BMW i8 Performance Review | The Best Supercar for Flexing on a Budget
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- The BMW i8 may look like a car from the future. But with less than 400HP and a hybrid power train, I had to ask myself, could it compete with super cars like the Aston Martin Vantage, Audi R8 V10, and Mercedes AMG GT? On this episode, I find out if it’s worth the price.
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My bad. At 0:36, I say Stuttgart, but I really meant Munich. Also, if you're interested in the new BMW M850i, check out my review here >>> th-cam.com/video/8g1qFTHeuVU/w-d-xo.html
Come drive my 06 Acura TL 6 speed manual. 😁
I was thinking, isn't stuttgart where they make porsches and not BMW's ? :D
Man this channel is the best. You should be the new Top Gear. 👍
I feel like this a movie 🍿 🎥 ! Goooood presentation 💜 ! I want to own one soon
I so want one
Happy 420 today!
For a fair comparison
Compare 2019 model i8 with 2019 m2 competition
Was never a fan of this car, liked the honest review 👍🏽
the new BMW i8! The lag of a gas engine without the torque of an electric car, the best of nether worlds for 3 easy payments of 50 thousand dollars.
Saw a use 1 for 50k trying to purchase right now lol.
All show....but no go.....
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Wow! That was a great video! Beautifully done and an honest review. We bought a 2015 a year ago and it is a really easy car to live with. I wouldn't call it a supercar - maybe supercar flavored, but it is fun to drive. Our 996TT feels much faster, but on my drives to work and around town, this is much easier to live with. It really is rather unique and props to BMW for building it. It's not an M, it is an i... All your points are completely valid. But, at its current value, it is very hard to pass up. We couldn't. Again, really enjoyed the video!
You should have 2mil subs
The subs are coming!
Nah, too much silly drama and far too many clichés. He’s still young yet though.
Tell me how I was thinking about how fast this car is, while I was in the shower and then I go to my living room and get on TH-cam and this is on my recommend
The i8 is faster than a M5 E60 V10. So I have no problem that it is "so slow" 😄
i8 owner here. I enjoyed your review, it was thorough and the edits were sick. A couple of common misconceptions with the i8: 1) Every mile that one drives in sport mode recharges the i8 battery 1 mile. 2) The i8 has launch mode.
Hi, does this mean that although the battery is used in sports mode, I get 30 miles of electric range after driving 30 miles in sport mode?
@@nb7609 Hi. Kind of. The most battery range I ever got was 16 miles. It’ll charge up to 10 miles (i.e. Drive the i8 16 miles on battery to zero, drive 10 miles in sport mode and you’ll have 10 miles of battery range).
@@moderngarage458 Thank you very much for your fast answer, highly appreciate it!
Dude...with running costs of around 1/3 or 1/4th of what an r8 or an dbs cost just to drive for a year...this car is absolutly fantastic and way above them. But you should Buy it used rather then new.
Dope looking car but 13 second 60-130 is slow as hell. They need to do something about that before charging 150k for this
Thats why you can get a used one for 40k now
Jlove that's a damn lie, they're 65k and up
@@matador6604 you can find used 2015 models with 45k miles for 50 ish. Not a great deal considering a 2016 with 15k miles is available for 62k but it can be done if you're willing to look around. Either way, around 60ish k it's a great looker.
Your videos are awsome !!!!! Cinematic view !!!!!
Remove the gas engine for the 4.4L V8 TT “, remove the useless seats and it would fit. Realistically the s63 V8 but my dreams says the BMW V12 from the M760Li. Add M4 GTS tires and the I8 is good to go. 750HP with full 4.4L with the electric engine.
That would be a game changer
You would also have to pay 200k for the car and not 60k lol
You have great content I’m surprised you don’t have more subscribers
My i8 serves me well as a daily driver, not as my fun weekend car. By the way, the wheels are on backwards on your review car!!!
No they are not! Not all wheels are the same, some wheels look like other wheels but reversed. Also, wheels physically can only go on one way
The wheels on that i8 are on backwards. Left are on the right
Dramatic, beautiful, and informative. I love this channel.
4,4 seconds was not so slow in 2014-15. Just saying. I think this is one of the better cars today.
So glad I recently discovered your channel, you are absolutely spot on in your review of this BMW I8. A few years back I took one for a Good long test drive and was absolutely not impressed by it unfortunately, I understand what they tried to accomplish but they fell short. Absolutely not worth the money, not a bad looking car but absolutely lacks across-the-board.
