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By now — half a decade after the car has ended production — you would think the Internet would’ve collectively made its mind up about the car. We’re talking, of course, about the achingly pretty,…

It feels like I’ve written this story a few times. Well, maybe I have, because BMW’s original “i” cars are refusing to die. Tucked away in the company’s quarterly statement is a surprising announcement: the…

It has been over four years since BMW ceased production of the i8 sports car, and while there have been talks of a potential successor, nothing significant has materialized. Regardless, BMW offers a range of…

Production of the BMW i3 and i8 might have ended years ago, but the original “i” cars are still showing up in sales charts. The most recent one covers the January-June 2024 period during which…

Remember the Vision M Next? BMW unveiled this sports car in mid-2019, envisioning it as a potential rebirth of the iconic M1 supercar. The plug-in hybrid performance vehicle could have been an excellent follow-up to…

At the end of July in 2011, BMW assembled an international group of journalists in Frankfurt for the unveiling of the prototypes that would become the i3 and i8. The reveal included the production processes,…

One of BMW’s most striking production cars ever is the i8 mid-engined plug-in hybrid sports car, which looks like a concept for the road (and it stayed very close to the daring 2009 Vision EfficientDynamics…

BMW USA announced this week that sales in 2022 amounted to 332,388 units or 1.3% less than the year before. The drop is largely caused by weaker demand for non-SUVs, which suffered a decline of…

The BMW i8 is a lightweight plug-in hybrid, mid-engine supercar that many have considered to be ahead of its time. BMW first introduced the i8 in a vision form in 2009, followed later by a…

The BMW i8 is based on a design we originally saw in 2009 with the Vision EfficientDynamics concept, yet it still looks futuristic some 13 years later. While it’s still a looker to this day,…