BMW showed off two fuel-cell prototype cars at a recent technical event, one based on an i8 and the other based on a 5 Series Gran Turismo.

BMW is keeping most of the specs a secret, but we know that in the 5-Series GT, the car’s regular internal combustion setup has been removed and replaced with a 242-horsepower electric motor, a ...

(CBS) - BMW's i-series is the automaker's attempt at combining performance and efficiency. Two hybrid vehicles - the compact i3 and the sporty i8 - have been teased in the run-up to the New York ...

BMW's first plug-in hybrid vehicle will focus not just in saving the earth, but also on satisfying its driver's need for speed. Read on to learn more about the BMW i8 Concept in this first look ...

The i8’s halo effect started in the 7 Series, where BMW applied the lessons it learned in making the i8’s (and i3’s) carbon fiber passenger cell to the large luxury sedan.

The soft top i8 comes five years after the coupe because, initially, BMW didn't want to build it at all. But its engineers grabbed the power tools.

ASSOCIATE EDITOR GRAHAM KOZAK: I don’t say this for the sake of being a contrarian, but the 2014 BMW i8 is not the car of the future -- no matter how hard it tries to be precisely that. Or maybe ...

The Numbers Issue However, when a workaday BMW 3-series—specifically, the 2019 M340i —boasts 382 horses, 369 horsepower is pretty weak sauce for a car that looks like the i8. That's reflective ...

The BMW i8 is first and foremost a high end sports car. It competes with other high end sports cars and entry level supercars such as the Audi R8, the Porsche 911 and the Nissan GT-R. But it's the ...

What is it: The 2019 BMW i8 Roadster is the open-air version of BMW’s (some say) stylish plug-in hybrid. While far from a supercar in performance, the hybrid drivetrain-equipped i8 has supercar ...

The initial vlog about picking up the car got nearly 400,000 views, so Vehicle Virgins is now going to make a series of episodes about everyday life with the BMW i8.

When its concept version was unveiled in 2009, the BMW i8 looked like an emissary from another, greener planet. Eight years later—eons in sports-car terms—the i8 remains a true original, a ...