i8 [Hot!] BMW i8 - test drives & reviews


The BMW i8 is a plug-in hybrid sports car developed by BMW. The i8 was part of BMW's electrified fleet and was marketed under the BMW i sub-brand. The production version of the BMW i8 was unveiled at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show and was released in Germany in June 2014. Deliveries to retail customers in the U.S. began in August 2014. A roadster variant was launched in May 2018. Production ended in June 2020.
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"The i8 is a revolutionary sports car, and a technical masterpiece to rival the new McLaren P1"
The i8 is a deeply complex car technically, in other words; in its way it’s every bit as sophisticated as the Porsche 918 Spyder or McLaren's mighty P1. Yet it costs the same as a Porsche 911.
 
Video: Radical new BMW i8 hybrid sports car driven
Radical new BMW i8 hybrid sports car driven

Steve Sutcliffe finds out whether the driving experience lives up to BMW's claims on the very best driving roads that Scotland has to offer.
 
Interesting review. He says pretty much the same as CH. Both stated that it isn't easy to make it drift and that the driving impression are something completely different from anything BMW usually provides. His remark that this is like a LaFerrari on a budget was also nice.
 
Review by Jeremy Clarkson:

"And that little engine makes quite the most intoxicating sound this side of a Ferrari V12."
If you want to enjoy this sound in a cheaper car in the bmw line up you can get 134 bhp...
Something around 190 should be easy.
 
I can't believe the BMW i8 is over 10 years old already, its design is still so modern and timeless. In my honest opinion, this car was far ahead of its time and could have even been launched today, but with some interior infotainment and battery tech updates. Its a terrific sports car.

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Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, abbreviated as BMW is a German multinational manufacturer of luxury vehicles and motorcycles headquartered in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. The company was founded in 1916 as a manufacturer of aircraft engines, which it produced from 1917 to 1918 and again from 1933 to 1945.
Official website: BMW (Global), BMW (USA)

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