Hmm....has anybody figured this out?

"FireSpittingV12" (firespittingv12) 10/24/2013 at 18:58 • Filed to: None

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Well played BMW

HammerheadFistpunch > FireSpittingV12 10/24/2013 at 19:06

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yeah, but actually....your kind of right.

Redd, the RX-7 that could > FireSpittingV12 10/24/2013 at 19:11

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Well damn. How have they not brought this up before?

Manuél Ferrari > FireSpittingV12 10/24/2013 at 19:18

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I def saw that. What I never saw until it was pointed out was that it ate a Porsche:

http://jalopnik.com/the-bmw-i8-ate…

PRBot II > FireSpittingV12 10/24/2013 at 19:34

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Manuél Ferrari > FireSpittingV12 10/24/2013 at 21:23

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Did BMW intentionally make the i8 look like the M1?

Maybe the suits at corporate wanted the i8 to be the high tech successor to the M1.

Or maybe even if they didn't do it this conversation happened around the watercooler in engineering:

Hans: "Isn't it a bummer that ve can't build a proper supercar vit a big petrol engine?"

Frans: "Ja"

Hans: "Then vhy don't ve at least make it look like the M1?"

Frans: "Das klingt wie eine gute Idee!"

Hans: "Oh look it's almost 17:00. Vant to go get some biers?"

Later at the bar:

Hans: "Vat if ze suits see vat ve did and fire us?"

Frans: ":-("

Hans: "I got it! Let's make ze back look like it ate ze damn beetle from Stuttgart!"

Frans: "Lang lebe Bavaria! Lang lebe Bavaria!"

Battery Tender Unnecessary > FireSpittingV12 10/24/2013 at 21:37

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It's a small bit of why I'm buying one. I doubt we'll see a M1 successor in the next 3-4 years, at the earliest (they don't want anything to steal the thunder of their "i" cars). I also get the impression from the hostile relationship between BMW "M" and "i" divisions that money that would have otherwise went into M1 development went to the i8. Can't wait for Feb/March when deliveries start.

FireSpittingV12 > Battery Tender Unnecessary 10/24/2013 at 21:41

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Congrats. Will yours be the color of that i8 in that picture?

Battery Tender Unnecessary > FireSpittingV12 10/24/2013 at 21:43

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It will, "Sophisto Grey" with "Carpo Amido" (black) interior. Ionic Silver is a little too bland (typical bright silver german car), Protonic Blue is a little too flashy, but I like it. And Crystal white is nice, but not my cup of tea.

Manuél Ferrari > FireSpittingV12 10/24/2013 at 21:58

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Skip to 1:38 and you can hear the M1 do a tunnel run: