DRIVEN: Jeremy Clarkson REVIEWS The All-New BMW i8, So, What's Jezza Think?

DRIVEN: Jeremy Clarkson REVIEWS The All-New BMW i8, So, What's Jezza Think?
It's hard to think of another person in the automotive industry that's as brutal as Jeremy Clarkson. I mean, there's an abundance of impostors, but why get the half-assed version when you can get the whole cow?

That's the way I think of it, at least.

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Over the years we've seen Clarkson be extremely critical of the latest BMW's. And, we know he's not entirely fond of vehicles of the electric persuasion. So, what does Clarkson think of the BMW i8?

I won't give THAT away, but what I will do is say that Jezza is, as always, an intriguing writer that certainly captivated my eyeballs.

Here's a couple tastes of Clarkson's review:

...But then I was out of town, on the long sweeper onto the bottom of the M1, and I moved the gearlever over to the left to engage Sport mode and floored it. Ooh, it shifts. And grips. And that little engine makes quite the most intoxicating sound this side of a Ferrari V12...

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...It is so fabulously clever that it would be easy to overlook a couple of things that in a normal car would be considered big black marks. The windows don’t go all the way down, so you can’t rest your arm on the door as you go along, the boot is stupidly small and the rear three-quarter visibility is dangerously woeful. It must also be said that the back seats are completely useless and the ride is just on the wrong side of jiggly. As a car, then, it still needs a bit of work. But as an achievement? Wow...


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W208W208 - 8/15/2014 8:48:02 AM
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I've seen the white one in person, on the street. It's simply too "in your face" with the clash of colors and the panelling. Should have produced the Nazca, and evolved the design from there.


Agent00RAgent00R - 8/15/2014 9:49:31 AM
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Personally, I like it but I can understand where you're coming from. I've heard the same thing from at least two other people that found it a bit too garish.

Interesting thought about Italdesign though I doubt they'd do any work with them. It's been ages since the C2.


pcar4evrpcar4evr - 8/15/2014 10:32:54 AM
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Saw one yesterday on RT4 in Bergen County. Sure is an eye-opener. Owners better like to star in videos.


skytopskytop - 8/15/2014 10:36:37 AM
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Not a real design. It is just a car for the show car circuit and the magazines. Far, far from useable or practical. The world needs a long range electric vehicle that is pretty but PRACTICAL.


scenicbyway12scenicbyway12 - 8/15/2014 3:46:33 PM
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Of course it a real design, you can buy this car, it's not vaporware. It's a sports car, when have practical and sports car ever gone to gather. Range really, this is a hybrid not a electric car (even though it can be drive electric) This car can drive any road for New York to LA some the Tesla can't do.


BlitzerBlitzer - 8/18/2014 5:24:24 PM
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The i8 is a stupid car because it's a BMW and everything BMW makes and does is stupid and makes no economic sense. As soon as the Audi Q8 -- which will imitate everything the i8 does -- comes out, it will be brilliant.

Signed - Germannut


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