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According to foreign media reports, the 20000 BMW i8 from the German BMW Leipzig plant has officially gone offline, and this is also the i8 with a limited sale of 200 units.

Ultimate

The last version of the Sophisto version. BMW i8 is a plug-in hybrid sports car, officially launched in 2014, equipped with 1.5T three-cylinder engine + motor, domestic price of 1.958 million yuan. Production of the BMW i8 will stop in April 2020.

BMW officially declared the i8 to be the most successful plug-in hybrid sports car in the world. Six years have passed since the car went on sale in 2014, and now BMW has announced that the i8 will officially stop production in April 2020. It is not known whether the BMW i8 will stop production permanently or whether there will be a change in the launch in a few years' time. What needs special attention is that Karma

The Revero GT model and the Karma Revero GTS hybrid model share a set of engines with the BMW i8.

BMW i8

Both Coupe and Convertible use Sophisto

Grey metallic paint and 20-inch light alloy wheels, double kidney design air intake grille and side skirt trim decorated with E-Copper. The rear door is decorated with highlight black, and the C-column edge element is decorated with shadow lines. Brake pliers are also painted with high brightness black and use blue details and BMW

The I logo highlights the identity of its new energy model.

The fender of the car is printed with "Ultimate"

The "Sophisto Edition" logo and the interior badge highlight the value of selling only 200cars.

E-Copper details are integrated into the interior of i8. The two models come standard with Apple CarPlay-compatible navigation and a Harman-Kardon audio system.

BMW i8

Coupe and the flagship convertible Sophisto

The Edition power system adopts all-wheel drive with a maximum of 369hp and a peak torque of 569N ·m. It is equipped with CFRP passenger cabin and aluminum chassis, i8.

It takes only 4.2 seconds for Coupe to accelerate to 96km/h. As a reference, the acceleration time of the Roadster sports car launched by Tesla is 4.4 seconds.

Since its launch in 2014, the BMW i8 has sold more than 7000 units in Europe and nearly 6000 in the United States. Overall, sales are not bad. Even so, BMW decided to abandon the car for a number of reasons, including the aging technology it uses. In order to tie in with the launch of this version of i8, BMW also launched i3s

Edition RoadStyle . It uses almost the same color scheme as i8, but will be limited to 1000 sets. It is rumored that i3 will also be eliminated with the launch of the iNext series.

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