BMW i8 News

Carbon fibre is an exotic material known for its combination of strength and lightness .

After jostling for years to ballyhoo big, snarling engines, the auto industry is now racing to see who can make the smallest, lightest and most-fuel-efficient powerplants.

Because embargoes were apparently made to be broken, images of the 2014 BMW 4 Series coupe have leaked onto the Internet ahead of the car's official debut thanks to Car Design News' Facebook page .

BMW is no different, and won't be for quite some time--as its full production electric vehicles, notably the i3 city car, are yet to hit the streets.

BMW has about 100,000 reservations from around the world from people who want to test its first electric vehicle, sales boss Ian Robertson said, adding that the automaker has "significant numbers of deposits" for the car.

Lightweight composite materials specialist Honsa Kft. will produce carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic parts next year at its plant in Pcs, Hungary, for the new BMW i8 concept model.

The weather is getting hot and so are Denver's summer events. To kick off the season right, Larimer Square and BMW are partnering to bring you the Larimer Square Summer Film Series.

BMW has been hyping its futuristic i lineup for years now, but the long lead time doesn't mean that the highly efficient, carbon-fiber-based vehicles are vaporware.

We're here at the annual Villa d'Este Concorso d'Eleganza, where we look out over Lake Como as spring comes to Italy.

The dealership network will run for the model's launch later this year. So far BMW has announced two models from the i sub-brand: the i3 city car and the plug-in hybrid i8 sports car.

Mercedes-Benz led the U.S. premium-brand sales race through April of 2013, but BMW of North America CEO Ludwig Willisch expects BMW to repeat as No.