Environmental sports car BMW i8 will receive the "charged" version

The Bavarians are thinking to build a significantly more powerful version of the sports hybrid, but the appearance of a BMW i8 M is not to be expected: construction of the "hot" i8 specialists will handle environmental sub-brand.





Currently, the BMW i8 is equipped with hybrid power plant, consisting of a-liter turbo motor and electric motor. They develop a total of 362 HP, which gives the opportunity to sports car to accelerate to 100 km/h in 4.4 seconds. To raise the capacity of the power plant, BMW engineers are going to focus on its gasoline component.

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According to the publication Auto Express, a turbo engine capacity of 1.5 liters can give way more three-dimensional counterpart of the two-liter that develops approximately 300 HP in the BMW believe that the potential capacity increase three-cylinder engine has been exhausted. In the end, after replacement of one motor to another BMW i8 will have at their disposal about 450 HP and will be able to gain first "hundred" less than for 4 seconds.

However, along the way, engineers sub-brand will have to solve another problem – how to compensate for the increased engine weight. According to the edition, in BMW are going to make more effort in sports car not too much heavier, and ideally would retain the current 1 485 kg curb weight.
To be born "charged" BMW i8 may next year. It is currently unclear what name it will get, but you know how it definitely will not be called: the novelty will not get the traditional BMW sporting index M. Earlier the company management declared that is not going to mix in the eyes of customers, two fundamentally different model line. published

P. S. And remember, only by changing their consumption — together we change the world! ©

 

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