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Others had mentioned this, but I have yet to see anything in the way of official confirmation.
No doubt it is currently not being built, but unless there is some official word (which may very well exist in the form of a dealership memo) it could still potentially return later this year (as noted by R&T - that's unknown). The M3 is currently facing that type of situation right now (in North America only), so it's not out of the question. On the flipside - we never saw any memo about a 6 Series coupe delay either. With the M3 we did see such a notice given.
That being said, I would not be surprised if it were genuinely gone for good. It sold in small numbers. And what other BMW could have gone two months without being in production with almost no one thinking twice about it (or discussing it)? But that being said, I would not necessarily expect the new 8 Series to be released as early as next year. It might happen, sure. However, with the X2, X4, and 3 Series Sedan launching then, it seems crowded already. I suspect it will come 2019 as an MY2020 at the earliest. Although 2019 looks set to be crowded with new BMW launches as well - 1 Series hatchback, 3 Series Touring, X5 - maybe more ("Z5"?).
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