters: A bicolor finish machines the spoke faces bright and leaves the recesses dark, so the wheel holds shadow and looks like a component rather than a disc - and the staggered fitment puts the wider rubber at the rear, where M xDrive sends the majority of the torque. M Compound Brakes with Red Calipers The M compound brake system is fitted with calipers finished in red. Why it matters: Compound construction joins a cast iron friction ring to an aluminum hat, which removes unsprung weight at the wheel where the suspension feels it most - and on a car whose only other exterior color is the roof, the red calipers are the single warm note outside. M Shadowline Lights M Shadowline darkens the internal detailing of the headlight and taillight units. Why it matters: Bright reflector housings are what make a switched-off headlamp look empty, and darkening them turns the lights into solid shapes in the bodywork - a small change that does more for how the front of a grey car reads than most people expect. Icon Adaptive LED Headlights with Laserlight BMW Laserlight extends the high beam's reach substantially beyond a conventional LED unit, with adaptive and no-dazzle high-beam control. Why it matters: The best time to drive an open car is often after dark on an empty road, and headlight range is the real limit on how quickly anyone can do that safely - this is the option that makes the late drive as good as the afternoon one. Soft-Close Automatic Doors The doors draw themselves shut from the latch rather than requiring a firm pull. Why it matters: Frameless glass in a convertible has to seat precisely against the roof or the seal leaks and whistles, and soft-close removes the guesswork - it closes the door to exactly the right pressure every time, which is worth more here than on a car with fixed window frames. Front Ventilated Seats The front seats are actively ventilated in addition to heated. Why it matters: Hide sitting under direct sun with no roof over it gets hotter than any closed-car interior ever does, so ventilation here is not about comfort at the margin - it is what stops a leather seat from being unusable after an hour parked with the top down. Heated Front Seats, Armrests & Steering Wheel Heating extends beyond the seat cushions to the armrests and the steering wheel rim. Why it matters: Paired with the warm air at neck level, this is the other half of the same idea - heat applied at every point the body actually touches the car, which is how an open-top drive stays pleasant when the air temperature says it should not be. Driving Assistance Professional Package The Professional package adds adaptive cruise control with stop and go, lane-keeping support, and extended traffic jam assistance for limited-access highways, at $1,700 on the build sheet. Why it matters: Driving with the roof down is genuinely more tiring than driving closed - wind, sun, and noise accumulate over a few hours - so equipment that removes the workload from the dull highway sections is what determines whether the good road at the end still gets enjoyed. Driving Assistance Package The package provides active blind spot detection, lane departure warning, and rear cross-traffic support, at $100 on the build sheet. Why it matters: A fabric roof and its folding mechanism create blind areas well beyond anything a glass rear window produces, so the monitoring is covering real void rather than duplicating a mirror - and at a hundred dollars it is the most obviously worthwhile line on the entire sheet. Parking Assistant Plus The package brings surround-view cameras with a 3D view, active park distance control, and reversing assistance. Why it matters: The rear three-quarter view over a stowed roof is worse than over a raised one, which is the opposite of what most people assume - the 3D view puts the car's actual corners on a screen so the driver is not guessing from a seat that sits low between high shoulders. Black All Weather Floor Mats All-weather rubber mats were specified alongside the standard carpeted set, at $145 on the build sheet. Why it matters: Ordering weather mats for a convertible says the owner expected to be caught out occasionally and planned for it - a modest, practical line that fits the rest of a specification clearly built around using the car rather than storing it. 4.4-Liter Twin-Turbocharged V8 The 4.4-liter twin-turbocharged V8 produces 617 horsepower and 553 lb-ft in Competition tune. Why it matters: In a coupe this engine is something you feel; with the roof stowed it becomes something you hear properly for the first time - the hard edge at the top of the range and the overrun between shifts reach the cabin unfiltered, and that is the entire reason to choose this body style. 8-Speed M Steptronic Sport Transmission The eight-speed M Steptronic gearbox offers three selectable shift-speed settings with paddle control on the wheel. Why it matters: The three settings matter more in an open car because the difference is audible rather than only felt - the softest lets the V8 cruise without interrupting a conversation, and the hardest turns every upshift into a distinct crack a few feet behind your head. M xDrive All-Wheel Drive M xDrive distributes power to all four wheels with a rear-biased split, working with an Active M Differential. Why it matters: All-wheel drive is what makes this a convertible with a long season rather than a short one - the roof can stay up through a cold or wet month and the car remains entirely usable, which is not true of a rear-driven equivalent on summer tires. Behind the Wheel Roof up and left in its softest settings, the M8 Competition Convertible is remarkably easy to live with. The adaptive dampers absorb broken pavement, the gearbox shifts without comment, and the insulated fabric roof keeps the cabin quiet enough that nothing about a commute is a compromise. Lower the roof and the car becomes a different proposition entirely. The V8 stops being a distant presence and starts being the loudest thing in your world, the torque arrives everywhere at once, and 617 horsepower in open air is a considerably more vivid experience than the same figure under a roof. What impresses is how composed it stays while delivering it - the structure never protests, and the chassis behaves as though nothing were missing above. For the right owner, this is not simply a fast convertible. It is the one for the driver who wanted supercar pace, an open sky, and a car that would still be pleasant on the drive home in November. Preparation and Buying Confidence Before presentation, each vehicle is evaluated for cosmetic condition, mechanical integrity, and the ownership experience it is prepared to deliver. Our process includes a comprehensive exterior and interior detail, with paint correction where appropriate. Key wear items such as tires and brake components are evaluated against our internal preparation standards. This vehicle is offered with our 7-day return policy and a 2-month / 300-mile limited warranty, subject to eligibility and written terms. We can also provide high-resolution photography, a personalized walkaround, available factory documentation, vehicle-history review, and coordination of an independent inspection. The Perfect Auto Collection Difference Carefully curated luxury, exotic, and performance inventory Transparent representation and detailed condition conversations Personalized live or recorded video walkarounds Independent third-party inspections welcomed Nationwide enclosed transportation assistance Factory build-sheet and vehicle-history review Product Specialists focused on long-term relationships, not pressure Frequently Asked Questions Can I purchase this vehicle remotely? Yes. 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