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BMW Group Middle East will showcase ‘the future of motoring’ when more than 100,000 expected visitors to this year’s Dubai International Motor Show examine the BMW i8 hybrid sports car.
Taking centre stage for the duration of the show from November 5 to 9, the BMW i8’s visionary design, intelligent lightweight construction (carbon) and dynamic performance allows it to accelerate like a sports car and yet consume less fuel than a compact hatch while emitting zero emissions in city driving, its makers say.
The new model is scheduled for a Middle East launch in the second quarter of 2014 and will highlight the significance of the new technology being introduced through BMW’s new i sub brand.
The i8’s intelligent plug-in hybrid system capitalises on an electric motor which sends drive to the front wheels resulting is a combined power output of 362bhp delivered to all four wheels.
When united, the dual motors work together to allow the BMW i8 to accelerate from 0 to 100km/h in 4.4 seconds while using only 2.5 litres of petrol per 100kms and emitting just 59g/km of emissions.
