BMW M8 GTE

The BMW M8 GTE is an endurance grand tourer car constructed by the German manufacturer BMW, developed from late 2016 and making its competitive debut in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the FIA World Endurance Championship in the 2018 season, which marked BMW Motorsport's return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans after a six-year hiatus. It replaced the M6 GTLM at the end of the 2017 season, is based on the M8, and was unveiled on 12 September 2017 at the Frankfurt Motor Show. BMW began development, design and construction in mid-2016, with the first chassis assembled in June 2017 and the first vehicle completed in July. It is the first car BMW Motorsport built from the ground up as an LM GTE homologated vehicle rather than from an existing design, using technologies such as additive manufacturing for rapid prototyping and a transaxle.