would you swap your 430 for a bmw i8?

[SlartiF430]

purpleperil said:

Ditto - but I'm thinking of swapping out of my Ampera and keeping the prancing horse for my petrol fix

Yes yes yes, but....a fez and an i8??? I'd get shut of both and bag an aventador!

[TISPKJ]

Assume you have seen this .....

http://www.pistonheads.com/roadtests/doc.asp?c=100...

[Cheib]

tobybmw535i said:

We have one on order and it should be with us (December 2014 or early 2015) but the dealer did say there are rumours of an M version and a spider???

I just don't see how they could make a soft top and it look anywhere near as good....so much of the styling is about the shape of the rear buttress.

An M probably depends on how much they can really turn the wick up on the power ? That might be very difficult and very expensive given the tech....or might be sodding easy in a couple of years with the rate electric motors and batteries tech improves.

[spunko2010]

tobybmw535i said:

We have one on order and it should be with us (December 2014 or early 2015) but the dealer did say there are rumours of an M version and a spider???

Damn, that's quite a lengthy lead time. When did you order it?

[bertie]

johnnyreggae said:

You must have a very generous employer for BIK to be relevant on an i8 !

Or it be your own comapny.....

[erics]

lamboman100 said:

Tough call, and a good question.

It is a major social downgrade from a Ferrari badge to a BMW badge.

And the i8 is slower than a 430.

But the i8 is a newer, pretty'ish car, especially in black, with the added theatre of the scissor doors.

And the i8 is a peek into the hybrid future (rightly or wrongly, that is where things are headed for now).

Personally, if I had to buy a Bimmer, I'd be tempted to wait for a faster "i8s" or "i9" model to be released. The 0-60mph time would really need to duck under 3.5secs, ideally under 3.0secs, to get majorly excited about it.

I don't think the i8 is that much slower than a f430... Check this:
http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-reviews/first-driv...

0-100 mph in 9.4s..

When I test drove it, it felt as torquey as my aston v12v.

[erics]

that's against a 991 carrera S with power kit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85ZriQWyKuk

[gregf40]

No I wouldn't.

I would wait and get what I have already ordered to replace my GTR...

[erics]

gregf40 said:

No I wouldn't.

I would wait and get what I have already ordered to replace my GTR...

doubt a Nismo will be a very pleasant thing to live with on a day to day basis.

[The_Doc]

For a (partially) electric supercar to rival Italian exotica, I'd want it too look significantly cooler than this.

It's too BMW

It's just a 6 series with some aftermarket tat on, no?

I want this:

[SlartiF430]

The_Doc said:

For a (partially) electric supercar to rival Italian exotica, I'd want it too look significantly cooler than this.

It's too BMW

It's just a 6 series with some aftermarket tat on, no?

I want this:

You are joking, right?

[gregf40]

The_Doc said:

I want this:

If I were you I'd be wishing for my eye sight back first!

[JPLandolt]

Never!
Ferrari all the way.

[DevonPaul]

The_Doc said:

I want this:

Which end is the front?

[erics]

The_Doc said:

For a (partially) electric supercar to rival Italian exotica, I'd want it too look significantly cooler than this.

It's too BMW

It's just a 6 series with some aftermarket tat on, no?

I want this:

In my books the original M1 was a proper exotica. The i8 is way more outlandish looks-wise.. Whilst still keeping reasonable dimensions.

[The_Doc]

SlartiF430 said:

The_Doc said:

For a (partially) electric supercar to rival Italian exotica, I'd want it too look significantly cooler than this.

It's too BMW

It's just a 6 series with some aftermarket tat on, no?

I want this:

You are joking, right?

well, you get what I was trying to say about electric cars and making it special

perhaps not that example....

[Juber]

Please dont

[slippery]

bertie said:

Or it be your own comapny.....

This was my motivation. A fantastic car that doesn't murder me from a tax perspective.

[Pommygranite]

The_Doc said:

I want this:

Is it a Mouse for a laptop?

[kryten22uk]

slippery said:

This was my motivation. A fantastic car that doesn't murder me from a tax perspective.

So, if I understand it correctly, if you own a company and pay your self say £100k to buy a car, then you pay 40% tax on that £100k. Whereas if you let the company buy the car, then you pay BIK instead. The BIK in the following 3 years are 5%, 9%, 11%, totalling 25% of the £100k. So you save 15% tax.

Is that right, or is there more to BIK than that?