Peter Lyon
September 1, 2025
Australian-Malaysian coachbuilder Bufori has a surprise for the supercar world. Its new CS8 arrives like a lightning bolt in bespoke-car form — a hand-built grand tourer that sounds, looks and feels deliberately excessive, and will set you back over $500,000.
The launch of the CS8 is especially symbolic, taking place in the week of Malaysia’s Merdeka celebrations, a proud reminder that this world-class creation is designed, engineered, and handcrafted entirely in Malaysia. The CS8 represents the pinnacle of Bufori’s design and engineering capabilities,” said Gerry Khouri, Founder and Managing Director of Bufori Motor Car Company. “It is a car built for those who demand quality, attention to detail, practicality, and uncompromising performance. The CS8 is predictable, forgiving, and durable.
Under the long bonnet sits a front-mid, 6.4-litre Hemi supercharged V8 that Bufori quotes at 810 hp and 750 Nm. That power is sent to the rear wheels through a rapid 8-speed transmission with the result being a claimed 0–100 km/h time of 3.0 seconds.
The CS8’s bones are old-school coachbuilding married to modern composites: a carbon-Kevlar hybrid body bonded to a stiff chassis, with visible structural carbon and deliberately exposed brightwork where the craftsmen have polished stainless details by hand. At roughly 1,550 kg kerb weight, the CS8 aims to balance brute power with lightweight construction to keep the GT manageable rather than monstrous.
Handling is pitched toward high-speed grand-touring rather than racetrack knife-edges. Brembo brakes (six-piston fronts, four-piston rears) and a tuned chassis give the CS8 the stopping and composure its power demands, while a suspension setup and long wheelbase—stretched from earlier prototypes—promise a planted ride that soaks road irregularities while still turning in with confidence. In short: fast, composed, and rather grown-up for an 800-hp car.
Visually the CS8 mixes classic coachbuilt proportion with modern drama: long overhangs, sweeping hips and bespoke two-door coupe lines wrapped in bespoke paint and optional exposed carbon. The look is more GT than super-sharp hypercar, meant to announce wealth and taste rather than outrun it.
Inside, Bufori leans into artisanal luxury: hand-stitched leathers, carbon trim, and supportive 8-way electric Recaro seats, with an infotainment and instrumentation package described as modern but not over-complicated — the kind of tech that serves a driver rather than steals attention from the road. Expect a high degree of personalisation; each CS8 is made to order.
Pricing reflects that rarity: launched in Malaysia from about $517,800 (RM2,188,000) on-the-road, the CS8 will be built in Bufori’s Kepong facility and offered first in Malaysia and select overseas markets via direct order and bespoke sales channels — think private clients, collectors and specialist dealers rather than volume showrooms.
CARLIST THOUGHTS
Whenever I see a story like this—one that raves about an old-school gas-guzzling V8-powered supercar and coach builders building it using age-old techniques, it warms the analog foundations of this old soul–even though I know that electrification is the future. The CS8 is less a mass-market car and more a crafted statement: a loud, luxurious over-the-top GT that blends handcrafted finishes, old-world coachbuilding and a modern, supercharged roar.
