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02-13-2012, 09:05 PM | #133 | |
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02-13-2012, 09:37 PM | #134 |
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I really love this car, but to echo what many have already said, I feel it's almost a waste by not slapping a big powerful engine in this bad boy. Save the electric technology for the i3, and make this beast an R8 killer.
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02-13-2012, 10:22 PM | #135 |
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Can't wait for 10-15 years after this is released when I can get a used one And throw something just stupid under the hood of it. Yea it'll take re working the whole damn thing but (by then) an old supercharged v10 or say a blown ls7 (hopefully old and cheap by then) would be hella fun
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02-14-2012, 02:37 AM | #138 |
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The car is fine, but the name is weak sause. i8??? What sort of name is that?
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02-14-2012, 01:02 PM | #145 | |
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i8 system is still being tweaked so it will be interesting to see the final outcome. Whether the electric can be used as a push to pass, as well as final output numbers. They were deputing adding a limited slip and other performance driving. It is still a ways away from production so a lot can change.... it was originally a diesel!
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02-14-2012, 03:45 PM | #146 | |
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GM also said that about the volt! We'll have to wait and see. |
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02-15-2012, 10:32 AM | #148 |
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Because it then defeats the single purpose of the BMWi philosophy. "Born Electric" If it is made to be a V8 or V10 super sports car it then loses its lustre , innovation and purpose.
It will then join a market where the vanity lasts for fifteen minutes before the next one comes along. The i8 is a one of a kind concept , it is for one purpose and that it is to prove how excitement and performance can work with alternative drive. Everything about the i8 is exclusive to the i8. This is not another variant from an expansive platform. Nor, is it just an electrified sports car. This is innovation and creativity at the highest level and the i8 aims to prove that a lightweight electrifed sports car can be as fast an M3 and certainly innovative to give established sports cars a fright - This thing is fast and the dynamics and steering in rough format are proving to be sports car worthy. And like most sports cars BMW will offer you the i8 in Coupe or Spyder format. Which will open the i8 experience for warmer climates. The BMW i8 will be a car that does not look like and drives like no other BMW, or any other car for that matter and that is what it makes it exciting!
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02-16-2012, 11:57 AM | #150 |
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But it does have the same config as the new Cadillac V6 Ciel and BMW are partners????
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02-16-2012, 07:16 PM | #151 | |
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I wouldn't argue the fact that BMW i8 will be born electric, innovative, etc. It's just disappointing because this was an opportunity for a car that many BMW fans, including myself, have been waiting for, i.e. a traditional, conventional, R8 killer resurrection of the 8 series. i8 aims to prove all those things you mentioned and it perhaps will do all that. It's just not what I was waiting for as the next big thing coming out of BMW. |
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