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      02-24-2014, 11:02 AM   #16
ddk632
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Drives: 17 BMW F87 M2 6MT MG HBDGR !
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The i8 is not a track car, it was not intended for that. It will not do a track day - the battery will generate too much heat and shut down. Think limp mode.

I specifically asked this question of Jacob Harb, BMW i Brand Manager, when I met him in December at a private BMW i8 event at the SLS hotel in Miami.

He said "it'll do laps, but not sessions/days"

It is just not intended as a hardcore supercar.

Surely it will drive the canyons all day though - you're not going all out 10/10ths in the canyons. I will test this theory and report back when I get my i8.

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