RE: i8: BMW Names Hybrid Super Coupe

[Mr Gear]

MarJay said:

ZOLLAR said:

One of the "txt speak" people in my office just pointed out that "i8" is slang for I hate

I thought it was i h8

Not for brummies it's not.

[renrut]

Surely "i8" is "I ate"? The irony of that attached to something about sustainability and not using up resources.


From the look of that BM it ate something that didn't agree with it...

[ellisd82]

MonteV said:

Will Apple sue?

No and Apple where not the first to use the i.

Back to the car. Looks ok, if a little upset and the mirrors are in the wrong place.

[PKLD]

What about hyundai?

Aren't they all called i-something now?!

[Pixel Pusher]

PKLD said:

What about hyundai?

Aren't they all called i-something now?!

iHyunda. Bandwaggoners!

[XitUp]

HYUNDi

[PKLD]

XitUp said:

HYUNDi

Maybe a whoosh moment but I have got the spelling right non?

http://www.hyundai-car.co.uk/

[ZOLLAR]

MarJay said:

ZOLLAR said:

One of the "txt speak" people in my office just pointed out that "i8" is slang for I hate

I thought it was i h8

No idea , its txt spek innit

[DrTre]

Quite like the i8....they're releasing a smaller model in Q1 2012

[Recarobob]

So for all the millions that BMW spend to maintain their brand, all they could come up with was 'i8'. I would have expected more.

[35secToNuvolari]

I wonder if BMW will link up with GMurray. Both are working on city solutions, both are using the 'i' prefix. Both worked with each other in the past.

[bobcorb]

Well BMW have been stckng the letter "" at the end of all ther model descrptons snce the 70s ( and t's been pretty pontless snce 1993 snce every car has been ftted wth fuel njecton) so for such a radcal departure they now stck t at the begnnng nstead.

Personally 'm fed up wth the letter so 'm gong on strke.

Edited by bobcorb on Monday 21st February 19:16

[Rawwr]

[Mr E Driver]

alexpa said:

Will it be a prerequisite to drive this car like an like most bmw drivers?

You are somewhat reticent about revealing what you drive, is this because you don't want to be labelled a tt just like you label other car owners of a particular marque?

[Ceylon]

So going down the electric recharge route rather than the hydrogen route. Pretend green route then BMW. Innovation can be left to others.... pretty though!

[XitUp]

Ceylon said:

So going down the electric recharge route rather than the hydrogen route. Pretend green route then BMW. Innovation can be left to others.... pretty though!

Pretend green > sci fi that will never work.

[ewenm]

Ceylon said:

So going down the electric recharge route rather than the hydrogen route. Pretend green route then BMW. Innovation can be left to others.... pretty though!

How is using electricity generated in a power-station to recharge your car less green than using hydrogen to power it? Hydrogen that takes huge amounts of energy to refine.

[bobcorb]

BMW have done hydrogen to death over the last 30 years. Its just nasty stuff to try and contain, it'll leak through pretty much anything. The whole electric car BS just relies on the power companies moving across to renewables or nuclear. So given that everyone hates windfarms and no one wants a nuke at the bottom of the garden, no ones keen to cough upfor tidal or wave and solar... well the less said the better. So when are all the lights going to go out...

Can you tell I'm an automotive engineer who used to work in the power industry.

I cant make my mind up either!!

[XitUp]

I love wind farms and I'd be happy to have a nuclear plant near me.

But even on our power mix as it stands electric cars could work.

[Rich_W]

I like it. But I bet it doesn't look like that in production form.