BMWBMW has improved upon its i8 plug-in hybrid coupe and revealed the sports car in roadster form for 2019. “We are going for the pole position in this segment,” Klaus Frohlich, member of the board of management of BMW AG, said at the reveal of the 2019 BMW i8 Coupe and 2019 BMW i8 Roadster at the Los Angeles Auto Show today. The hybrid powertrain improves upon BMW’s previous eDrive technology to deliver 369 horsepower, a dozen more ponies than the outgoing model. “BMW responded with the i8. The pair of next-generation i8 cars, which go on sale in the spring (pricing TBA), achieves a top speed of 155 mph.

Source: Forbes November 29, 2017 17:26 UTC