The i8 seen here is a very different beast to the road-going hybrid, with S65 V8 power and a new platform. In a nutshell, the i8 GTR is an i8 chassis and body with a BMW S65 V8 swapped inside instead of the factory. The company responsible for the purpose-built i8 GTR continues to fine-tune the silhouette racing car, collecting data and preparing for the 24 Hours of Zolder.
Engine: BMW S65 V8 Power: 540 hp / 402.3 kw Weight: 1100 kg / 2425 lbs Chassis: Solution F silhouette This car didn't start its life as an i8, but was built from the ground up as a silhouette racecar. When the BMW i8 debuted many fans were wondering if the Bavarians would offer a version with a proper motor (as opposed to the hybrid powertrain) but this will likely never happen so the crew from Belgium Motorsports took matters into their own hands. It is called the i8 V8 GTR and simply put it is bespoke race car fitted with a BMW S65 V8 and made to look like the i8.
Much of its frame is. Belgium's Hamofa Motorsport has been racing a specially prepared BMW i8 GTR for the 2018 season of the Belcar racing series. While it bears resemblance to the production i8, this car is actually.
A tuning company in Germany has taken it upon itself to turn BMW's hybrid i8 supercar into a very un. With a 540 horsepower BMW S65 V8 (the same V8 used in the E92 M3) and weighing just 1,100kg, the BMW i8 V8 GTR looks stealthy and goes like stink. Raced under Hamofa Motorsport and driven by Belgians Rob, Kris and Mark Verhoeven, the blacked.
BM's BMW i8 V8 GTR is, in a nutshell, an i8 with a BMW S65 V8 swapped into its chassis. Okay, so it's not really an i8 so much as it is a bespoke race car with sort of an i8 body on it. Much.
A team in Belgium custom-built this silhouette racer to look like a BMW i8, but it packs the 540.
