- BMW unveiled the handsome Concept Speedtop at the 2025 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este in Italy.
- The Speedtop is a shooting brake version of the Skytop revealed last year, pairing sharp styling with a leather-coated cabin.
- Like the Skytop, the Speedtop will enter limited production, with 70 units planned.
BMW has a long history of unveiling concept cars at Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, the prestigious historic car show on the shores of Lake Como in Italy, and is back with another stunner this year. Following the 2024 Concept Skytop, BMW has now pulled the covers off the Concept Speedtop, essentially a shooting brake version of last year’s convertible. And just like the 8-series-based Skytop, the Speedtop will enter limited production.The Speedtop largely shares its design language with the Skytop, with narrow slits for headlights and a pointed shark-nose front end. The illuminated kidney grille features the same horizontal strakes, while the same strong character line runs from the headlights to the taillights, creating muscular rear haunches. The main difference between the Speedtop and Skytop is the roofline, which now extends rearward to create a hatchback.As on the Skytop, the hood features a spine that rises from the metal. On the Speedtop, this spine is emulated on the roof with a raised bar that flows into the rear spoiler. The roof also features a color gradient, with the paint shifting from the main Floating Sunstone Maroon hue to Floating Sundown Silver. The Speedtop rides on unique 14-spoke wheels with a two-tone finish and features hidden door handles that consist of an upturned chrome piece along the window trim.On the InsideThe cabin also looks almost identical to that of the Skytop, which in turn looks like the cabin from the 8-series coupe on which both limited-production cars are based. The Speedtop gets a two-tone interior with Sundown Maroon leather on the dashboard, center console, and upper door panels and Moonstone White leather on the seats and lower three-quarters of the doors. A thin strip of light embedded in the headliner mirrors the central spine on the roof, and several Speedtop badges adorn the cabin as a reminder of the car’s special character. The trunk is nearly as nice as the cabin, lined in leather and featuring the soft glow of LED lighting that wraps around the entire cargo hold. The Speedtop has no rear seats, instead featuring two shelves for bags, each with a leather strap to keep luggage in place. BMW worked with Italian leather-goods maker Schedoni to create matching bags for these compartments, as well as a larger duffel bag for the trunk.BMWBMW didn’t reveal much about what is going on under the Speedtop’s dramatic sheetmetal, simply stating that it features the “most powerful V-8 engine currently offered by BMW.” Extrapolating from what we know about the Skytop, that likely means that the Speedtop features a 617-hp twin-turbocharged 4.4-liter V-8, connected to all four wheels via an eight-speed automatic transmission.While production of the Skytop was limited to 50 units, BMW will build 70 examples of the Speedtop and said the order books are now open. There’s no official word on price, but the Skytop was rumored to cost over $500,000, and we imagine the Speedtop will be priced similarly.More Limited-Edition BMWsCaleb Miller began blogging about cars at 13 years old, and he realized his dream of writing for a car magazine after graduating from Carnegie Mellon University and joining the Car and Driver team. He loves quirky and obscure autos, aiming to one day own something bizarre like a Nissan S-Cargo, and is an avid motorsports fan.
Source: caranddriver.com
