Business Up Front, and a Party in the Back

"Business up front, and a party in the back." - so says Motorweek of the 2015 BMW i8.  This one promises to be a game changer.  Soon hybrids will be as much fun to drive as traditional combustion engined cars.  The i8 is a true hybrid sports car with a front mounted 129 HP electric motor, and a rear 3 cylinder 1.5L turbo charged engine, capable of producing 228 HP. With both engaged, it's 0-60 in 4.2 seconds.  An informative video can be seen at http://www.motorweek.org/reviews/first_impressions/first_look_2015_bmw_i8.

Another good, brief review of it can be found in The Guardian from last week.  The swan-wing doors are reminiscent of the DeLorean.  Remember? Made famous mostly by the time machine in Back to the Future. 

But the i8 is the future.  It's not cheap at around $135,000, and they go on sale in the United States this fall.  There'll be a long waiting list.   A friend of mine-- who I won't name-- disclosed to me last week that she really, really wants one of these.  I can totally see her driving it on the California freeways in the perpetually nice weather (and yes, we're all at the same time praying for rain for California).  I say buy it!