Alex is rapidly becoming one of my favorite motoring journalists. Keep up the good work fella!

Arguably this is the best BMW i8 review on KZfaq - well done :)

OMG FREE EPIC CONTENT ON KZfaq! Please don't become like drive!!!!

For me the best channel on KZfaq. The photography is fantastic and the presenter is spot on. Keep the good work.

Usually not the biggest BMW fan but this car gets my full attention, respect and admiration. Kudos to BMW for creating such a masterpiece. And thanks for understanding the car as what it is meant to be Alex.

Love the passion you guys have for these cars. Great review as always!

Your films (especially the camera action) are astounding! Keep up brilliant work! :)

Great quality content there XCAR ! And its free

What a beautifull video. I realy like this car. Congratz to the film crew.

Awesomely done.. like usual XCar

an incredible car. I have driven a few of them. amazing. on my list. great review. even in April 2020, still ultra sharp.

Great review guys. Best i8 review out there.

Saw an i8 last week at joe duffy bmw, dublin and it looked amazing. Really liked the way the doors opened. Loved the blue colour too :)

This is what all cars should be! Damn that's one sexy car

Lovely review, great footage and a great car.

Nice job Alex. Beautifully shot.

Nice video to watch i like his thoughts, quite philosophic......

Congratulations - you Sir are a great Journalist 10/10

Great review

Can't wait to see an i8 later today. So excited :D

Looks just awesome.

Seen this car while I was taking my drivers license test. I was in awe.

Had a look at a black one at my local BMW dealer, it's a stunning thing to look at in the flesh and sitting in it felt so good

By far the best review of i8.

Ohh XCAR...what an amazing episode this was...again. Please don't go the same way as /DRIVE does.

great video, great video

Damn good video sir! I'm impressed.

Beautifully shot video really good feedback from Alex explaining attributes & the little downsides. IMO I feel it's a bold design futuristically good looking, you are not going to mistake it for anything but a BMW exotic, my only complaint for me, at my age it was a little difficult getting in and out of it, small luggage bags would have to go in the rear seats....love everything else

I drove an i8 as part of a six supercar track day experience and found it to be subjectively better than the F-Type and more than quick enough at road speeds with preposterous grip in the bends with the torque vectors front end.

This time your exalt was spot ooooooon. Cheers m8

New favorite show, Drive sold out please don't sell out too xcar

epic video

I seriously love this car..

Amazing review, as usual. :tup:

Do you have to charge it or it charges itself through petrol and braking etc?

Awesome, just can´t get over that 991 in the back :)

nice video.

Amazing car!

Beautiful

I can't wait for the hardcore version to come out.

Very impressive car!

"explodie battery bits" this phrase should be universally accepted term.

These days i realize a lot of automotive reviewers call a lot of cars super cars. What i would really like to know in principle or the fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation of qualifying a car as a super car.

Great vid, as always! It just reminds me of the fact that if Porsche would have been able to produce the 918 for about a third the price...they would be ruling the car world right now.

I LOVE THIS CAR!!

Please can someone tell me where he did the filming for this? That mountain shot is so beautiful

Really is a game changer and an open door to what future cars will be like, gotta say I will miss the hell out of these loud naturally aspirated motors tho

A rare example of a BMW that actually looks good.

I bought a 8 and i think it fantastic

Great Car

what a cool car, im looking forward to gawking at the first one i see on the road!

dam that is beautiful. So efficient so good looking and enough performance for most people.

Almost 4years later and I still cannot think of any better car for the bang of the buck.

Amazing review, one thing though, the first car that looked like a concept is definitely not the i8 as some before, such as the Evoque, is very similar to their concepts (maybe there are some other earlier ones but i don't remember.) Everything else highlighted why the i8 is so awesome though!

this car is gonna be a future classic

If they linked up the hybrid/electric system with a V8 or something and had around 400-500bhp then I'd consider this a supercar, this is a hybrid electric sports car

great car.

I don't quite agree with labeling it a Supercar. This is not a supercar IMO. A great Sports car? Definitely. But a "supercar"....meh, it just doesn't feel like one. that's just my opinion though.

I bit the bullet & bought one. love it. amazing. will never sell it.

13:45 - WHAT ARE THOOOOSSSEEEEE??!!? Lol sorry, Couldn't help it. Great video.

