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Originally Posted by Kyle B
True, but you're talking about cars with MSRPs of $845K, $1.15M, and $3.2M. The i8 hovers around M6 pricing, which of course is infinitely more accessible than the three cars you referenced.
I think the i8 is a huge win.
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I agree its more accessible, but look at the reality.
Porsche is only making 918 of them, BMW will likely sell thousands and thousands of i8s (5,000? 10,000?), so the costs will be spread over many more cars.
Furthermore, if you take into account things like the motor and the much more advanced tech it has over the i8 the price starts to show. I would bet the engine alone is worth 50-60K (minimally in the 918) while the BMW motor is only worth maybe 10K (flat crank v8 from the RSR Spyder vs a run of the mill 3 cylinder which is nothing special). Go into things like the hybrid tech which the 918 is far far more advance, the drivetrain etc you can see where the cost is coming from spread over such a small production.
Again, the 918 as many have said is THE car that will push supercars forward into the future. The i8 is not anything of the sort.