Once the it's depleted, it pulls its power from a traditional petrol engine. The plug-in hybrid system may be great for some people. If you look at the rest of the BMW i line, though, the i8 ...

So I wanted it all, an exotic with fuel efficiency, four seats, mid-engine, modern technology ... and more in the trunk. The BMW i8 is a weird and brilliant car and that's why, in 15 years ...

It was developed in-house and is also used in the BMW i8. It's mounted at the back of ... For the record, the range extender engine is a 650cc motorcycle-derived parallel twin-cylinder petrol ...

What is the electric range of the BMW i8? The plug-in hybrid BMW i8 can travel up to 18 electric-only miles before the gas engine kicks on. EPA-estimated range is the distance, or predicted ...

BMW i8 is a very comfortable and stylish ... s performance is quite frankly astonishing for a car with a three-cylinder engine. The combination of a 227bhp petrol engine and a 129bhp ...

Own a BMW i8 but want yours to stand out from the crowd ... but given the way the three-cylinder engine and the electric motors are so seamlessly integrated it’s proving remarkably tricky.

The i8 is the perfect blend of BMW's never-ending quest to build the "Ultimate Driving Machine" and its full embrace of the technologies of tomorrow. A gas-electric hybrid with few peers, the i8 ...