The BMW i8 was a particular automotive for the model. It mixed an eye catching form not like the rest within the automaker’s lineup and a performance-focused plug-in-hybrid powertrain. BMW Head of Design Domagoj Dukec simply revealed the once-planned successor to the sports activities automotive – the i16.

Dukec truly labored on designing the i16. It was a extra production-ready tackle the Vision M Next Concept that debuted in 2019 at BMW’s NextGen convention in Munich. Here’s how the look side-by-side:

BMW Vision M Next Concept

The Vision M Next Concept used a hybrid-assisted four-cylinder engine with a complete system output of 600 horsepower. It might attain 62 miles per hour in 3.0 seconds and a high velocity of 186 mph. It’s unclear what adjustments, if any, would’ve been made to the powertrain if the i16 made it to manufacturing.

Dukec notes that the i16’s design takes inspiration from the M1. The similarities are most evident on the again the place there are louvers on the rear glass and a debossed part on the fenders, just like the inlets on the edges of the basic sports activities automotive.

The production-spec i16 would have shared the carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic monocoque structure from the i8. According to Dukec, the challenge was a sufferer of poor timing as a result of the enterprise issues from the pandemic in 2020 triggered BMW to finish growth. The i16’s price and low potential gross sales quantity have been components in canceling the automotive, based on a report at the time.

If the i16 went into manufacturing, it was speculated to launch around 2022, simply two years after the i8’s production ended. If you are into BMWs, we extremely encourage trying out what Dukec needed to say in regards to the i16 in his Instagram put up under.