BMW i8 production is coming to an end in April, ... It has a mid-mounted 1.5-liter turbocharged three-cylinder engine driving the rear wheels along with an electric motor, ...

They called it a Batmobile. A transformer. A midlife crisis. Whatever you call it, the BMW i8 plug-in hybrid sports coupe with scissor doors was the most talked about car in the neighborhood. Kids … ...

The plug-in hybrid BMW i8 retired in 2020 without a direct successor, ... such as a more realistic-looking front end with bigger headlights and a new-look rear end with horizontal iX-like lights, ...

It could also set the Bimmer world on fire with its retro M1-inspired style—it could have rear louvers, people! i8 Future and Past. BMW Vision M ... with an electric motor on the rear axle.

But this 2015 BMW i8 green supercar has all the earmarks of a slam-dunk project, ... just in front of the rear axle and it drives only that axle, so the i8 is technically a through-the-road, ...

At a press conference today, BMW outlined some of its future plans for the coming years. Among those plans is the launch of a convertible version of the i8 plug-in hybrid sports car, which will ...

The BMW i8 is the most significant and forward thinking car on the road today. This is BMW's vision of the future, and, for once, the future is no longer doom and gloom. The future is a positive ...

Read about the 2014 BMW i8 in this Motor Trend first test review, ... pushes 228 hp and 184 lb-ft to the rear axle and is mated to a six-speed automatic transmission.

As BMW’s i8 nears production, ... it’s mid-mounted and works the rear rollers—driving one set of wheels, ... At the front end, ...

This pairing nets 357 total horsepower and 420 pound-feet of torque. BMW says the duo move the rear-drive i8 from zero to 60 mph in 4.2 seconds, on its way to a 75-mph top electric-only speed, and ...

BMW's i8 is both a car and a preview of the marque's future. ... of taking the rear axle to the edge of adhesion and having the car talk back to you—in the i8, those are a little skewed.