While it's likely that the 8 Series will go more
the way of the grand tourer and will lose some of the sporty aspects of the 6 Series, we do have high hopes for it.
Not exact matches
It's a great
grand tourer for a long road trip, and it can also stop at a racetrack along the
way and hold its own in terms
of performance.
But think
of it this
way: Ferruccio Lamborghini, whose name is on the door, founded the company to build
grand tourers — powerful, comfortable cars designed to cover long distances at high speeds.
Some might argue the Nissan GT - R is more a
grand touring car than a sports car, but given the
way it goes, calling Nissan's supercar a
grand tourer is something
of an insult.
Ferrari is best known for their performance models, but they also make cars that are considered «
Grand Tourers» — cars suited for fast driving over long distances, or, to put it another
way, the kind
of car Jeff Bezos might take on a road trip.
The Bentley Continental GT traces its lineage all the
way back to 1952 when the R - Type Continental became one
of the world's first
grand tourers.