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      09-15-2013, 07:14 PM   #24
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Originally Posted by SCOTT26
Well I say never. Because as I have countlessly mentioned there is no space for a V8 or whatever else needed such as a new DCT transmission.

The i8 will remain as it is. And at it is current status the i8 is very fast and agile , a true sports car albeit a progressive one. To add any conventional ideas to the i8 defeats the purpose of the i8 and its intentions of a sports car in a Brave New World.

That's not to say that ideas are on the table on how they can use the i8s genes for something else.
I would love that car in a V8. But as Scott mentioned. There is no room for engine/transmission. But one can hope for a potential resurrection of the 8 series that adopts some of those lines/design.
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