Bern, Switzerland - ClubE31.com and 8er.ch are pleased to announce their merger, effective Monday, 28-July-2008 to form 8er.org, creating a new organization dedicated to the BMW 8 Series (E31) with over 1,000 members.

The Concept CS Coupe is confirmed to be the basis for the next BMW 8 Series.  According to BMW CCA columnist Bob Roemer in his July 2008 "Heard on the Strabe"column, BMW will be launching the new coupe as a two-door coupe/convertible and four-door coupe.

Through the key help of a German 8er owner, the exterior colors for USA-spec 850CSi's are now 100% identified.  The last remaining unidentified USA-spec 850CSi  (chassis CD00002) with code 490 (Special Order Color) has now been identified as FJORDGRAU METALLIC (code 310).

Progress has been made to narrow the list 8er-specific option codes from the BMW 8 Series Inventory Project.  There are at least 175 option codes for the E31 platform.  Each option code will have the English and German language details.