Thank you so much for your very honest review, did I mention how happy I am that I discovered your channel?
Almost forgot, greetings from Vancouver 🇨🇦
Absolutely enjoyable. I could watch an hour flick of your reviews with ease. Don't change a thing.
Certainly going to keep grinding at it, if anything, I'll add different types of content, but this is the staple of the channel. 👍
perfect example how someone buys an ad that HAS good content .. so many people buy ads and have terrible content behind it. loved the video good job man
also wanted to say that this review was amazingly put together . i watch reviews all day long (doug demuro fan) and this was almost like a movie . yet again amazing job
Still my favorite BMW i8 review after seeing it when it was first released. Timeless upload!
The production level on this video feels like a netflix documentary....should be at the top of youtube search!
Easily one of the best i8 reviews I've seen. I didn't like white until I saw it in your review. I think the black/blue contrast is nice.
This channel is way to good 💪🏽
The thing that keeps coming back in all those I8 reviews is how reviewers always focus on the 3 cylinder engine. Maybe he should say it's a 3 cylinder engine coupled with two electrical motors. The car was designed as a hybrid to start with. I don't hear people focus so much on the combustion engine when they talk about a Lexus lc500h or a la Ferrari. In any case, what it proves is that BMW made the wrong design choice. This car has great traction and acceleration but people only pay attention to the fact that it's a mini engine. Also the fake noise really seem to bother people... Had I not known, I would have never noticed so it wouldn't matter to me. ...Numbers show that too. I don't think there are many cars that took such a depreciation hit so quickly. you can get a 2016 with 30-40k miles for $55-60k nowadays.
For such a futuristic car, the refresh rate of the instrument cluster is shockingly poor. 20-30-39-48... my god that is poor info read out
Thank you for the review it was very detailed
stuttgart? bro bmw is from munich, jesus
"Stuttgart"? The BMW boys are in Munich. You're thinking of Mercedes, guys. Couldn't you learn that from Car & Driver?
Guys? Just me and my camera here. Private tiny little TH-cam channel. And please, the first comment down there is me apologizing for my mistake. Cut a guy some slack when he's doing this as a passion.
@@SpeedLabsMotorEnvy OK. Please ignore the "s" in "guys". I will say you have very good production values for a one-man show.
I am very picky with videos, editing, and product testing. I am blown away by the quality of the video. Outstanding work.
great review...
I felt everything that you were were talking about when you were describing the love of the BMW.. You could have said that about any other vehicle but the passion is what sold it!!!! More content please sir.
some are flipping out about the $20K battery..what has your experience been with maintenance and BMW honoring battery repairs?
I have one of these as my daily driver and commute car and the economy /performance ratio is just mind blowing. You just cannot find that level of performance per gallon at that price point anywhere. I love this car for the total package. I have other cars in my garage that scratch different itches: a 570GT for speed and supercar experience and a DB9 for old school petrol head runs to a roaring V12 soundtrack so I'm spoilt for choice but the i8 does pretty much everything without huge compromises (except when something goes wrong but that's a whole other story).
I got my heart set on one. I can tell you that it beats my Renault Kadjar on every single point except for extra room to take some people along. Actually that is a plus! hahaha.. I hardly do 7000 kilometres a year but when I am in the car I like to do it with a smile... So I am gonna ditch that Renault and by that Bimmer...
The wheels are on backwards. Also you compare with just traditional measure and in doing so, I think miss the sweet spots of this unique piece of engineering. Once you have been ( torque filled) fired out of corners the i8 way, others seem slow and faster 1/4 mile are going to eat your dust. I also think the quiet "serenity mode" experience of these cars is to be appreciated. This car offers both and that is some worthy feat of engineering to be cherished.
By Stuttgart, you mean Munich? Great video.
Great video man👍🏽💯 I can't wait to I get one🚘 idc about the speed,it will get the job done for me when I pull up at the gas station though 🤴🏽 but I will trade it in Eventually for a mclaren 720s.💪🏽
the review was fair enough for fast cars. i traded my c7 for an i8. i feel like myself anti social person since i owned camaro/corvette id like something comfy, quiet useful and looks nice. I only had to choose between i8/lc500/ maserati gt those cars are in 1 categories unlike other sport cars. nowadays mclaren gt came out to my favor however not reliable enough comlare to its price. also mclaren gt and lc are both rwd cars.
