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BMW i3 (Megacity) Spied For First Time!
BMW i news on a roll today. Just moments after the first ever BMW i8 spy shots, here are the first ever BMW i3 spyhots. The BMW i3 is the production version of BMW's long-awaited Mega City Vehicle. The BMW i3 will hit the market in 2013 ... CONTINUED
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03.8.11 | Comments (67)


BMW i8 Spied In Cold Weather Testing
Here are the first spyshots of the BMW i8, flagship of the new BMW i sub-brand, conducting cold weather testing. According to Scott26, it's undergoing drivetrain testing and some details on the car seen here will still be subject to change. The i8 was previously intended to ... CONTINUED
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03.8.11 | Comments (66)


BMW i3 Sales Target At Least 30,000 Annually. i8 Pricing Undecided
According to Ian Robertson of BMW, the company appears to be targetting annual i3 sales of at least 30,000 units by drawing a production target comparison to lower-volume Mini models (such as the Clubman, of which 30,000 were sold globally in 2010). Meanwhile, the i8's pricing ... CONTINUED
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03.7.11 | Comments (11)


BMW Surprised by VW's Stake In SGL Carbon
BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer said this week at Geneva that the company was "surprised" by Volkswagen's move to take an 8% stake in SGL Carbon SE, with whom BMW has a joint venture for production of carbon fiber. However, he added that that BMW's joint venture ... CONTINUED
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03.6.11 | Comments (21)


BMW i8 to be Powered by Gasoline, not Diesel Afterall
In a big fundamental change for the upcoming BMW i8, the future BMW halo car will be powered by a gasoline engine instead of diesel. It was previously intended to be powered by a 161-horsepower 1.5-liter 3-cylinder turbo DIESEL engine mated with a hybrid synchronous motor ... CONTINUED
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02.24.11 | Comments (60)


BMW i Sub-brand, BMW i3 (MCV), and BMW i8 (VED) Announced
BMW just announced its new sub-brand - the BMW i. The first two cars of the new brand will be the BMW i3 and the BMW i8. The i3 is the production version of the Mega City Vehicle, the i8 the production version of the ... CONTINUED
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02.21.11 | Comments (28)


BMW Launches BMW i Marketing Campaign
Saturday evening saw the launch of teaser communications for the new BMW sub-brand. Light installations and video projections illuminated BMW Group buildings around the Petuelring road in the north of Munich. The four-cylinder building, BMW Welt and BMW Museum were bathed in the colours of BMW ... CONTINUED
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02.21.11 | Comments (6)


BMW VED (i8) to Appear in Mission Impossible 4
The BMW Vision ED (i8) has been spotted in Vancouver on the set of Mission Impossible 4 in which it will appear along with other supercars, including Lamborghinis, Ferraris, and top end Porsches such as the Carrera GT.
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02.13.11 | Comments (36)


BMW Fan Design Study: BMW Z5
pair of Turkish designers, İsmet Çevik and Fatih Tezel, have come up with an imaginary BMW concept dubbed the Z5. From the looks of it, this is a mid-engined supercar intent on doing battle with the best of them. This is not a real car, ... CONTINUED
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01.22.11 | Comments (44)


BMW Project-i Now and Beyond
Inside is an updated summary and insight into BMW's Project-i sustained mobility project/thinktank, now and into the future. In addition to the production VED (i8) and all-electric Megacity Vehicle, Project-i will spawn a range of 2 to 4 wheel concepts.
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01.2.11 | Comments (26)