2015 BMW i8
High-end hybrid sports tourer.
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- Likes
- efficiency
- high-tech
- Dislikes
- price
The BMW i8 aims to challenge the notion of what makes a supercar and redefine how people see hybrids in the process.
With a turbocharged 1.5-liter 3 powering the rear wheels and twin electric motors supplying torque to the front wheels for a total of 420 lb/ ft, the i8 hybrid is said to reach 60 mph in 4.2 seconds, while earning up to 95 (!) mpg in the European combined cycle.
Warranty/Service: 4-year, 50,000 mile limited warranty. 3-year, 36,000 mile scheduled maintenance,
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Specs
Base Price: $135,700
- 4.2 sec
- 0-60
- 362 hp
- Horsepower
- 155 mph
- Top Speed
- Vehicle : 4-Wheel Drive, 4-Passenger, 3-Door Coupe, Hybrid, Coupe
- Engine: 1.5-liter 3 turbo, electric motor hybrid
- Horsepower: 362 hp
- Torque: 420
- Transmission: 6-speed automatic
- Curb Weight: 3,285 lbs
- Wheelbase: 110 in
- Length: 184.6 in
- Width: 76.5 in
- Height: 51 in
- Brakes: F/R: Vented disc, vented disc, ABS, EBD, Regenerative Braking
- Suspension: F/R: Ind. Multilink, coil spring, anti-roll bar/ multilink, coil spring, anti-roll bar
- Traction: torque vectoring electric motors
- 0-60 mph: 4.2 sec
- Top Speed: 155 mph
- Combined MPG: 94 mpg
- Seating Capacity: 4
- Safety: front airbags, side airbags, front and rear curtain airbags, reinforced passenger cell
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