Great video but your missing the point. The car is all about good gas mileage, that happens to be fun but not have the current disadvantages of a full electric. It would have been very easy for BMW to put a 2.0L 4 pot in it with 350bhp + the 130bhp electric.
No, you are missing the point. He explains at 9:28
James Stacey er...no I don’t think so. He doesn’t like the car because it’s too expensive for the performance on offer. The car wasn’t designed to provide the best acceleration for a price (the concept even had a diesel). Why not road test a $150k dumper truck and whine about the top speed- well because it’s not designed to go fast.
@@iainjohnston4929 You are still missing the point as he clearly states the point of his channels, which is performance! His channel is not a "fuel economy" channel!
best video on the i8 that i've seen...and I've seen a lot!
Clean car, still catches my eye on the highway. I like pretty. HAHA.
another great review. so movie-like it's crazy
I like the cinematic point of view when you drive the car, you put us into the cockpit amazing..
Dammit I'm not first again damn popcorn lines are long af 😫
Your i8 best is the best so far I have seen, very professional edit and a good closing statement. It is true that this car totally not worth any close to the retail price but price as now is like 65k can get a CPO and 55k for non CPO make this a bargain for this caar.
Gotta drive that AMG Coupe 4 door next 🦈
I saw one in person the other day when I was in Spain, and that thing was 🔥🔥
I can't get over how amazing your camera work is. All these reviews look like mino-Bond movies. Keep it up 👊🏿
I like the way about making your videos. It’s something unique and perfect.
Nice review.
Disapprove yoy littering
all this production value for 11k views lol keep grinding tho you deserve more and you'll get there.
You’re gonna grow soon man!! I know it!
Flexing! Lol. Love that word.
great video, narration, music, got me hyped.
Damn bro this is the very best video on this topic. Ive watched a LOT
Amazing work. Always feels like I'm watching a movie. 🍿🍿
Boiiiii come drive my focus st. Great video. I have driven one. Maaan. You put alot of time into these. Thank you for that.
Thanks! Trust me, you'll be the first person I hit up to shoot a video when I go to Palm Springs lol.
@@SpeedLabsMotorEnvy okay I'll shut up then on that bro. Haha. But for real... These productions are decadenct.
Hah, thank you. I'm just happy that people enjoy them. Do you have an IG account? That way I can message directly when I do go out there.
Pretty good Pro/Con list and smooth video as always 👍 Clarkson prefered the i8 over the M3. Never really understood his decision.
Any chance that we get a "making off"? Would be interesting.
Thanks, if they were both the same price, I'd probably go i8 just for the cool factor, but unfortunately that is not the case. Working on a "making of" video may be a little difficult because it's usually just me and my wife shooting so we'd need a third person to do that. I do some BTS shots on Instagram though. I am working on what I call "Track Day TV Director's Cut" which will be more relaxed videos where it's just raw first impressions or thoughts. One of those will be out soon to test the waters.
The i8 is design-wise very cool, maybe one of the best looking cars BMW has every made.
I totally forgot, that you are shooting these videos with your wife, no problem. A Director's Cut could be really cool, looking forward for that. :) I've to check out your Instagram, sounds interesting!
This was like watching a movie. Awesome work 🙌
review is awesome as usual. I must say this car has the looks but also has the stupidest powertrain combo for such sexy looking car. The I8's powertrain should be in the 3 series or x1 or x2 kind of a car. Imagine if the I8 had the M4 powertrain. Doesn't that make better sense !?
Thanks! I think the hybrid powertrain is a good approach. I just wish they gave it more power, like 450HP would've been perfect. Or an M4 engine lol. But I guess that's why they have the new M850i 😉
I love your videos man, really high quality stuff. One thing I'm curious about is how all of these cars handle. Is there a way to quantify handling (maybe 'X' amount of lateral Gs at 'Y' mph)? I'd like to see a comparison of those numbers as well.
Thank you for the comment and suggestion! I've been trying to find a way to quantify the handling as I do the acceleration, but I think the most effective way is definitely lap times around the same test track with the same driver. Sadly, that's easier said than done for a small channel like myself. I'll look into seeing if I can find a big enough parking lot to do a skidpad setup though. That would be a good start I think.
