OFFICIAL: It's Coming! Just Be Prepared To Wait...The All-New BMW i8 SPYDER

If you have been waiting, like us, for the BMW i8 Spyder, there's some all-new and good news. It's officially been given the green light.

Huzzuh!

There's just one problem. We're going to be waiting. A while. Like, 2018 production long.

This news was confirmed by BMW CEO, Harald Krueger, last week. As you may suspect, details remain quite slim but the i8 Spyder is expected to join the fleet when the hybrid product gets its much anticipated lifecycle impulse (LCI) update. We're thinking some minor styling updates, a bigger battery and a more powerful gasoline motor are all in this deck of cards.

Stay tuned to AutoSpies.com for the latest!

...BMW CEO Harald Krueger said at a press conference in Santa Monica, California on Tuesday that the i8 roadster would be added to the automaker's lineup in 2018.

Kruger gave no other details. The i8 roadster and a revised coupe are expected to get a longer-range battery and a more powerful electric motor...

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TheSteve - 10/19/2016 1:55:28 AM

-1 Boost

It still has the appearance of a kit car whose designer was trying too damned hard.

Agent00R - 10/19/2016 10:47:24 AM

+3 Boost

Shrug. I don't find it overtly kit-ish even in concept form.

iamdabest1 - 10/20/2016 12:34:02 AM

+1 Boost

i drive my cousins i8 regularly , I personally LOVE the car. looks great, turns heads everywhere, and when those doors fly open you look like a celebrity. the car does what its supposed to do.
he spends $30.00 per month on gas getting 900 miles out of a tank averaging 94.5 mpg's. of course that isnt possible for everyone being he has short drives and is able to charge it at home and when he arrives at work, but for him it works out since he gets 20 miles in pure electric mode.
if i could afford one, id totally get it.