05/10/2026
There are cars that age.
And then there are cars that simply become more alien with time.
The BMW i8 remains one of Munich’s most audacious acts of automotive futurism, a carbon-fibre silhouette conceived long before electrification became ordinary, and rendered with the kind of theatricality modern design rarely dares to attempt.
For this example, subtlety was dismissed entirely.
Its exterior was meticulously refinished in a Bentley-inspired Piano Gloss Black, a finish of almost obsidian depth, where light does not merely reflect off the surface, but appears to dissolve into it.
Then came the full carbon Electric Berserker bodykit.
Sharper. Lower. More architectural.
The i8’s original futurist form has been recast into something considerably more sinister, a machine that feels less like a grand tourer and more like a concept car that escaped homologation.
Black lacquer over carbon architecture.
Electricity beneath sculpture.
And a silhouette that, even after all these years, still looks as though it arrived several decades too early.
BMW i8
• Bentley-inspired Piano Gloss Black refinish
• Electric Berserker bodykit
A full exterior transformation by COATCONUT
Not restored.
Reinterpreted.