At least celebrities won't crash it as fast as Lamborghini's
the fly-by scene the car went "vroom".
Do you think rear seats are bigger than 911?
The boys at Stuttgart???? BMW is made in Munich man.. Come on!!!!
Yes, I mentioned that in my pinned comment.
Production quality of your videos is crazy
I would like to add that I raced one of these a few weeks ago! There owner was pissed,I smoked it so bad on the highway that I LET HIM catch up because I didn't know what it was and was curious. I wanted to make sure he was trying!! I do have a modified G37 SEDAN with bolt ons. 340rwhp.. I ran 12.5 quarter mile. I don't know my 60-130 times but it was fun beating a car that looks like that!
Rob O'Sullivan Cool story bro. You’re obviously a car guy, so much so you didn’t know what an I8 looks like even though they came out 5 years ago.
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Thanks bro!
Thank you for this amazing masterpiece. I dont think people actually realize the true message of your video. Although you were negative about it overall, your cinematography, composition, art and production put this car in the best visual presentation as possible. In other words, if you put your video on mute lol...you make the i8 look better than most exotics out there. Excellent work sir!
I think it's good that you acknowledge that you're focusing only on performance in your channel. Otherwise one would have to say that you're missing the point about this car. You didn't mention fuel efficiency, for example.
Also:
* THere is one tuner that ALSO tunes the electric engines. Within factory specs - seems they are underrated a little.
*Three ARE wider tires. BMW offers them, OR aftermarket (really wide then).
Generall sucks this is cancelled and no upgrade to the new engines. Heck, even the new Mini R engine would give it a brutal speed bump.
Re back seats: They are there for legal reasons. They even have adapters for a child seat. So, techncially this is a 4 seater, which is taxed different in soem countries. The best use, though, is for luggage - I spent a long week in my i8 last year (9 days to be exact) on holidays and with 3 stanadard Trolleys and a Duffel 2 people can handle this nicely.
The i8 is a very unique sounding car, although it has that active sound system shit. For a little motor like that, it sure gets up quick. I’ll watch the last quarter of the vid in a bit, but my track day was awesome by the way. I pushed my car to the limit and I got a ride in a ZL1 1LE on the track! Sadly I have had an issue with my channel the past few months to where I cannot upload any vids. I’ve been working to get it fixed but hope is fading slowly for the channel as TH-cam hasn’t been helpful ): if I’m able to upload a video though, you’ll be one of the first to know via comment. I’ll drop the link in. It is a VERY long video. 50 minutes but it’s a whole vlog so it’s the morning to the track and the day at the track. Sadly it was ended early because a C7 stingray crashed rear end first into a barrier and went through it. It went under the barrier so the frame was fine but the entire rear end to the cockpit was demolished. All the fiberglass was ripped apart too. Was sad to see. Anyways sorry for the long comment. I actually finished the vid as I wrote the comment so it played in the background. I really love the way this i8 looks. It’s a hard car to make look ugly. Very quick for the size of engine it has, but hybrid engines are the future of cars. How amazing right?
Hm, that's weird. Have you tried making a burner account to see if it's your account? Or perhaps just your particular computer. Look forward to seeing you getting it sorted out. I went off track a few times in my time but yeah, going through a wall is terrifying. I hope the driver is okay. It can be pretty mentally destabilizing.
The i8 is a very pretty car, even when shooting it, I noticed that it was photogenic from every angle, and honestly, I like the way it looks and what it represents. But I don't like that they gave it such a weak powertrain in it. 450+ HP would've made it worth the price tag.
Track Day TV it’s the account. Phone and computer uploads don’t work.
The driver was okay. Car survived but will receive $20,000 in repairs. Glad I didn’t end up in the wall man.
BMW released the i8 with too little power too late into the 2010s. Cars were already way ahead of the i8 by the time bmw managed to get it on the road. It was pushed back a couple of years i heard. Not sure why but, that’s why it just isn’t fast. It even has that massive power delay, which shows that the motor just isn’t powerful enough for the car itself. I love the way it looks, but definitely is not worth the price, for the sound nor the performance whatsoever. The TTRS is 1/3rd the price and is better in nearly every aspect. Even the RS3 is cheaper, a tad bit slower, but still outdoes the i8. If they made an i8 M, it’d be cool to see a better powertrain or maybe a bigger turbo for the car. It’s just too slow right now for what it’s priced at. Sweet video by the way. Glad you got to experience more BMW again
I guess that's why they sell HPDE and Track Day insurance. It's worth it if you know you go hard at the track or if the track doesn't have great run off. I hope you get the account sorted out soon. I'd be really annoyed if something like that happened to me.
