We talk about the hybrid BMW i8 in high definition format

Russian prices on the i8 is not announced, but, they say, they can be higher than the calculated six million rubles, which we go out, analyzing the European offer. Selling will begin before the end of the year.

White and red clowns, Quixote and Sancho, and Krzhemilek Vahmurka - together is always easier to keep an audience. Two Bavarian i-machines complement each other like yin and yang. How good and evil? Against the backdrop of plump black beetles i3 i8 hybrid looks, of course, infernal, but looks can be deceiving. By the nature of the two machines i-humane, apart from the vicissitudes of the landing. I was equally painful to watch and older businessmen carrying itself through a threshold of the i8, and rear passengers the i3, pulling his hands helplessly from inside to open the door ... But do without spoilers. I propose first to see a report, taken a few hours near Milan, and then run through the details behind the scenes.
In Italy, I was not able to find words to accurately describe the subjective feelings of the i8 dynamics. The car is very fast, but without devilry. As a result, I will say this: if the "Eight" was a pure electric vehicle, it would be cooler. Even though that the acoustics did their best, rumbling overpressure "troika" rather hinders - the i8 does not sound at all the money. Let motors or whistles, or already acquires an internal combustion engine with the beautiful voice of nature.

Link decent - the first revolution of the rotor electric motor produces 250 N • m, and
so as not to sour on the highway, he was given a two-stage gearbox. In the internal combustion engine operation range wide enough to easily accelerate even at high speed - the benefit of the "machine" is always waiting in the wings. Initially i8 project involved the use of "robot" with two clutches, and the usual "automatic machine" to cope with the good work. If you do not know what is the "Fluid" is easy to take bright-eyed six-speed box for "preselektivku".

The level of driving comfort - a pleasant surprise. Italy merciless to German cars. It should be a real enthusiast to ride here on modern BMW, especially in the city. Shcherbatov bridge place very high demands to the ride and, to great surprise, the i8 meets these requirements. In i3, for example, shaking strongly. Driving on the highway at all resembles the flight: first, because of the complete absence of small vibration, and secondly - because of the smooth hum of the engine.

Up to 123 km / h on the speedometer and can go on one electricity, then the intermediate speed limiter is activated. Selling accelerator at a greater angle - turns on the internal combustion engine. Cruising with zero emissions is small. To fill the battery from the mains for at least 80% should be at least two hours (and that the presence of native "supercharger» BMW), so I do not. The most effective way to recharge on the go - use sportrezhim with the greatest impact turbo. Having accumulated so the charge on the autobahn, you can, buried in a traffic jam, translate into eDrive drivetrain again and go ... want to say quiet, but purely electric mode here can not be called quiet - too well heard tires.