2015 BMW i8 offers you a fast ride to the future for $135,700* [w/video]
 

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BMW's long-form teasing and rollout of <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/bmw/i8/">its incredibly cool i8</a> has put us in a unique position to report from its world debut here in Frankfurt. Typically, an auto show debut marks just the start of the information dump about a new vehicle. The i8, however, is a car that <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/08/07/2015-bmw-i8-prototype-first-drive-review/">we've already driven and reviewed</a>, so perhaps the biggest news from the show floor is the official price of the thing, as well as getting to see it live and in person, of course.<br />
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Arriving in US showrooms in the spring of 2014, the i8 performance plug-in hybrid will carry a price tag of $135,700 (*not including $925 for destination and handling charges). That kind of cash puts the i8 near the very top of the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/bmw/">BMW</a> range (slotting just under the top-trim <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/bmw/7+series/">7-Series models</a>), and will buy a massive amount of new technology.<br />
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The four-seat i8 has the look of a true supercar, and its new-tech drivetrain will offer up the performance of a stirring sports car, at least. A TwinPower Turbo, three-cylinder, 1.5-liter engine will make 231 horsepower and 236 pound-feet of torque that's gets sent to the rear wheels, while a 96-kilowatt electric motor doles out 131 hp and 184 lb-ft of maximum torque to the fronts. Total system output of 362 hp and 420 lb-ft allows the i8 to sprint to 62 miles per hour in 4.4 seconds with all-wheels-driven handling, and it still returns an astonishing 94 miles per gallon US.<br />
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If our new live gallery of BMW i8 images (above) has rekindled your interest in the model, please navigate back to our initial <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/08/07/2015-bmw-i8-prototype-first-drive-review/">driving review of the prototype</a>, or find the full BMW press release as well as an official video of the car, <a href="/2013/09/10/2015-bmw-i8-frankfurt-2013/#continued">below</a>. Please note: the original press release BMW provided had the price listed as $135,925 <em>with</em> destination and handling, but we have subsequently received an email stating that price is actually $135,700 <em>without</em> destination, as written above.<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/09/10/2015-bmw-i8-frankfurt-2013/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>2015 BMW i8 offers you a fast ride to the future for $135,700* [w/video]</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/09/10/2015-bmw-i8-frankfurt-2013/">2015 BMW i8 offers you a fast ride to the future for $135,700* [w/video]</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Tue, 10 Sep 2013 13:28:00 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/2013/09/10/2015-bmw-i8-frankfurt-2013/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20716434/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/09/10/2015-bmw-i8-frankfurt-2013/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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