Yeah, the i8 is basically just a pretty looking car with no performance to back up all that cool-ness. The technology is definitely there, BMW just chooses not to enhance the performance. Perhaps they want to save it for the M8 or M850i to be the better performing car of the series. But yes, I've been doing a lot more German cars lately. The next few will also be German. Still no AMG yet though lol.
Track Day TV I think if you did an AMG you should get your hands on either the S63 coupe or the S65 coupe. Those aren’t really performance as most of your cars on the channel are, but I think it would be a really sweet touch of luxurious sport to the channel, but it’s ultimately up to you. I’d say start small and eventually get to the S Coupe AMG, but it’d be a huge surprise to see a luxury car like that on your channel. Interesting thing about the S65 is that it’s slower than the 63 because it is much heavier actually. Really interesting how that all works. Anyways, hopefully bmw enhances the i8 soon, gives it more to look up to. Really glad to see a hybrid car on your channel though. Have a nice rest of your weekend man!
I think the bmw i8 should be at a lower price because it’s at poor people speed
th-cam.com/video/NAWzrCPiKsk/w-d-xo.html 😉
I'm trying to purchase 1 next month lol, I started searching on google and now TH-cam is putting all these videos in my recommendations.😂😂, I'm not mad.
It didn't "edge out" my 2016 gen coupe. I raced the same car (same color and all) beat him by a couple of lengths. The race caught the attention of Tampa police but guess who got noticed and pulled? (Not me) subscribed
First video I’ve ever seen of yours because I’m looking at an i8 right now… you put some serious work into your reviews! Love it!!!!!! Will be watching more in the future
Used prices are awesome. Can’t wait for the Italian M3 review.
Yes, this is not a car I would buy new. I'm still searching for this Italian M3 😄😄
It has a power to weight ratio that's twice my Camry hybrid. That's a very powerful car!
What your research misses is that the 2019 version has a LOT more carbon stabilization. They needed it to stabilize the open top for the Cabrio and found out they love leaving it in because it makes the drive MUCH more agile.
357hp doesn't tell the whole story. 420lb.ft of torque is why this car has more than respectable acceleration.
Looks it gets a 9/10
Performance it gets 6/10
It would have been better if it had the Mecedes turbo 4 and the electric motors then it would have NSX levels of performance
Quality video, I like it
Sure the performance and range are kinda disappointing but you more likely get a hot date with this car than ever you will with any other M series.
Some one who can’t drive and is on run flats c7 stingray run 11.5 at 119-121 stock. Doubt the i8 cAn Match that.
Amazing editing 👏👏👏
well, if youre an old school purists, and you want the loud exhausts that scare people into looking at you,
and speed that you can't really use on us roads anyway, that you best take to the track only for weekend toy, then yea. i8 not for you.
if you put the 4.4 v8 engine in this from the m6 and tune it you could easily get 700 hp but you'd have to get a special transmission but with modifications it could be done then this car would be a beast
I got a used one for 60k, 2016. I get more compliments on this car than a Ferrari.
i don't think he knew about it's launch control feature, but all good. if youre hear, you already know.
flexing cars to me, are like the used bentley continental gt, used maserati granturismo s, these are the entry level luxury exotic rides you'll see parked outside the club for people wanting to give the impression of success, and can be had for only $30K or so. I don't get 'flex' from the i8 at all. if anything it suffers from the BMW badge..elites don't wanna drive common cars. but say if Ferrari released this same car, as a baby to the 918 spyder, it would cost $400K. so.
III You are right it’s a Swiss Army knife (does a range of stuff at 80%) Carbon tubbed clever hybrid GT car thar cost BMW $300k a car to mule the technology/space styling - it will be an amazing investment too in 35-40 years like an M1 is now, as it’s a mini 919\la ferr\p1 for chicken feed and will be a rare sight on roads.
Dude, awesome review man. Really digging this style that you got going on.
such great cars, fun to drive. can daily drive. cool.
Dude, I am looking for a 2016 used i8, do you think it will be a smart choice?
Depends on the price, I personally think it's a good buy at around 70K.