Wednesday, December 19, 2012

BMW premium sports car market

You remember the sophisticated sports car used in the movie 'Mission Impossible 4 - Ghost Protocol' and not just in movies, filmed BMW car was also presented at the largest exhibition Geneva Motor Show in March.Indeed, this car is still present in this version of the concept, but the BMW just decided to produce advanced sports coupe sedan variant i8. Head Department Sales and Marketing BMW, Ian Robertson, reported that BMW i8 plug-in hybrid will be priced more than 100 thousand euros, or more than Rp 1.1 billion."This is a super sports car and it would have a high price. Final decision on pricing is yet to be decided, but certainly in the range of 100 thousand euros upwards," said Ian Robertson, told inautonews, Thursday (14/06).Remembering back, sportcar with futuristic design was first unveiled in concept form at the Frankfurt Motor Show 2011. Bavarian Motor Works is already promised to launch BMW i8 using a gasoline engine combined with an electric motor.The BMW has also announced in this week will make a new engine with a 3-cylinder configuration for the BMW i8. Also rumored that this sports sedan will be assembled exclusively in plant Hams Hall, Birmingham, England. And at this plant will be the center of the BMW 3-cylinder engine producing."3-cylinder petrol engine will be used on a sports car BMW i8 plug-in hybrid and will become the standard for dynamic performance in a combination of machines to produce engines more fuel efficient," he added.BMW i8 will be able to produce a total power of 393hp, where the electric motor contributes 170 hp power is placed in the front-wheel-drive system. The remaining power will be transmitted to the rear wheel via a gasoline engine capacity of 1.5 liter turbocharged three-cylinder engine with a total generated torque of 550 Nm.With this engine performance, the BMW i8 can accelerate from 0-100km / h can be reached in under 5 seconds. As for the fuel consumption of hybrid engine technology combination can reach the 3 liter/100km. (MPA / vin)