BMW M8 Competition Rental in Orange County
The satin black BMW M8 Competition with a brown interior is a Prometheus Exotics rental based in Orange County, our only M8 and the quickest BMW we run, 3.0 seconds to sixty. The satin finish holds its shape in direct sun rather than a mirror, and the grand tourer body makes it the pick for a distance run toward Palm Springs, not a canyon day.
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How It Drives
The M8 Competition takes the same 4.4 liter twin turbo V8 and 617 horsepower used in our M5 and puts them in a longer, lower body. Sixty comes in 3.0 seconds, the quickest car on our BMW row. The V8 has a heavy, unhurried delivery that suits the shape, and all wheel drive means all of it is usable from a stop without a second thought. It is a grand tourer rather than a canyon car, so it rewards the freeway run out toward Palm Springs more than a tight road. Comfort mode is where it belongs for most of a day, and it turns three hundred miles into something you would happily do again.
How It Photographs
Satin black is the reason to book this car over any other BMW in the fleet. A satin finish does not reflect light the way gloss does, so the body reads as one continuous shape in direct Orange County sun instead of turning into a mirror, which is what happens to gloss black cars along the coast. It photographs as expensive and slightly sinister, and it is unmistakable in a moving shot near the harbor in Newport. The brown interior gives you warmth to cut to once a door is open. Treat the paint carefully in framing, since satin shows fingerprints and dust more readily than gloss, and shoot it clean.
Why This One
The quickest BMW we run at three seconds flat to sixty, and the only satin finish on our BMW row. Satin does not reflect the way gloss does, so the shape holds in Orange County sun where a gloss black car would turn into a mirror. It is also the only long grand tourer we keep with this badge, which makes it the BMW to book for a distance run out of Orange County toward Palm Springs rather than for a canyon day. Everything else on our BMW row is smaller and busier.
What's On This One
This is the M8 Competition, satin black outside with a brown interior, our only M8. The satin finish is a factory paint option, and the trim brings the carbon roof, quad tailpipes and 20 inch wheels standard, along with the M multifunction seats trimmed here in full brown leather. Power comes from the 4.4 liter twin turbo V8 at 617 horsepower and 553 lb-ft, sent through all wheel drive to a 3.0 second 0-60 and a 201 mph top speed. Four seats with two truly usable and two occasional, in a coupe shape, and brake pedal feel that switches between Comfort and Sport as a menu item.
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