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BMW 840I vs Mercedes-Benz AMG GT

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BMW 840I
BMW 840I

2020 price

Mercedes-Benz AMG GT
Mercedes-Benz AMG GT

$366,500 - $409,600

2025 price

Summary

2020 BMW 840I
2025 Mercedes-Benz AMG GT
Safety Rating

Engine Type
Turbo 6, 3.0L

BI Turbo V8, 4.0L
Fuel Type
Premium Unleaded Petrol

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Fuel Efficiency
7.9L/100km (combined)

14.6L/100km (combined)
Seating
4

4
Dislikes
  • Not as macho as rivals
  • Second row accommodation
  • Expensive

  • Firm ride
  • Road/tyre noise intrusion
  • No spare wheel
2020 BMW 840I Summary

Phwoar. Mate!

Or should I say, M-eight-fifty-I. That’s right. This is the all-new, 2020 BMW M850i Gran Coupe, the first ever example of its kind. It’s a big, long, luxury, sporty, coupey thing. And it’s gorgeous.

The BMW 8 Series 2020 range includes this new Gran Coupe body style, and also the Coupe and Convertible models. This particular model, the M850i xDrive Gran Coupe, is essentially BMW’s answer to, say, the Audi RS7. Or one of the many Porsche Panamera variants. Or the Mercedes-Benz CLS or Mercedes-AMG GT 4 door Coupe

Like those cars it has svelte looks, striking dimensions and a sledgehammer engine under its long, shapely bonnet. This is first ever 8 Series Gran Coupe, as it essentially stands in place of the existing, now defunct, 6 Series Gran Coupe. But it’s bolder, bigger and more brutal - just take note: this isn’t a full-scale ‘M8’ Gran Coupe. It has more of a luxury speed cruiser angle to it, arguably like a Mercedes-AMG CLS 53, not the full-fat AMG 63.

The question is, then, should you buy it over one of its established rivals?

Let’s figure it out together, shall we?

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2025 Mercedes-Benz AMG GT Summary

Once upon a time, people would dream about owning a Mercedes-Benz 450SLC – the C107 sports/luxury coupe flagship of the 1970s.

Sexy, stylish, secure and incredibly solid, it embodied the brand’s ‘Engineered Like No Other Car' mantra of the era.

Today’s all-new, second-generation, C192 AMG GT Coupe is something of an indirect descendant of this sort of thinking, changing tack from its supercar-esque 2014 C190 predecessor, with more space, more seats, more sensibility and, conversely, even more steak and sizzle from its glorious V8.

A modern-day SLC? The Porsche 911, Aston Martin DB12, Maserati GranTurismo and Bentley Continental GT’s worst nightmare? Or something else entirely?

These questions and more are answered below.

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