2015 BMW i8 Prototype
 

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The real telling moment for the new BMW i division will be seeing how the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/07/15/2014-bmw-i3-review-first-drive/">recently tested 2014 i3 </a>sells in its various markets, since that is the car that changes how we perceive our expectations of the brand. But this <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/bmw+i8/">2015 BMW i8 green supercar</a> has all the earmarks of a slam-dunk project, we just needed to drive it and make sure for ourselves.<br />
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<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/bmw/">BMW</a> has a spectacular test facility in southern France, called Miramas, and that's where we just had our first brief go behind the wheel of the i8. There were three cars for us there and they were dressed up in exactly the same paisley camo that we've all seen in the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2012/02/13/2014-bmw-i8-caught-with-its-doors-open/">spy</a> <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/12/27/bmw-i8-mission-impossible-ghost-protocol-vision/">photos</a> published everywhere for the past year. The interiors, though swathed in masking to hide all the details, varied in their color.<br />
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As opposed to our realization that driving the stink out of the i3 was not the right attitude, with the i8 we were mostly encouraged to do exactly that by the entire BMW project team. Our essential takeaway from this event is that even BMW feels much more at ease splashing the i8 around with the media, because they're certain we're going to enjoy it. Even if the technology underneath is all new, this is the type of product BMW knows how to do in its blood and bones.<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/08/07/2015-bmw-i8-prototype-first-drive-review/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>2015 BMW i8 Prototype</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/08/07/2015-bmw-i8-prototype-first-drive-review/">2015 BMW i8 Prototype</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Wed, 07 Aug 2013 11:57:00 EST. Please see our <a href="/rss-term-of-use/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/08/07/2015-bmw-i8-prototype-first-drive-review/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20688367/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/08/07/2015-bmw-i8-prototype-first-drive-review/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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