The Truth About Cars on the 2015 BMW i8

The few reviews that have crossed my desk have not been very revealing. This one deserves some scrutiny.

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2015 BMW i8 reviewed by the Truth About Cars: TTAC.com

This is how Kamil Kaluski begins his article: This is the car that people in the 1970s predicted we would be driving in the year 2000. Fifteen years after the turn of the millennium, the BMW i8 is the machine that looks like no other BMW — and certainly like no other car on the road. Its gasoline and plug-in electric powertrain compliment its looks, bringing together the efficiency of an electric car and the convenience of an internal combustion engine.” Continue reading “The Truth About Cars on the 2015 BMW i8”

What Is Mitsubishi Offering at the IAA at Frankfurt This Year?

They are showing us the PHEV version of the Outlander. That’s really it. 

2015 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV: Mitsubishi-motors.com
2015 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV: Mitsubishi-motors.com

This is what MMC say about their car: “The Outlander PHEV was first launched in Japan in January 2013 as the world’s first plug-in hybrid 4WD SUV. Now exported to 48 countries including those in Europe, it is the world’s fastest selling PHEV with cumulative sales of some 70,000 units.” I didn’t know that but also don’t know enough about the Continue reading “What Is Mitsubishi Offering at the IAA at Frankfurt This Year?”