i8 (Germany, 2011)

The i8 concept is a little more familiar – it was first shown as the Vision EfficientDynamics concept and will be shown in the new Mission Impossible film that will be out later this year. It is a sports car with a plug-in hybrid. 

While interesting as a city car, the i3 is not meant to be an all out sports car, for that BMW has the i8. It takes the electric motor from the i3 and mounts it over the front axle and adds a turbocharged, three-cylinder engine in the rear to give a total power output of 220hp and 221lb.-ft of torque.

On electricity alone, the i8 has a range of 35km. Acceleration to 100kph takes under five seconds, BMW is claiming, and in the European cycle it uses less than 3l/100km of petrol.