Warm up the engines awaiting the start of the New York Auto Show scheduled for April 6 to 15 and some futuristic pattern begins to appear in the preview, is the case of the BMW i8, a concept Spyder hybrid that can count on a powerful electric motor from 131 hp to the front mounted engine likely associated with a traditional 3 cylinders and 1.5 liters.
This decided the balance of power on both units is a sports car with the BMW i8 consumption by small car, we talk about 30 km with one liter of petrol .
The dual power supply allows you to set the drive at will on the front, rear or both, with performance that promise a spyder worthy of the BMW brand: acceleration from 0 to 100 in only 5 seconds and top speeds up to 250 km / h . This concept is derived directly from the coupe version with which it shares most of the technical choices, but is obviously different aesthetics and futuristic particularly well, with hints of blue BMW car experts some details in the sides and front air intake. A dream car designed to deliver the right amount of luxury and refined components being careful to particularly economical. Here's a little movie just released from WorldCarFans where you can appreciate the "roar" of the electric motor:
