Colorful Modified BMW i8 By Turner

Colorful Modified BMW i8 By Turner Motorsport Is Up For Sale

While BMW’s standard choice of colors for the BMW i8 does wonders to make it look cool and futuristic, there are definitely other ways to go as well. Take this example breathed over by Turner Motorsport and its unusual choice of finish.

The car is all-yellow, with blue accents that not only extend to factory trim pieces, but also the new and larger rims which are Forgeline AR1 Monoblocks.

Performance-wise, it is completely stock, but it does have a titanium exhaust that’s half the weight of the standard one, H&R Sport Springs and a genuine BMW front upper A-arm camber upgrade.

The color combination really works on this i8, especially with the blue wheels. The asking price for all of it is $145,000, for a car that’s only done 5,600 miles since new.

Turner Motorsport kicks off their BMW i8 project with a series of visual and body upgrades that aim to create a unique car on the road.

First, the car gets a yellow vinyl wrap paired with striking blue accents and a set of blue wheels. The Forgeline AR1 Forged Wheels for i8 are an exciting evolution in Forgeline monoblock styling, with a very angular split spoke pattern, extra-deep concave profile, and radically-chamfered outer edge, perfect for the i8.

Since suspension tuning is their specialty, Turner Motorsport wanted to make sure the i8 handled as good as it looks.

To start, they contacted H&R springs to get some sport springs for the i8 to lower the center of gravity and slightly increase the spring rate without negatively impacting the fantastic ride. In addition to the springs, Turner decided to install some camber adjustment arms to dial a little more negative camber into the front wheels to help with the pushy-ness of the i8 from the factory. The company says the combination made a huge improvement and that the i8 is a blast on any corner

The BMW i8, or BMW Concept Vision Efficient Dynamics as it was first introduced in 2009, is the first BMW since the iconic late-Seventies M1 sports car with a "mid-engine" design. Using conventional terminology, this is a 357hp 3,275lb sports car employing all-wheel drive and 2+2 seating. But any comparisons to the typical mid-engine car of the last 50 years would be in error. Because in addition to the fossil-burning mid-mounted 1.5-liter turbocharged internal combustion engine producing 228hp, the i8 features a front-mounted 98kW (129hp) electric motor powered by a 7.1kWh lithium ion battery pack and delivering power to the front wheels. The technology and engineering behind the project puts BMW in the same league as the current crop of hypercar manufacturers with million-dollar price tags - McLaren (P1), Ferrari (LaFerrari), and Porsche (918). It was unveiled in 2009 as a concept for the future. The production i8 is evidence that the future is now.