Filed under: Frankfurt Motor Show, Coupe, Hybrid, Performance, Technology, BMW, Electric
BMW will be showing a production version of its new
i8 plug-in hybrid supercar at the upcoming
Frankfurt Motor Show, and while we're quite excited about seeing the company's second i product in the flesh. According to a new report from
Automotive News Europe, BMW is expecting its largest markets to be the United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Notable for its absence in that list is everybody's favorite mega-market, China.
Automobilwoche, a German-language publication of
Automotive News Europe, spoke with the i8's product manager, Hendrik Wenders, who declared, "The US will be by far the largest sales market for the i8." Wenders stops short of actual mentioning what percentage of i8 sales will be in the US, but does mention that it should arrive in showrooms around the world in about nine months. The simultaneous rollout will occur in 50 different countries.
Check back for our full coverage of the i8's debut at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show. If you just can't wait until September, then check out
our first drive of the i8 Prototype.
BMW predicts US will be biggest i8 market originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 10 Aug 2013 11:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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