09 10 201528 Five days with the i8 BMW s carbon fiber hybrid contribu tion to tomorrow s mobility confirms that this is one of the best looking sports cars on the road today It is also an exam ple of BMW s strategy of putting new technologies on the road to test market response and strengthen its reputation as an in novation leader The i8 weighs 1 485 kilos has a small turbo charged 1 5 liter 3 cylinder gasoline engine coupled with a 96 kW electric unit In sports mode and with the help of the electric motor the car accelerates from 0 to 100 km h in 4 4 seconds Equally impressive are some of the other statistics The i8 goes from 80 to 120 km h in 2 2 seconds BMW cites average fuel consumption of just 2 1 liters per 100 km and CO2 emissions of 49 grams km But because pure electric range is limited and the car is then mostly powered by its gasoline engine I reg istered a more realistic fuel consumption of between 5 and 6 liters per 100 km In sporty driving that went up to 7 liters per 100 km Still BMW s assertion that you get sports car perfor mance with compact car fuel consumption and CO2 emissions is correct In pure electric mode by the way the i8 has a range of around 37 km Driving the BMW i8 MUNICH The ticket seller at the local swimming lake offers free parking in return for a test drive The retiree in the street keeps asking ever more detailed questions about the car Workers on a construction site give us the thumbs up with a big grin And the Audi TT driver in the next lane looks clearly miffed when we pull away from the light faster than he does STORY

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