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Written by Ollie Kew
By now, you"ve seen the new Formula E racing cars, complete with their sensational bodywork, halo safety bars, and doubled battery capacity. And you"ve thought: "cor, blimey. I wonder what a cluster of those will look like crashing and knocking lumps out of each on a street circuit?" When there is what TopGear.com likes to call a KERASH (Kinetic Electrical Racing Accident Send Help), this new BMW i8 will be called upon to act. It"s based on the recently restyled and re-engineered hybrid sports car, but it"s had a few choice one-off tweaks for keeping a field of super-EVs in check. BMW has stiffened the i8"s suspension, fitted a carbonfibre rear hatch, plus a front splitter and rear wing to add downforce and a light bar to ruin the aero. There"s a roll bar inside, joined by featherlight bucket seats from the special edition BMW M4 GTS. Stopping is handled, for the first time ever in a BMW iCar, by carbon-ceramic brakes. Useful if there"s what TopGear.com likes to call an OHCRAP (Overconfident Helmsmith"s Car Rams Alain Prost).
Date written: 2 Feb 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 10750
By now, you"ve seen the new Formula E racing cars, complete with their sensational bodywork, halo safety bars, and doubled battery capacity. And you"ve thought: "cor, blimey. I wonder what a cluster of those will look like crashing and knocking lumps out of each on a street circuit?" When there is what TopGear.com likes to call a KERASH (Kinetic Electrical Racing Accident Send Help), this new BMW i8 will be called upon to act. It"s based on the recently restyled and re-engineered hybrid sports car, but it"s had a few choice one-off tweaks for keeping a field of super-EVs in check. BMW has stiffened the i8"s suspension, fitted a carbonfibre rear hatch, plus a front splitter and rear wing to add downforce and a light bar to ruin the aero. There"s a roll bar inside, joined by featherlight bucket seats from the special edition BMW M4 GTS. Stopping is handled, for the first time ever in a BMW iCar, by carbon-ceramic brakes. Useful if there"s what TopGear.com likes to call an OHCRAP (Overconfident Helmsmith"s Car Rams Alain Prost).
Date written: 2 Feb 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 10750
