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The high-tech BMW i8 is a revelation in the supercar sector, offering staggering performance without the associated high running costs
For:
Stunning looks, low running costs, fantastic performance
Against:
Cramped rear seats, road noise, small boot
The BMW i8 really does redefine what a supercar can be. With looks that are the stuff of a bedroom poster, including ground-hugging proportions and ‘butterfly’ doors, it’s BMW’s most striking car ever. The performance is brutal too, with a 4.4-second 0-62mph sprint, while the handling us up there with the very best sports cars.
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But here’s the thing: its official average fuel consumption rating is 134.5mpg, and CO2 is 49g/km. Those near-miraculous numbers come because the i8 is a petrol-electric hybrid, and the culmination of all BMW’s engineering knowhow. It’s not the perfect supercar by any means, but it’s more stunning and more futuristic than anything else close to its price.
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The BMW i8 is a real departure from what you think you know about the supercar market. This is a car with pace to rival the best sports cars, and marks an achievement of true innovation in terms of design, performance, and efficiency. In years to come, we may end up looking back on the i8 as the supercar that saved the supercar from extinction.
Though it sits alongside the clever little i3 in BMW’s eco-friendly ’i’ range, the i8 is a different offering altogether. It mates a daring, rakish design and head-turning looks with an advanced plug-in hybrid powertrain. This all sits on a chassis made from carbon-fibre reinforced plastic ( CFRP) which BMW developed at great expense specifically for its electric cars.
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In some ways the powertrain isn’t really original – plenty of other hybrids mate petrol and electric motors to achieve good fuel efficiency – but it’s the way they’re combined in the i8 that’s mesmerising. It places a 1.5-litre three-cylinder turbo engine – also found in the MINI Cooper – behind the driver, and links it to an electric motor at the front.
Nothing too sci-fi there, but the combination of a 228bhp MINI engine driving the rear wheels and a 139bhp electric motor driving the fronts gives the i8 stunning, instant acceleration and four-wheel drive traction.
It boasts a total of 357bhp and 570Nm of torque and, as a result, the BMW i8 will blast from 0-62mph in just 4.4 seconds and onto a top speed of 155mph. It’s not quite Ferrari 488 GTB territory, but it’ll give most Porsche 911s a fright, and runs the Audi R8 close.
That puts the BMW i8’s £100, 000 price point into perspective. In fact, combined with its zero-VED status and 134.5mpg fuel efficiency rating, it looks a relative bargain.
Is it perfect? No. The reality is that you can’t have that much technology working away in a sports car and make the driving experience feel truly ‘natural’ ( a fake engine noise is piped into the cabin through the speakers, for example) but it does a very good job of trying. It’s also not as economical in real life as it is on paper, not by any means.
But still, no other sports car of this type and price can come close to its efficiency, or its sense of futuristic occasion, and that makes the i8 truly special.
Engines, performance and drive
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The hybrid setup isn’t necessarily original, but this is the most exciting one there’s ever been – the i8 drives like a supercar
A sports car with a three-cylinder engine doesn’t sound like the most thrilling prospect in the world, but thanks to the assistance of an electric motor, the i8 feels every bit as quick as an Audi R8.
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