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BMW i8 BMW introduces plug 'n' play to the electric-car world

No longer a mere concept, here's the new BMW i8 in absolute production trim. In some parts of the developed world, the purchase will be subsidised by taxpayers -in the UK, that amount is to the tune of $5000.  

So we repeat: that's a state subsidy for a 270kW scissor-doored 2+2 that can get to 100kph in 4.4 seconds for the Porns. It's all-wheel-drive, courtesy of a 172kW turbo three-cylinder in the middle that drives the rear wheels through a paddle shift six-speed auto 'box, plus an electric motor for the fronts. The main passenger tub is carbon fibre, bolted to an aluminium backbone and subframes. BMW calls it the most advanced sports car it has ever made. Now it's shed its disguise, we can see the shape in its radical glory. Any body colour other than black reveals how a set of outer panels are separated from an inner layer, providing channels for air to rush through. The purpose is lower drag, achieved partly by reducing the resistance past wheels and radiators. The main cabin is actually a wind-cheating, super-low-drag teardrop shape, and that's how the air 'sees' it, but those separated flying wings give the impression of a much wider and more butch car.

It weighs just 1490kg despite its battery, and the drag factor is just 0.26. Because of all the efficiency measures, its engineers reckon that even if you chase a BMW M3 Vs on a twisty road, it'll use just half the M3's fuel. Plug it in, and the short-journey fuel economy is spectacular if you mostly use the 120kph all-electric mode - that's how it eked out its official test numbers of 2.491/100km and 59g/km C02.

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