BMW M8 Competition Sounds Brutal With Titanium Exhaust

Granted, that's not the only modification that's been done to this savage BMW M8 Competition; it also benefits from some aftermarket turbochargers, a performance intake system from E-Venturi, and an ECU remap. The result of all this is 820 peak horsepower and up to 693 lb-ft of torque. You know, just in case thefactory 3.0-second 0-to-60 timewasn't enough for you.

But none of those other mods have had as much of an impact on the sound as the titanium exhaust, which gives this M8 a crisp, raspy timbre the factory exhaust just can't match, with lots of crackling, popping goodness off-throttle.

If there's a downside to titanium, which is as lightweight as it is durable, it's the price; a full BMW M8 coupe exhaust kit will run you around $8,500. That sum would get you one heck of a nice E30 3-Series, giving you something to tool around town in whenever your M8 Competition is in the shop, but after actually hearing this Akrapovic exhaust at full-chat, that's not as easy a choice as we'd anticipated.

The BMW M8, launched for 2019, is the first 8-Series ever to wear BMW's fabled M badge. It comes standard with AWD and an eight-speed automatic transmission from ZF - a winning combinationin terms of outright performance, but a regrettable one when it comes to driver involvement. Oh well.