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The BMW i8
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The BMW i8 was presented for the first time at the IAA 2009 with the indication to go into series production in 2013. The production started in March 2014 and the first 8 vehicles were delivered on June 5, 2014.
In 2011 the successor study of the BMW i8 was already shown at the IAA in Frankfurt. In 2012 the BMW i8 Concept Spyder was presented at the Beijing Motorshow and since May 2018 the BMW i8 Roadster (Type I15) is available in series production. This is also produced at the BMW plant in Leipzig.
Incidentally, the last BMW i8 rolled off the assembly line as a roadster in Leipzig on 15 June 2020, painted in Portimao blue. Before that, 18 exclusive copies were sent to the BMW i8 Club.
I have been practicing vintage car photography for more than 35 years and here I mainly photograph normal everyday vehicles which were still on the road en masse over 30 years ago. But also cars with extraordinary, beautiful design. From time to time I take pictures of cars, .. Read more…