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Georg Kacher,
30 April 2013 09:30
BMW is putting the finishing touches to its i8 supercar. We've already given the lowdown on the first Project i car - the i3 production car - but now we can reveal exactly what will make it to showrooms on the i8 plug-in hybrid supercar. Tipping the scales at 1450 kilos, the i8 will be exclusively available as a plug-in ...
4.5
Tim Pollard,
02 April 2012 09:04
BMW will chop the top off the i8 hybrid at the 2012 Beijing auto show - and it's unveiled photos of its new i8 Spyder convertible supercar a few weeks ahead of the expo in China. It's a sign that Munich will offer a convertible i8 alongside the tin-top coupe when BMW i8 sales kick off in 2014. This one ...
Engineers continue to test the BMW i8 ahead of its launch at a motor show in 2013 - and our friends over at Bimmerpost have snapped this spy video of the i8 on test in the Arctic snows. The mid-engined 2+2 coupe goes on sale in 2014. A low-flung 2+2-seater equipped with pop-up doors and wing-like rear spoilers, the ...
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Ben Pulman,
29 July 2011 11:00
This is the BMW i8 Concept, a near-production preview of Munich’s new plug-in hybrid supercar. Audi and Mercedes might have stolen a march on BMW with the R8 and SLS respectively, but while its rivals prepare limited-run electric versions of their supercars, BMW is putting this i8 into proper mass production in just two years time. The BMW i8, and its i3 EV ...
3.5
Tim Pollard,
10 March 2011 09:35
BMW is developing its new i8 hybrid supercar and our new spy shots capture the radical BMW coupe on winter test in Scandinavia. The i8 is based on the Vision Efficient Dynamics concept car, and these scoop photos suggest it will stay remarkably faithful to that show car’s design. BMW i8: a Vision Efficient Dynamics supercar for the road Great ...
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Tim Pollard,
05 November 2010 13:04
BMW today gave the green light for production of the dramatic Vision EfficientDynamics hybrid supercar shown at the 2009 Frankfurt motor show. Munich admitted today that the tech underpinning the concept car was 'completely or virtually production-ready' and said that the car will be launched very much as shown in Frankfurt. It has started roadgoing tests of the 2+2 EfficientDynamics ...
3.5
Tim Pollard,
07 June 2010 09:16
BMW is actively considering a new range-topping supercar model in the spirit of the M1 and Z8, CAR has learned. Global sales and marketing chief Ian Robertson said the company had other priorities, but that there remained a desire to showcase the brand's sporting aspirations. 'We have never replaced the M1, although we have made ventures in that direction,' he ...
4.5
Tim Swietochowski,
29 August 2009 23:01
Thought sports cars had no future? BMW disagrees. Its new Vision EfficientDynamics concept car is a high-performance 2+2 mixing supercar performance with the emissions of a small hatchback. It's the frontispiece of the Germans' stand at the 2009 Frankfurt motor show and a major eco landmark for the Bavarians. The new BMW Vision EfficientDynamics concept uses a titchy 1.5-litre three-cylinder ...
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Ben Pulman,
28 August 2009 12:49
BMW has launched a teaser video for the Vision EfficientDynamics sports car concept that it will unveil at the 2009 Frankfurt motor show – and we've today published a new (sadly teaser again) photo of the green coupé from our friends over at IAAblog.com And how much does the teaser video reveal of the BMW EfficientDynamics Vision concept? Not a lot ...
