BMW i8 - Is it as good as it looks ?!

[@tiagomatos1484]

Can’t wait to get mine next week 😍. Great video 👏🏻

[@PetrolPed]

Exciting times 👍

[@thezanzibarbarian5729]

Thank God for that. A proper British i8 review. Well done PP!!

[@PetrolPed]

Cheers...I'm glad you liked it :-)

[@StefABtv]

Cracking review mate! Great video!

[@PetrolPed]

Cheers Stef...recognise the car ?!!!!!

[@StefABtv]

Petrol Ped haha maybe :) that car got driven hard by all of us lol!!!i think we all loved it!

[@Vlaid65]

Another good one. Must admit that it was the "Batman's Daily" which really drew me in. It's great to see you going from strength to strength with the channel.

[@PetrolPed]

That is good to hear. Trying hard to improve my thumbnails ;-)

[@geofo60]

Great car, great review as we've come to expect from our very own Petrol Ped. Thanks for taking us along for the ride Peter.

[@PetrolPed]

Cheers Geof :-)

[@stephenlane9127]

Great review, I had to smile to your facial expression looking away & your voice talking about the Prius! (46 secs)

[@PetrolPed]

Ooops...was it that obvious !

[@Shimmings]

My daughter just asked ‘is this Top Gear?’ 😀

[@PetrolPed]

Good girl :-)

[@1020Shane]

Top Gear minus the shenanigans.

[@geofo60]

No, but it should be. Honest reviews & not a group of overpaid twats driving across countries that have no relevance to the vehicles being abused to within an inch of their lives. I'd like to be even harsher but youngsters may be watching !!

[@bikerman6907]

Petol peds vids are always great to watch!👍 Some twenty odd years ago, BMW's fastest 8-series model had a 5.0 litre v12 engine! Compared to this tiny 3 cylinder 1.5 liter engine with artifical sound😩, doesn't help if it is waaaaaaay faster than the beautiful 850, or 840 for that matter.. 👌😎

[@JoeAchilles1]

Great review buddy! The i8 is an incredible piece of kit, just a pity its over 100k.

[@PetrolPed]

+Joe Achilles And let's not talk about the depreciation 😳

[@wilfredbirch6786]

Concur well impressed when I had it for the day. Quality. Good review

[@PetrolPed]

Cheers Wilf :-)

[@Mr-M.Fastbike1000]

I love the styling. Great review Pete. 👍🏻

[@PetrolPed]

They do look ace !

[@mansfield1971]

The acid test is.....would you buy one with your own money over the equivalent petrol only performance version (AMV8, R8, M3 etc) ?

[@PetrolPed]

+Mansfield No 😜

[@mansfield1971]

Petrol Ped I like the honest answer.....great videos btw.

[@PetrolPed]

MansfieldOn reflection I was actually underwhelmed by the performance 😬

[@jonscoupe]

Mansfield - Although this car makes some sort of sense in terms of economy, I must agree with you that faced with a choice of this car or a full on V8, V10, V12 alternative, I would still take the alternative. But these smaller engine supercars are becoming more popular.

[@000GunterGabriel000]

Petrol Ped I would love to hear such criticism also in the vid. Additionally i have been told that the steering feels completely artificial and lacks any kind of feedback.

[@LosEblos]

In the comments below, Pete, you said: "On reflection I was actually underwhelmed by the performance." Well... I looked many of your reviews and enjoyed it a lot. I also watched many reviews made by savagegeese, I'm sure you know his reviews, too. Although you do a great job, showing and telling us your impressions of driving great cars, I do miss critical words on these cars. Everything is more or less amazing, and fine, and cool. Is it really? I think, every car has its things, you don't like so much. Please tell us! These aspects are the essence of a test. This is, what I'd like to know. I can imagine, doing critisism is not easy, because if you overdo, dealers perhaps won't give you any car again. This is, where I think, savagegeese does a great job. Sometimes, you, as a viewer of his reviews, have to know him and his way to communicate, what's not good in a car... but you can see or feel it, even when he's not saying it loud. And often, he says it crystal clear. Please don't missunderstand. I like your videos a lot. It's always fun to watch. But it mostly reminds me to an Apple product presentation: great, awesome, awesome, great, brilliant. I'd like to place my words here as a likable constructional suggestion: Tell us, what's not good, or what could be better. I'd like that. :-)

[@PetrolPed]

Hi There. Thanks for the comments. My feeling of being underwhelmed only really came out after I had driven the car, on reflection. That is also based on the fact I get to drive some very fast cars so I need to be careful not to let that cloud my judgement. If you had not got that experience this car would feel like a rocket ship !! I do try and be balanced although as you said it's hard for an up and coming channel to slate a car in the style of Jeremy Clarkson :-) Have a look at my recent Civic Type R review, I have some criticism for Honda in that one ;-)

[@eddiefreeston8856]

Nice review mate. Looking forward to the mid week 180!

[@PetrolPed]

Cheers Eddie :-)

[@stephensimpson6051]

Great job,well presented, BMW owe u large👍

[@PetrolPed]

Only the third BMW I've managed to get me hands on !

[@carshizz1185]

Great video, would love to have a go in this! No range anxiety here.

[@PetrolPed]

Cheers. Glad you enjoyed it :-)

[@ginggur17]

Hi Ped. It’s got some lush lines.

[@andrewfrost8866]

Great review. Impressive motor.

[@PetrolPed]

Cheers Andrew :-)

[@iancross5370]

Nice film Pete...got to love a i8 👌

[@PetrolPed]

Cheers Ian :-)

[@jackwaren4471]

Great review .....

[@PetrolPed]

Cheers Jack :-)

[@ryandavid2770]

Peugeot iOn next then, that would be interesting to see the other end of the scale?!

[@njorogevince6259]

Great Review Bro, In Kenya we have 2 pieces only.

[@PetrolPed]

Cheers Vincent.

[@BLRayBanUK]

Good review. Are using a steadycam? 2 vids now (atom & this one) where ive thought the camera panning over the car could feel better, perhaps crisper and little bit smoother. Any chance on doing a series on best sports cars for under 30K for us poor bastards please?

[@PetrolPed]

The over the car shots were from a drone. Still learning to fly it smoothly :-) I've got a Mini Cooper D vid coming soon !

[@villejuntunen5851]

Is that engine really an i8 engine? 3:10 -> looks like front bonnet open on another bmw

[@PetrolPed]

OMG good spot ! That is what you get for editing two BMW videos late at night. Not sure how that got through my final check :-(

[@villejuntunen5851]

Happens to all of us mate. I really enjoy your videos. Keep going!

[@steveburns9488]

Great review but personally I'm not sold on the looks, and I'd take a thumping V8 over this, especially as their days are probably numbered. I'll keep my Jaguar XFR thanks

[@PetrolPed]

Good shout Steve :-)

[@robinpratt1541]

Really good review and car looks beautifully designed and built. BUT it does not wow me. May be different when you drive it! I think I would prefer an Aston Martin.

[@PetrolPed]

Robin, it didn’t wow me either !

[@WarmSince74]

Love the car, but those rear cup holders look like something you get from Mcdonalds on a carry out.

[@PetrolPed]

LOL !

[@Djpaul-lo1px]

"Gullwing" doors. No.

[@rogerpope3942]

Lovely looking car, but you need deep pockets or a lottery win to be able to afford one.

[@PetrolPed]

Oh yes !

[@ssssebastian09]

Good luck when parked in a spot

[@pt020]

Front beautiful ... the rest ugly as hell.