BMW i8: Engine specifications Engine 1.5-liter turbocharged three ... Seen from the front, the narrow grill and headlights ...

While BMW makes plenty of machinery to keep enthusiasts interested, its most enticing models are often based on more ordinary ones. That's what made the arrival of the i8 so captivating ...

We're not talking about the globetrotting explosion-fest it came wrapped up in, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol; we're speaking of the BMW Vision ... albeit carrying the i8 moniker.