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      04-29-2014, 01:11 PM   #67
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Here's one more review from Green Car Reports:
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/...ur-first-drive
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      04-29-2014, 02:50 PM   #68
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And here is yet one more. It states that the cars delivered this year will be considered 2014 model year. I've read conflicting stories on this, but it would appear this writer asked the question and was told it would be 2014.

http://www.automobilemag.com/reviews...bmw-i8-review/
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      04-29-2014, 07:52 PM   #69
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And here is yet one more. It states that the cars delivered this year will be considered 2014 model year. I've read conflicting stories on this, but it would appear this writer asked the question and was told it would be 2014.

http://www.automobilemag.com/reviews...bmw-i8-review/
Yeah I noticed that was the only article which mentioned the first year i8s being 2014 models. This is what I was told way back when as well. With such a late launch it makes sense to make them 2015s, which will make the customers happier I think. It'll be new for a whole year longer. Although with this car, I don't think it'll matter what the MY is for quite some time. As with everything i8-related, it'll be interesting to see how things actually play out.

Btw I posted this one earlier today as well Might make sense to scour through the thread and edit your OP to add all of the reviews that everyone's added, so new people will see them all in one place in the first post. Then again you might want to wait until all of the additional reviews from today (2nd press drive day) are in so you don't end up having to do it twice.
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      04-30-2014, 11:47 AM   #70
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EVO magazine: http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evoc...and_specs.html

I can't forgive BMW for making this car understeer. I just can't. Otherwise I love it!

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EVO magazine: http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evoc...and_specs.html" rel="ugc" target="_blank">http://<a href="http://www.evo.co.uk...specs.html</a>

I can't forgive BMW for making this car understeer. I just can't. Otherwise I love it!
I'm not sure why BMW didn't correct for this by making a pseudo LSD for the front / torque vectoring.

Come to think about it I'm too sure why they didn't use a modified N20 4 pot engine and give it over 400bhp so it could beat the 911 and R8.

But what do I know, there was probably a good reason for not doing either.
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I'm not sure why BMW didn't correct for this by making a pseudo LSD for the front / torque vectoring.

Come to think about it I'm too sure why they didn't use a modified N20 4 pot engine and give it over 400bhp so it could beat the 911 and R8.

But what do I know, there was probably a good reason for not doing either.
Exactly my thoughts about the inline 4 cyl. For the front axle i think different tire (sidewall and/or compound and/or size), or kinematics could solve the issue. Then there are rumors those in the reviews were not cars with final tire configurations regarding compound at least.
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      04-30-2014, 02:00 PM   #73
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Uno mas review...

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe...ticle18299323/
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MotorTrend review. Note they have a Sophisto Grey i8 so BMW must have had a different set of press cars for the April 29th press drives. That, or they're using different set of BMW-provided stock photos. Does anyone except Chris Harris do their own work these days?

http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...8_first_drive/
Note also the use of 2014 as the model year.
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      04-30-2014, 10:25 PM   #75
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One from the land down under...

http://www.drive.com.au/new-car-revi...501-37jdx.html
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Car and Driver has now weighed in. I've added it to the list now included on the original post:

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...t-drive-review
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Car and Driver has now weighed in. I've added it to the list now included on the original post:

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...t-drive-review
Sweet! I get so used to checking the last page, I didn't see that you updated the OP. Thanks for doing that, I didn't realize we had collected that many of them!
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      05-02-2014, 04:50 PM   #78
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Here's an updated review from BMWBlog, which is pretty interesting.

http://www.bmwblog.com/2014/05/02/bm...e-2015-bmw-i8/
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Here's an updated review from BMWBlog, which is pretty interesting.

http://www.bmwblog.com/2014/05/02/bm...e-2015-bmw-i8/
So this is where I'm confused. Things like they aren't saying what size fuel tank the US is getting...is there a pile of different sized tanks in the factory and they are just waiting until this last minute for a call to come down from corporate to tell them which one to install? Seems like that would be a fairly straight forward, innocuous answer that has been set in stone 8 weeks before delivery.

I was talking to the Vice President of AMG products for the US at an event at COTA this week and he's already working on a dealer guide, options, packages, etc. for the AMG GT...a car they aren't SHOWING until Sept at Frankfurt. Meanwhile we're weeks from delivery and years after showing the i8 and nothing on the standard features/options front. Even after the major press drives we're still in the dark about some basic things.

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Here's one more very positive review from Edmund's. Interesting to note their information on how US cars are being spec'ed:

"U.S. buyers of the 2014 BMW i8 have it easy. There's only one i8 and everything is standard, including the wider 215/45R20 front and 245/40R20 rear tires that are an optional upgrade in Europe...There's also a choice between two wheel designs, but at the time of this writing the plan was to offer that option with zero cost consequences."

This is consistent with info previously posted based on early info from a US dealer information packet.

http://www.edmunds.com/bmw/i8/2014/road-test1.html
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Several more written reviews have come in, but most of the points included in them have been made by other published reviews. I did find this video review from BMWBlog interesting, particularly for how it captured the engine sound. Enjoy.

http://www.bmwblog.com/2014/05/12/20...-video-review/
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