Given the rapid evolution of hybrids and EVs over the last few years, it’s no surprise BMW would develop an electrified ...

One of BMW’s most striking modern cars—the 2016 BMW i8—is now up for auction at no reserve on Bring a Trailer. Showing just ...

The BMW i8 has spaceship looks, but the presence of a hybrid powertrain has always rubbed a few people, who’d much prefer to see the supercar looks with a more traditional supercar powertrain like, ...

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BMW Group’s Hams Hall engine plant, near Birmingham, is supplying engines for the latest version of the electrified i8, the roadster, now on sale. The Midlands plant has produced i8 Coupe engines ...

Nikesh Kooverjee has been contributing to the automotive sphere for 11 years. His previous roles include Digital Editor at CAR South Africa and associate editor at CarBuzz. He has always had a strong ...

It took all of two days before the first supercar news of 2019 arrived. BMW, it seems, is cooking up an indirect replacement for the i8 hybrid sports coupe, only this time, the model in question is ...

The BMW i8 has been some kind of a black sheep in the German automaker ‘i’ brand. When BMW launched the i3, we thought that they would make ‘BMW i’ an all-electric brand, but they instead followed up ...

Belgium’s Hamofa Motorsport has been racing a specially prepared BMW i8 GTR for the 2018 season of the Belcar racing series. While it bears resemblance to the production i8, this car is actually a ...

Electric cars needn't be hair-shirts and eco-piety: they can be like the 2017 BMW i8, and attempt to combine the best qualities of gas and electricity in one. Flagship of the i Series, BMW's overtly ...

Take one turbocharged engine, add two electric motors and you have a performance car that's a hella lot of fun. Emme Hall Former editor for CNET Cars I love two-seater, RWD convertibles and own a 2004 ...

The BMW i8 was not only the first BMW I ever drove. It was also the first sports car, the first hybrid, the first to be constructed even partially from carbon fiber, and of course the first car with ...