i8 Leaked? BMW i8 Spyder

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[EnI]

 

[SCOTT27]

Ah Lanzorotte.

 

[Rainer271]

BMW i8 Roadster: Alle Bilder und Infos zum offenen Plug-in-Hybrid

 

[Rainer271]

2019 BMW i8 Coupe and Roadster Highlights:
• Battery cell configuration allows 12 hp increase in peak output to 141 hp and 184 lb-ft of torque.
• Updated high-voltage battery with increased capacity and range (capacity up from 20 to 34 Ah and gross energy capacity from 7.1 to 11.6 kilowatt hours (kWh, net energy capacity: 9.4 kWh))
• Now covers up to 18 miles (preliminary) in purely electric driving
• 3-cylinder gasoline engine (228 hp / 236 lb-ft) with improved sound
• Total power output increased to 369 hp (+12 hp)
• Accelerates 0 to 60 mph in 4.2/4.4 seconds (preliminary) Coupe and Roadster, respectively, in hybrid mode
• Approximately 70 MPGe (preliminary figures)
• New exterior colors E-Copper and Donnington Grey.
• New Tera World Copper with E-Copper upholstery.
• Carbon Fiber Interior Trim.
• Carpo interior design is standard on both models, for the BMW i8 Roadster exclusively in Ivory White/Black and for the BMW i8 Coupe in Ivory White. New optional Accaro interior trim in Amido/E-Copper. Model-specific “Roadster”/“Coupe” lettering on the C-pillars.
• BMW i8 Roadster's full electric soft top opens/closes in under 16 seconds and while the vehicle is in motion at up to 31 mph
• Roadster's soft top folds away into space saving three segment 'Z’ shape
• Roadster has model-specific tuning for the springs, damping and Dynamic Stability Control. Both models come as standard with Dynamic Damper Control.
• Roadster equipped standard with 20-inch wheels each weighing around 2.2 pounds less than the lightest wheels previously available the i8. Four additional wheels options are available.
• Standard specification for both models comprises the Navigation system Professional, BMW Display Key, Driving Assistant incl. Surround View, and a mode 2 charging cable. Tile-based menu design in Control Display, with live mode. Options include BMW Head‑Up Display with model-specific content, non-dazzling BMW Laserlight with BMW Selective Beam, and acoustic pedestrian warning.
• BMW i8 Roadster unladen weight of 3,513 pounds (132 pounds more than i8 Coupe) (preliminary figures)
• Sales commence in spring 2018
• Price to be announced closer to market launch.

World Debut of the BMW i8 Spyder and New 2019 BMW i8 Coupe

 

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[CrunchSlaughtered]

Where is the improvement?

 

[Cashmere]

Where is the improvement?

The new website. --> BMW – Sheer Driving Pleasure

 

[CrunchSlaughtered]

or Sheer Surfing Pleasure

 

[Centurion]

I think the sales volume for this car will be exceptionally low. It might even be more rare than the LaFerrari Alperta.

 

[CrunchSlaughtered]

BMW missed the chance to limit the production run of the i8 to smth like 4000 from the beginning, before the enthusiasm expired. In that way it would made it legendary instead of the humiliation it suffers now.

 

[SCOTT27]

The new website. --> BMW – Sheer Driving Pleasure

They are still in process of updating the web site. Once the other luxury models are introduced with the Bayerische Motoren Werke branding there will be a separate site within the site. No longer will you see the X5,7er,8er and X7 slumming it with the 1er or 3er.

BMW i8 Coupé : Bilder & Videos

 

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Innovative 3-D printing in the BMW i8 Roadster.

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[Wunderkind]

Surely this car takes the cake for being the most useless car on the decade.

................and I was a fan of the original i8.

 

[Star&Car]

I'm never a fan of the cartoonish look of the i8.

 

[Matski]

Surely this car takes the cake for being the most useless car on the decade.

................and I was a fan of the original i8.

How so?

 

[EnI]

Surely this car takes the cake for being the most useless car on the decade.

Any vehicle, car etc that successfully performs its essential function - transporting you from point A to point B - is NOT useless. Period. Regarding it's shape, size, performance, consumption etc. Perhaps some cars are not optimal but useless they aren't!

 

[Wunderkind]

How so?

BMW promised it was going to be a game-changing high performance sports car when it was launched. The tinny three-cylinder engine is underwhelming to say the least and its electric module is nothing ground breaking, even when it was launched. Its straight-line performance is mediocre at best and was just on par with the bottom-rung 911 Carrera (its handling is nowhere near that of a 911).

The carbon structure didn't bring that much weight-saving and not scalable game-changer that would put BMW at the very top of composite technology.

The only good things of the i8 remain it's styling and bespoke interior.

 

[Matski]

BMW promised it was going to be a game-changing high performance sports car when it was launched. The tinny three-cylinder engine is underwhelming to say the least and its electric module is nothing ground breaking, even when it was launched. Its straight-line performance is mediocre at best and was just on par with the bottom-rung 911 Carrera (its handling is nowhere near that of a 911).

The carbon structure didn't bring that much weight-saving and not scalable game-changer that would put BMW at the very top of composite technology.

The only good things of the i8 remain it's styling and bespoke interior.

You're clearly a glass half empty kinda guy.

I'd accept underwhelming in some respects, but "most useless car of the decade" is simply hyperbole for the sake of it if all you're basing it that statement on is it not being as good as a 911. The carbon structure also allows it to be around the same weight, or lighter than some of the competition, and again, if you regard it as "useless" because it doesn't put BMW "at the very top" of composite technology, then again, I'd say that's just hyberbole.. it suggests that only one company using CFRP can ever not be useless.

.. I mean, they could have made it EV only, charged a million dollars for it, and hardly sold any, let it weigh 300kg MORE and made it less than a second quicker.... but hey, why would they want to step on Audi's toes

 

[EnI]

BMW promised it was going to be a game-changing high performance sports car when it was launched.

And that's what it is. It's not a supercar ... It has never been promised to be one. But game-changing (PHEV with CF body) high-performance (on the level of eg M cars) sports car (it's a 2+2 GT coupe).

Some expected from i8 to be a supercar but that had never been BMW's plan. Misinterpretation? Miscommunication?

Sometimes media & journalists expect something from a certain product that's not in line with customers' expectations & needs. Criteria "journalists" use for judging & reviewing a certain vehicle are very biased & usually based on PERSONAL expectations & neeeds & preferences of the reviewer.