The BMW i8 Roadster Will Be On Our Planet Next Year And It'll Look Amazing

This teaser video shows that the i8 Roadster won't lose any of its styling when it arrives in 2018

04 Jul 2017

The first ever BMW i8 Roadster.
Icon of a new era: powerful and unstoppable.The first ever BMW i8 Roadster is getting ready to lift up its wings in 2018.__________All figures are preliminary:BMW i8 Roadster plug-in hybrid BMW eDrive: energy consumption (combined): 15,4 kWh/100 km. Fuel consumption (combined): 2,0 l/100 km, CO2 emissions (combined): 45 g/km. Fuel consumption is determined in accordance with the ECE driving cycle (93/116/EC), made up of approximately one-third urban traffic and two-thirds extra-urban driving (based on the distance covered).Further information about the official fuel consumption and the official specific CO2 emissions for new passenger automobiles can be found in the 'New Passenger Vehicle Fuel Consumption and CO2 Emission Guidelines', which are available free of charge at all sales outlets and from DAT Deutsche Automobil Treuhand GmbH, Hellmuth-Hirth-Str. 1, 73760 Ostfildern, Germany and on http://www.dat.de/angebote/verlagsprodukte/leitfaden-kraftstoffverbrauch.html
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Like the idea of the BMW i8, but don’t like the fact it has a roof? Here’s your solution: BMW will be releasing a roadster version next year if you fancy more space above your head.

Expect the electrifying performance (sorry) to be very similar to the coupe, so we’re talking about an electronically-limited top speed of 155mph and a 0-62mph time of 4.4 seconds. The roadster might lose a couple of tenths to the hardtop, but it shouldn’t be any less rigid or agile – the carbon-tubbed i8 was designed to have coupe and roadster variants from the start.

The BMW i8 Roadster Will Be On Our Planet Next Year And It'll Look Amazing

Cosmetically, not much has been changed from the coupe, but the roadster has earned a pair of lovely buttresses. The roof seems to be more of a targa arrangement than a traditional folding canopy, and we think we spot a new alloy wheel design too.

In most sports cars and supercars, one of the main reasons to whip the roof away is to have the full engine experience singing straight into your ears, but, um, you won’t get much of that with the i8. A 228bhp 1.5-petrol engine holds hands with a 129bhp electric motor (a power increase is expected), so most of the time it’ll be quiet and calm. Not necessarily a bad thing…

Comments

Please don’t tell me I’m the only one who sees Jeremy Clarkson’s i8 in the second picture.

Hey look! It’s a BMW i8 convertible! And that’s… Pretty… Much it. No perf upgrades, just a convertible fake noise generator… YAAAAAAAAAAAAAY, GET ON THE HYYYPE TRRAAAIIINN!