BMW is keeping the 8-Series flame alive a little while longer with a new special edition celebrating the model's heritage, announced Thursday at Monterey Car Week — and it’s called the 2026 BMW M850i Edition M Heritage. Only 500 of these special edition 8-Series will be made, all of them in Gran Coupe form.
What’s so special about this model? BMW is celebrating the original 8-Series and giving folks the option to choose one of five exterior colors that the E31 generation debuted in at the 1989 Frankfurt Motor Show. These include Bright Red, Mauritius Blue metallic, Cosmos Black metallic, Oxford Green metallic and Daytona Violet metallic.
Additionally, the carbon fiber roof comes standard, and BMW adorns it with model-specific M tri-color accents stripes. It’s also fitted with 20-inch bi-color wheels wrapped in summer performance tires, the M Sport Professional Package (which includes M Sport brakes with black calipers) and both the Shadowline light and trim packages.
The interior doesn’t try to upstage the exterior, as the only color available is black. That said, it’s a luxurious black, as the combination of Individual Full Black Merino leather and Alcantara upholstery on the seats is unique to this special edition. The seats feature a non-illuminated M logo, and Alcantara is generously used throughout the interior; also unique from other 8-Series is a matte finish carbon fiber trim for the center console. You’ll be able to instantly tell this 8-Series apart upon stepping in thanks to door sill plates reading “M850i Edition M Heritage” and a cupholder cover bearing “1/500” script.
Everything else is business as usual for the M850i Gran Coupe. The 4.4-liter twin-turbo V8 under the hood is unchanged, sending 523 horsepower and 553 pound-feet of torque through an eight-speed automatic transmission. You won’t have to worry about ticking any option boxes either, as every possible one is automatically included in this special edition. Just pick one of the five colors, and go on your merry way. The whole package is priced at $131,575, which is $21,000 more than a standard M850i Gran Coupe. Production begins in November, and BMW promises deliveries in the first quarter of 2026.
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