BMW i8 Update

In the future hybrids might not be boring. provided you've got the cash. You won't have to paint yourself beige and hate it, to help save the planet. The BMW Vision EfficientDynamics promises within free like performance with sub grade fuel economy this isn't just another concept car its futuristic You'll be able to buy it in Australia in 2014 when it'll debut as the BMW i8.

BMW design boss Adrian Vent and Hoydonk says it's a green car minus the compromise with a fistful of passion and no shortage of dynamic finesse. This vehicle is a plug-in hybrid meaning that it has two drivetrains. It has a three-cylinder diesel engine, very small engine, and it has electric drive.

And the vehicle You can drive electrically and when it does so then you have zero emission of course and no noise so the customer could get in this car. can drive away from home without any noise, without any emission. And then once you get on the highway, you can use both drive also the diesel engine.

And then the car will perform like you would expect from a BMW. The acceleration would be like an M3 and the top So i think this vehicle for the first time shows that the efficiency and emotion are ultimate driving pleasure. together. Apparently "i" is the new green. And a new BMW sub-brand. They've trademark registered the nameplates i1 the i9 inclusive all as potential sacrifice-free future green cars.

BMW Australia says the i8 will slot in at the absolute peak of the product range. The high-tech hybrid with m-like grunt will cost more than 300 thousand dollars, which is great news, if you just found out you're Rupert Murdoch's long-lost playboy grandson. The rest of us will have to make do with the premiere of "Mission: Impossible 4," where the car's been spied on set, strategically product-placed as Ethan Hunt's transport du jour.

This is John Cadogan -- perversely, looking forward to burning fewer hydrocarbons in the future -- reporting for car advice.