The BMW i8 arrived with the intriguing idea of being an environmentally friendly sports car. A turbocharged 1.5-liter ...

The higher cylinder-count engines were eventually dropped altogether after BMW decided to turn the i8 into a hybrid, with the six-cylinder reportedly nixed due to heat management and weight issues.

BMW has won International Engine of the Year for the hybrid system in the i8. The i8 PHEV uses a 1.5-liter, three-cylinder gasoline engine with a hybrid drive unit including a 96-kilowatt electric ...

When the BMW i8 launched, it was met with a chorus from the automotive media: The car was nice and cool and all, but it could ...

An initial concept for the rather futuristic i8 was shown in 2009, as the BMW Vision Efficient Dynamics, which used a three-cylinder diesel engine allied to a plug-in hybrid system. Over the ...

when BMW design boss Domagoj Dukec confirmed that they killed off the development of the mid-engine sports car at the height ...

Nicknamed the i16, it would've offered around 200 horsepower more than the i8 through a four-cylinder engine and hybrid drive ...

And if it wasn’t for the BMW i8’s attention-grabbing looks ... near the floor or selecting Sport mode starts up the engine. Where you had just 129bhp before, there’s now a total of ...

So far this year, BMW sold a combined 24 units of the ... Powered by a hybrid setup consisting of a 1.5-liter gas engine and an electric motor, the i8 made a combined 369 horsepower, which wasn ...

369.0-hp, 1.5-liter, 3 Cylinder Engine (Plug-In Electric/Gas) $3,700 Starting MSRP $3,700 Starting MSRP $3,700 Starting MSRP $3,700 Starting MSRP Wondering which trim is right for you?

BMW's i8 impressed at evo car of the year 2014 ... 0-60 time using a highly tuned version of the 3-cylinder petrol engine found in the new Mini. 'Jaguar’s rebrand isn’t the problem, its ...