BMW confirmed its Vision EfficientDynamics hybrid supercar for production last month, and a new report this week puts a general price tag on it. According to Inside Line, BMW Sales & Marketing Director Ian Robertson recently told them that the VED will cost less than 150,000 pounds. And since “less than” so often means “a tiny percentage less than” in the sales world, we’ll take that to mean it will be pretty damn close to 150,000 pounds. By today’s rates that would be around $234,000, which is lower than the rumored price tags of the Mercedes SLS E-Cell ($250,000) and the Porsche 918 ($600,000).
The concept version packed a three-cylinder turbodiesel with a hybrid synchronous motor at the front axle and a full-hybrid engine at the rear axle, which enables an overall system output of 328 horsepower. The end result is a 0-60 mph time of 4.8 seconds with an average fuel economy of 62.5 mpg.
The model, which may come to be called the i100 or the i1, has a range of 50 km (31 miles) on electric power alone and a total range of 700 km (434 miles) with the 24 liter tank feeding the diesel unit.
Source: Inside Line
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