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BMW i8 Reviewed in California
BMW i8 Reviewed in California

11 Jul 2014, 13:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The new BMW i8 will write history, at least in the Bavarian company’s books. That’s because it really is a true alternative to traditional sport cars that rely on naturally aspirated eng...

 
BMW i8 Shows Its Silent Performance in Latest Commercial
BMW i8 Shows Its Silent Performance in Latest Commercial

9 Jul 2014, 10:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / BMW is really out to impress these days and its latest commercials sure are doing just that. After they showed us how it would look like to drift a brand new M4 on an aircraft carrier, this time the...

 
Good News for BMW: 40% of Luxury Car Owners Consider EVs Attractive
Good News for BMW: 40% of Luxury Car Owners Consider EVs Attractive

8 Jul 2014, 10:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / A recent study showed that nearly 40 percent of luxury car owners in the UK say they would buy or seriously consider buying an EV but it would have to be capable of doing 300 miles (483 km) on a sin...

 
USA and Australia Still Afraid of BMW’s Laser Lights
USA and Australia Still Afraid of BMW’s Laser Lights

2 Jul 2014, 16:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / BMW fought a hard war with Audi to bring the first car with laser lights into production but it seems like some countries don’t really care. What they do pretend to care about is road safety. ...

 
BMW ConnectedDrive Features Showcased in i8 Commercial
BMW ConnectedDrive Features Showcased in i8 Commercial

1 Jul 2014, 13:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The i8 will start deliveries later on this year, on a global scale. To make sure the title of ‘the world’s first production car fitted with laser lights’ won’t be stolen by A...

 
Golfer James Heath Wins a BMW i8 with Hole-in-One
Golfer James Heath Wins a BMW i8 with Hole-in-One

1 Jul 2014, 06:33 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / For nearly 26 years, BMW has been hosting the BMW International Open, an event that’s part of the European Tour. At all of these events there’s always been a special prize offered by the...

 
Check Out the BMW i8 on the Goodwood Hillclimb from Behind the Wheel <span>· Video</span>
Check Out the BMW i8 on the Goodwood Hillclimb from Behind the Wheel · Video

30 Jun 2014, 16:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed celebrated numerous premieres both worldwide and local. From the BMW corner we can mention the worldwide premiere of the Pistonheads special M4 and the UK premier...

 
AC Schnitzer Teases Upcoming Tuned BMW i8
AC Schnitzer Teases Upcoming Tuned BMW i8

27 Jun 2014, 11:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / If there’s one tuner out there crazy and good enough to take on BMW’s i8 and take it one step further, that’s AC Schnitzer. The German company has been working alongside BMW for ov...

 
Kyle Arrington and Alan Anderson Check out BMW’s i8 in Boston
Kyle Arrington and Alan Anderson Check out BMW’s i8 in Boston

25 Jun 2014, 13:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / BMW North America is currently running the “Ultimate Driving Experience” tour, taking their latest cars on a trip around the US, to show Americans that their ultimate driving machine mot...

 
BMW Cuts Back on CO2 Emissions by Using Geothermal Power in Iceland
BMW Cuts Back on CO2 Emissions by Using Geothermal Power in Iceland

19 Jun 2014, 13:32 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / While, at first, the goal set by BMW might seem a bit odd, hear us out. Apparently, the German company is looking to go even greener and plans to do so by fiddling with every possible aspect of the ...

 
BMW i8 to Arrive in Australia in 2015 for AUD299,000
BMW i8 to Arrive in Australia in 2015 for AUD299,000

17 Jun 2014, 17:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / We knew that the Australian market has some rather ridiculous prices for luxury cars but asking AUD299,000 for a BMW i8 seems rather extreme. And yet that’s the price the Bavarians set for the...

 
BMW Launches Wiki8, an Online Encyclopedia about the i8
BMW Launches Wiki8, an Online Encyclopedia about the i8

17 Jun 2014, 16:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Being a German sure has its advantages these days. Apart from being extremely close to the headquarters of some of the best car brands in the world, you also get to understand what they say. That is...

 
BMW i8 Configurator Live on German Website
BMW i8 Configurator Live on German Website

17 Jun 2014, 10:33 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / After BMW officially launched the i8 last year, at the Frankfurt Motor Show, everyone started wondering how much it would cost. Sure, the Germans released the starting prices for their hybrid sports...

 
Audi Keeps the Laser Light War Alive
Audi Keeps the Laser Light War Alive

16 Jun 2014, 15:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / After BMW delivered the first laser light-fitted cars in the world a while back, at the BMW Welt Museum in Germany, winning the ad-hoc ‘laser light war’ started between them and Audi, th...

 
BMW and Tesla Met Up to Discuss the Future of Electric Cars
BMW and Tesla Met Up to Discuss the Future of Electric Cars

16 Jun 2014, 09:33 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Up until now, since BMW launched the i sub-brand, a lot of people claimed that its natural rival would be Tesla and that the German company stands no chance on the electric vehicle market. At least ...

 
BMW Claims All Sport Cars Will Be Using Electrification in the Next 10 Years
BMW Claims All Sport Cars Will Be Using Electrification in the Next 10 Years

16 Jun 2014, 09:18 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Along with the i8 launch, BMW put its huge marketing team to work, to make it look like something we’ve never seen before. Don’t get us wrong, the i8 has some special features to it and ...

 
BMW i8 Hops on the Dyno
BMW i8 Hops on the Dyno

10 Jun 2014, 13:33 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / With the first ever deliveries being made last week, BMW wrote history with the i8, becoming the world’s first manufacturer to offer laser headlights on a production car. That came after th...

 
BMW Sales Manager Compares i8 Customers to Rolls-Royce Owners
BMW Sales Manager Compares i8 Customers to Rolls-Royce Owners

9 Jun 2014, 08:33 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / We expected the focus on the new i8 from BMW to die down once the car was completely unveiled, made its first deliveries and broke some records. However, it seems like things aren’t going our ...

 
First BMW i8s Delivered at Welt Museum, Laser Headlight War Won
First BMW i8s Delivered at Welt Museum, Laser Headlight War Won

6 Jun 2014, 09:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Whenever a manufacturer announces a piece of groundbreaking technology, it seems like its competition will do anything in its power to steal its thunder. At least that’s what the recent laser ...

 
This Is How BMW Optimized the i8
This Is How BMW Optimized the i8

22 May 2014, 15:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Lately we’ve been hearing these two words quite often, especially from BMW’s corner: Dynamics and Efficiency. The Bavarian brand went so far as to even use them together in a concept the...