At first I thought you were Richard hamington for top gear. You sound like him. 👌👍

Why did I have to hear that 911 joke...once it's seen, it can never be unseen

great

Also this car is sold out for 3 - 3 1/2 years it sold more than tesla on pre orders alone and the car still isn't out yet or so I've read.

I am so happy bmw have made this car because when it all come to it and we have to buy hybrids this is the only one I would consider getting at this moment in time. This really is the future.

What's the music called at the beginning please?

This’s the nicest looking bmw ever

It would be interesting if they will make a disel one

I'm not a particular fan of the version shown in this video, I do not like the color scheme... but I recently saw one that was black on black on dark chrome... that looked awesome!

its available in my country and free. xcar makes me happy

My son loves this car😀😀😀

Dream car

We subscribe to this channel simple because we get " ... _well then ... you're knackered_ ..."

It looks good but I'll wait for the one two from now.

I like the road asphalt

Did he say (at the beginning) sort of or sod off?

In my opinion it is a masterpiece of art and engineering. And it combines best of both worlds of electric powered and petrol enginged cars. It is the logical step from conventional cars to fully electric cars. (until they solved the "problem" of charging time and range of battery)

After all that being said it ,doesn't change the fact that it looks like it's trying to shit out a 911 from the rear.

where was this filmed?

I think Citroen should refresh the GTbycitroen concept they did a few years back, make it a little more road worthy and it could give this car a serious run for its money.

I liked the review, but felt that you ran out of information just over halfway through. Can this be compared to the 918, if so why wasn't it? If not, why not?

Great review Alex you set the benchmark for reviews with drones etc 6 yrs ago, and ref I8 being a polymath of a car, you have understood it fully sir on the button.... over last 6 yrs most keyboarders think eh 3 cylinder nah and have lampooned it despite not driving it!! Koeniggsegg don't they have embraced the concept for a car selling for £1m !! I have had 3 of them - my latest the Roadster was 40% off list (same discount as the Z8 I got in 2003 for £60k and they are now £200k)- if you have £70-75k to invest 10 plus years BUY A ROADSTER ONLY 2500 MADE WORLDWIDE / NOW FINISHED WILL BE MASSIVELY LAMENTED IN A DECADE + it's a better bet than FTSE as they will be £150k plus in ten years and £500k in 40 yrs like the hitherto also unloved discounted in 80/81 E26 M1 I have ! WHEN THEY ARE GONE FROM DEALERS, THEY ARE GONE !!

Wow nice car A car for the sporty but fuel efficient people

that is the sentence of the day "Concept is becoming reality" very true

i feel like the //M division should get a chance to have a go at this car, and see what comes of it

luv this hybrid car because is BMW

Technology is moving on and as he said in ten years time every car will be powered by a hybrid system, the downside though is that struggling companies that build great cars like Lotus etc will struggle as the development costs are going to be so high. I think a lot of smaller car companies will go out of business which is a shame.

Got.... to... get... one... I NEED TO!!!

how much does it cost?

Holy freaking crap I want that. Do they sell a US version? Please say yes, please say yes

I seen this in person when I was driving to Woodbury outlet I couldn't take any pic cause my memory was full

The next generation of supercars.BMW always risks in seeking different paths to competition and this time he has managed to create a unique car with a revolutionary technology.One question:Where can start the production in Spain?.

I heard they're planning on bringing out the i9.. which is a more powerful and lighter version of this...lets see how that one turns out

Finally the new age has begon! the reign of the huge V8 and V12 will be just a fond memory, now comes efficency and practicality. these next few years to come will be very amazing in the world of tech. and you can say it all started at the Tesla. im just waitting for an amazing car with a decent price.

I understand that the styling was dictated dynamics, but that car looks like each panel was designed by a different design studio.

the sound from the car in sport mode is simulated by the way

What is the cost

so how much?

I love it. The only thing I'm missing, is a huge, proper exhaust pipe! I mean, come on now. It's a super car, it needs one. To think that cool aluminium pipe would destroy its eco image, that's just stupid. Sports cars = exhaust sounds = exhausts.

With that amount of torque and horsepower, and weighing as much as it does, the i8 could easily do sub-4 second 0-60mph times with more sporty gearing. But BMW made a nice compromise between quickness and economy/emissions. I just hope there are enough people willing to lay down that amount of cash for this car. I'd love to see them on the road on a regular basis, and I hope it doesn't die out quickly because of the price.