This is the story of the BMW i8: from trailblazer for advanced propulsion technologies to a classic of the future. This plug-in hybrid sports car from BMW is the world's most successful electric sports car. First introduced as the Concept Vision EfficientDynamics, the i8 was part of BMW's Project i and was marketed as a new brand, BMW i, sold separately from BMW or Mini.
The BMW i3, launched for customers in Europe in the fourth quarter of 2013, was the first model of the i brand available in the market, and it was followed by the i8, released in Germany in June 2014 as a 2015 model year. Other. BMW's hybrid halo car is expected to get a second chance as the company prepares a hotter replacement in the form of the 2026 i8 M.
The BMW i8 will be able to maintain this leading position until the middle of April 2020. Then the bestseller with plug-in hybrid drive will have finally achieved the status that the readers of Auto Bild Klassik attested it only a few months after its market launch. Already in 2014, they declared the BMW i8 the classic of the future".
BMW BMW had previewed the i8 twice, first with 2009's futuristic Vision EfficientDynamics, then again with 2011's more overt i8 Concept, shown at that year's Frankfurt motor show. The latter was more or less the production car with the extra styling flourish of partly transparent doors, and it was shown alongside a BMW i3 Concept that closely resembled the production version of that car. This 2026 BMW i8 M Vision Is a Game Changer! The 2026 BMW i8 M Vision takes the legendary i8 into the future - combining electrified performance, cutting-edge design, and BMW M engineering.
This. The BMW i8 is itself based off of a futuristic concept car, much like the M NEXT, the i Vision EfficientDynamics Concept. So since the M NEXT is a futuristic concept and the BMW i8 is a car that.
The BMW i Vision Future Interaction concept is basically a revisited i8 Spyder concept which lost its doors and gained a lot of new tech on the airy inside. Boys and girls, meet the BMW i Vision Future Interaction. It's the German firm's key concept at the CES electronics show in Las Vegas.
And yeah, it does look an awful lot like an i8 Spyder. The next evolutionary stage in the BMW Vision EfficientDynamics.