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One-of-a-Kind BMW i8 Concours d’Elegance Edition to be Auctioned During Pebble Beach
Featured on BIMMERPOST.com Particularly interesting to see that this car will be a combo of the Tera and PI worlds, and comes with the infamous Display Key. Also interesting to see, if you go to the auction site of Gooding and Co., that the expected price range is only $150K - $200K. I find it hard to believe it won't go for more than that. Quote:
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Yes the key is coming back , they have had second thoughts especially when queried by the first i8 customers on its existence.
"You have to do the key its the symbol that this is a vehicle of the future"
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That is all. You sir have made my day. Pure awesomeness right here. Glad those first customers had the same feeling as I do! The key makes this car 10x more special. |
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I guess the question becomes "will existing customers get it?" The tech is already in the car since the app does the same thing.
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Ha! With the way the i8 launch has gone overall, I didn't want to spoil it by asking for, you know, actual details or specifics
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I actually read about a i9 that could be coming out on bmw's 100 yr anniversary. BMW has the i9 name trade marked for a car they are working on. The front bumper looks exactly like the F8x M3/4.
More: http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1016251
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BMW To Mark Centenary In 2016 With i9 Hybrid Supercar? http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1...ybrid-supercar
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Regardless, this thread is about the i8, which is real, and the first one of which will be driving (and owned by a real actual customer) on US soil in less than 3 weeks.... |
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07-29-2014, 11:02 AM | #10 |
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I haven't seen an i8 "in the flesh," but I have seen an i3 and I sure hope the i8 isn't anywhere near as cheap feeling inside as is the i3. I was quite surprised at how "econo-box" the i3 felt inside.
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The i3 is in no way cheap inside.
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I'm going to accept that that is either just a matter of differing opinions or that the one I saw differs from the one(s) you've experienced. Suffice to say, I wouldn't spend $40K+ for the vehicle my dealer had. When I sat in it, I felt it was very much like a typical rental car.
I'll concede that my words above might be somewhat overstating the matter for I'll agree that the cabin of many rental cars, while not plush, are certainly acceptable for what they are and for what it costs to buy one as a consumer. As for the i3, there was in the one I sat in a lot more hard plastic inside the cabin than I'd ever expect or pay for in a car having the price an i3 has. The seats were cloth too, and though I don't mind cloth seats, their presence (and the particular material/design that I experienced) didn't for me imbue the car's passenger cabin with the feeling of luxury, or even near-luxury. All the best.
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The i3 interior is what is called "New Premium"
The materials used in the interior are fully recycled and made from sustainable materials reflecting the Eco-philosophy of the BMWi image as well as individuality over a regular BMW interior.
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I beg to differ. There are parts of the i3 interior that are "unfinished" recycled material. IMHO it looks like the equivalent of leaving particle board exposed on a piece of furniture. Yeah, I get the "let's show that we are using eco-friendly materials" idea. But I don't like the look. It looks like something is missing. To me it doesn't look "BMW".
The i8 has none of that. It looks fantastic (and fully finished) on the inside.
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does the gimmicky blue on the exterior and interior of this car bother anyone else or is it just me??????
please guys i can't be alone
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I have yet to hear one person say they don't like those blue seatbelts; unique seatbelts are that extra detail that is just too cool. Kind of like red seatbelts in a Porsche - if I ever get a Porsche, it will have red freaking seatbelts. They look awesome as well as the blue contrast stitching and lighting package with blue (and red, configurable) interior ambience lighting. TRON status. I also happen to like the exterior blue accents a lot, and feel that they go particularly nice with this one-off frozen grey paint scheme. There are i8 configurations you can order without blue accents, and at least one of the interior packages that doesn't have interior blue accents. So there are choices. You're certainly not alone, as I have read tons of comments of people who hate the blue accents since the car was introduced at Frankfurt last September. I can understand not liking the color scheme. I just don't understand why they are "gimmicky" - it's a paint scheme. Not like BMW put little fake robots on the roof to state how and advanced futuristic the car is. That would have been proper "gimmicky" ! |
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Does anyone have a pic of the "key" handy?
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i see the BMW roundel surrounded by blue and it reminds me of the Toyota badge that's surrounded by blue on all of otheir hybrid cars all the blue does it tout efficiency and i think the fact that the only other cars that do this are 20,000/30,000 cars reflects poorly on BMW now red seatbelts, that's cool.
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(The announcement to the world part I agree with, it does do that; I can understand not liking that) Quote:
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[ Edit: Dude, even the Porsche 918 has green freaking brake calipers... being that it is the most efficient out of the 3 hybrid hypercars and all, guess it has to represent that status! ] I use that example to illustrate that it's not just low-end cars that do this. I think manufacturers are proud of their new and constantly advancing electric/hybrid tech and they want to differentiate it somehow from the regular line-up to showcase it. But, what about blue ones? Last edited by ddk632; 07-30-2014 at 08:24 PM.. Reason: Because 918 green freaking brake calipers |
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"But, what about blue ( seatbelts ) ones?"
Even cooler than common Ferrari Red or Yellow Belts New color for new times ! Last edited by Arezzo; 07-31-2014 at 07:58 AM.. Reason: sp |
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