BMW i8 is a truly special car, one that the Bavarian automaker won’t be quick to replicate. It is a very unique proposition primarily thanks to its design, but the fact that it’s a plug-in hybrid ...

Despite what you might think, the BMW i8 is not a vehicle that actually depends solely on electricity for its power. Besides the electric motor there is also a turbocharged 1.5-liter 3-cylinder ...

I still remember the day I’ve first seen the i8 in the flesh, admiring the outlandish design and swing-up doors. The attention this car generates has also fascinated me, but the sound left me with, ...

The BMW i8 has always been a bit of an oddity, no doubt due to the fact that there is simply no other sports car on the market quite like it. Powering the i8 is a turbocharged 1.5-liter three-cylinder ...

When its concept version was unveiled in 2009, the BMW i8 looked like an emissary from another, greener planet. Eight years later—eons in sports-car terms—the i8 remains a true original, a plug-in ...

I'm driving between road courses at BMW's test facility in the South of France. The preproduction i8 is nearly silent, a slight whine from the front-mounted electric drivetrain makes it into the cabin ...

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