BMW i8 News

The sophisticated plug-in hybrid powertrain of the BMW i8 sports car has been rated the top engine in this year’s International Engine of the Year Awards, the official award of British publication Engine Technology International. The i8’s powertrain consists of a turbocharged 1.5-liter...

Socially conscious criminals of Dubai, rejoice: soon, you may be apprehended in a very efficient vehicle. The BMW i8 has joined the Dubai Police force. ALSO SEE: Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson Suspended By BBC For Alleged Punch Thrown, No Show This Week Alongside exotics and hypercars like the...

If you're going to launch a low-emissions motor sport like Formula E, you'll want to extend its ethos into off-track aspects of the series too. There's little use preaching about clean electric racers if the safety car is a V-8-engined gas-guzzler, which is why the electric single-seater series has...

Regular buyers will have to pay at least $135,700 for the pleasure of owning BMW's latest sports car, the plug-in hybrid i8. But one bidder has paid significantly more than that for a special edition version that went under the hammer yesterday at the 2014 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance...

The BMW i8 is taking the world’s automotive media by storm, impressing with its style, performance, and efficiency. But soon, there’ll be an even more impressive example on the road: the one-of-a-kind BMW i8 Concours d’Elegance Edition. ALSO SEE: New Toyota Supra Powertrain...

BMW announced the list price of its i8 plug-in hybrid sports car some time ago, but now we know how much it will actually cost to get behind the wheel once various options and trim lines are taken into account. At its very least, that's $135,700, plus a standard BMW $950 destination fee—but...

The Goodwood Festival of Speed gets bigger and better every year, and there's no better sign of this than how many automakers use the show to launch special versions of their hottest performance models. This year it's the turn of BMW, which is marking the show with the debut of a 30th anniversary...

The BMW i8 is being hailed as a new kind of car. Whether you’re into the green-meets-mean theme or not, however, it’s undeniably an interesting and impressive convergence of technology and design. But how is it made? MUST SEE: Volkswagen Anti-Texting Ad Is Brilliantly Simple, Incredibly...

Although BMW was the first to announce plans to introduce laser headlights to its cars, revealing the technology in concept form as far back as 2011, Audi hinted earlier this year that it may in fact be the first automaker to actually start selling a car with laser lights with the reveal of its R8...

If you bought a 2015 BMW i8 based on its styling alone, we'd not begrudge you for it. While BMW's i3 has gone for high-tech and futuristic styling, the i8's designers added some good, old-fashioned beauty to the plug-in hybrid sports car. MUST SEE: Pagani Huayra From The Driver's Point Of View...

For years, BMW was without a dedicated sports car in its lineup. That’s finally starting to change thanks to the arrival of the 2015 i8, though the plug-in hybrid caters to a very specific niche and is unlikely to satisfy the legions of fans dying for a successor to the legendary M1. There...

So you have a new BMW i3 or i8 in your driveway, and you’re loving the freedom the electric-drive capability gives you—but you’d like to be even greener? BMW DesignworksUSA has the answer with its stunningly simple, high-tech solar carport. MUST SEE: 2015 BMW i8 Production Mega...

The striking styling of BMW's i8 plug-in hybrid sports car has captivated us for quite some time, but the technology sitting under its skin is if anything even more intriguing. BMW has now allowed us a little more insight to the car's 'LifeDrive' module, central to the i8's construction. MUST SEE...

We’ve just driven the 2015 BMW i8 and found it to be quite impressive, although we have to concede that it doesn’t feel like a finely-tuned sports car but rather a luxurious tourer with the ability to run on pure electricity. Here’s what Chris Harris from across the pond thinks of...

The 2015 BMW i8 plug-in hybrid sports coupe is a striking design that draws attention wherever it goes. Park it on the street, and you'll be swarmed by pedestrians with cellphones, taking pictures in reverent silence. MUST WATCH: Big Block Smart Car Defies All Stereotypes: Video Tell them that it's...

BMW’s new i8 plug-in hybrid sports car made its official world debut at 2013’s Frankfurt Auto Show, but development of the car’s advanced powertrain has been ongoing in the lead up to the start of production in just a few weeks. BMW has revealed that in parallel to the completion...

Future owners of BMW's i8 plug-in hybrid sports car will be a discerning bunch. Rather than opting for the obvious Porsche 911, they'll have bought into a progressive, innovative vehicle which plays as much on economical gains as it does outright performance. It'd be a shame, then, to sling any old...

BMW’s cars already have a distinctive look in your rear-view mirror with their angel-eye headlights and that view will soon start to look even more distinct. That’s because the automaker is now offering new laser headlights on its cars, starting with the 2015 i8 sports car which has...

The future is a tricky place. That's something Arthur C. Clarke knew better than most, even half a century ago. Clarke's famous 1964 prediction of the future (a portion of which is used here as narration for BMW's ad; you can see a segment of the original below) frame it as such, summing it up by...

The 2015 BMW i8 is, as yet, an enigma. It promises solid, if not breathtaking performance. It also promises fantastic gas mileage (though we don't know exactly how much yet). While we'll have to wait until we can get our hands on one to render our own opinions, this video from BMW goes into greater...