[nggallery id=2238 template=customlinks] Despite being shown again at the 2016 CES, the BMW i8 Spyder – the convertible take on the i8 plug-in hybrid – won’t arrive as a production car in 2016. It’s almost four years since a concept version of the BMW i8 Spyder was first revealed in Beijing, and despite a production […]
Looks like the BMW i8 Spyder is about to go in to production UPDATED
[nggallery id=1013 template=customlinks] The BMW i8 Spyder – the open-top version of BMW’s i8 eco supercar – was revealed in 2012 as a concept and now looks, finally, to be going in to production. Update: BMW has now revealed a new i8 Concept (presumably one that’s more or less production-ready) will be revealed at the Consumer […]
BMW i8 premiums have disappeared – cars now selling at list
[nggallery id=1638 template=customlinks] The BMW i8 – BMW’s hybrid supercar – was attracting premiums of up to 50 per cent just eight months ago, but you can now get a new one at list price. When hugely appealing cars arrive at the top end of the market, deep-pocketed car lovers are often prepared to pay […]
BMW X5 xDrive 40e revealed – the production X5 plug-in hybrid – promising 85mpg
The production version of the X5 eDrive plug-in hybrid – the BMW xDrive 40e – has been revealed ahead of a public debut at next month’s New York motor show. [nggallery id=2077 template=customlinks] We’ve already seen BMW’s plug-in hybrid X5 as a concept at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 2013, but now it arrives as an […]
First BMW i8 for US to be auctioned at Pebble Beach
The first BMW i8 – BMW’s hybrid supercar – for the US market is to be auctioned off at Gooding and Co’s sale at the 2014 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. The other end of the scale from BMW’s i3 City Car is the BMW i8 Supercar and, despite its modest 1.5 litre range-extender engine for […]
BMW i8 plug-in hybrid supercar is more economical than BMW thought
With the BMW i8 plug-in hybrid supercar about to go in to production, BMW has revealed their new £100k supercar is even more frugal than expected. [nggallery id=1638 template=customlinks] The production version of BMW’s plug-in hybrid supercar – the i8 – finally arrived at the Frankfurt Motor Show last year offering almost proper supercar price […]
BMW i8 – launch name for Vision EfficientDynamics. Possibly.
The rumourmill is declaring that the BMW Vision EfficientDynamics will come to market in 2013 as the BMW i8. Update 29-7-11: BMW has now revealed the BMW i8 Concept. BMW i8 Concept Photo Gallery Update: BMW has now revealed its new eco sub-brand as BMW i, and revealed that the Vision EfficientDynamics will indeed be the […]
BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Supercar priced
Ian Robertson, BMW Sales and Marketing Director, revealed at the lainch of the 1 Series M Coupe that the BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Supercar will cost less than £150,000. Just like every car maker on the planet BMW is working on hybrids. So far they’ve been sensible and have used hybrid powertrains to do what they […]
BMW Vision EfficientDynamics gets green light +video
BMW has announced that their hybrid diesel electric supercar from Frankfurt 2009 – The BMW Vision EfficientDynamics – will go in to production in 2013. Probably the biggest show stopper at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show was the BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Concept, which offered a diesel hybrid setup withn two electric motors, M3 levels of […]
BMW to develop small hybrid with Peugeot Citroen
BMW and Peugeot Citroen (PSA) have entered in to a joint arrangement to produce a front wheel drive hybrid powertrain and components. Hybrids may be just a passing fad, but that’s not stopping car makers piling in to them in droves to battle CO2 and emissions targets. For BMW, their hybrid foray has so far […]