Ever since BMW has announced its concept car named Vision EfficientDynamics at the Frankfurt Auto Show in 2009, the world began to think about the possibility of a car that does two things very well: looks outstanding and also has a very good fuel economy. And it’s getting near us.

Now, getting back at the present time, we got a piece of news that is sure to be of great importance. According to Ian Robertson, sales and marketing director for BMW, the BMW Vision EfficientDynamics is said to have a price tag of about 150,000 euros (around $200,000) when it will be launched. That kind of money doesn’t come by too often, but it will get you a car packing a three cylinder diesel hybrid that sports 328 hp and a huge 62.5 mpg fuel economy.

Unfortunately, there is no official launch date for the BMW Vision EfficientDynamics, although a few speculations could be made, as the German car manufacturer will be sponsoring the 2012 London Olympics and that could be a prime candidate for a debut. Either that or the year 2013, but we shall be looking for more info on that.

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Back in 2009 at the Frankfurt Auto Show, BMW revealed an amazing concept called Vision EfficientDynamics, a model that imposed itself firstly by the aesthetics. Today, at Leipzig, where BMW manufactures several model, a full-working BMW Vision EfficientDynamics was revealed together with all the details we need to know.

The Bavarian model inspired from the concept bearing the same name brings out two electric engines and a three-cylinder turbodiesel propeller able to develop together 328 horsepower but manages to keep the CO2 emissions at 99 g/km while the sprint from 0 to 100 km/h is achieved in 4,8 seconds.

The fuel consumption figures were also released, BMW managing to optimize the hybrid sports car to need just 3,7 liters/100 km. Combining the autonomy figures of the electric and diesel engine the model manages to provide about 750 kilometers, the batteries giving us about 50 kilometers from the total. Thanks to the outstanding design which combines the performance with the style the BMW Vision EfficientDynamics has a drag coefficient of just 0.22.

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Germans at BMW plan to launch a hybrid coupe model somewhere in 2013 or 2014, a hybrid model with some certain purposes: to fight with its segment rivals and provide high performance with less consumption. BMW i100 Coupe Active Hybrid will be the transposition of the well-known Vision EfficientDynamics concept.

The propulsion system is still unknown for us, a series of rumors being proposed. It’s rumored that the i100 Coupe ActiveHybrid may adopt a six-cylinder 3.0-liter and two electric engines but also a three-cylinder and two electric engines scenario might come true.

According to the same rumors the BMW’s i100 Coupe ActiveHybrid model based on the Vision EfficientDynamics concept might have an autonomy of 50 km and might develop up to 285 horsepower, in the best case possible. The most powerful opponent for the BMW’s hybrid is the Audi’s e-Tron electric model, the rivality between the two German manufacturers being well-known also.

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New rumors have been appearing regarding the new BMW i100 Coupe ActiveHybrid. The electric sports car will be launched in the year 2013 and is considered to rival the e-Tron from Audi and the E-Cell from Mercedes.

The BMW i100 Coupe ActiveHybrid will have between 165hp and 185hp from a three cylinder direct injection engine with two additional electric motors that will supply 100hp more. The U.S. is said to get a four cylinder version, rather than a three cylinder one. No arguments here.

There will also be an M version of the i100 which will feature a six cylinder engine taken from the M3 and high performance capacitators.

Further on the specs list, the i100 Coupe will have a maximim electric range of 50 kilometers, with a minimum one of about 15 kilometers. Thanks to the above engines, the model will reach 60mph in 4.8 seconds and will have a maximum speed of 155mph (250kmh) which will be limited electronically, so more speed is within reach with the right tinkering. The BMW i100 Coupe will benefit from the Vision EfficientDynamics and will have a fuel consumption of 3.7 liters.

35,000 units are planned to be sold by BMW, each having an estimated price of $130,000. More info will be had at the 2011 Motor Show hosted in Frankfurt, where the BMW i100 Coupe is rumored to show up.

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It would seem that the Vision EfficientDynamics concept car the Bavarians at BMW rolled out to the public quite some time ago is still the inspiration behind some rumors.

The most recent of them is that BMW are considering building a new model, a hybrid one no less.

The guilty party behind the rumor is the staff at German magazine “Autozeitung” who have made quite an interesting case.

Don’t think back to the BMW 850i with a washing machine engine in it, oh no, this will be a M powered vehicle. Even so, that’s not enough. It will be the 5 liter V10 engine out of the E60 BMW M5 which will be mated to a couple of electric motors rounding up the total horsepower figure somewhere around the 700 mark.

Not bad, not bad at all. The new BMW, dubbed the M8, will be nothing short of spectacular if we pick up this presentation, the spec sheet of the Vision EfficientDynamics concept and the talent that BMW has on offer.

Perhaps it will also be turbocharged, better yet, twin turbocharged. And perhaps it will have machine guns on the roof. We’ll just have to put our sensible hats on, not take it to seriously. Well at least some cheeky Germans who actually work for BMW confirm this.

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BMW’s electric four seater, the Megacity, is one eagerly awaited vehicle but according to some recent speculation it may be just the tip of the iceberg for the new market the Bavarians are approaching.

Apparently BMW are considering offering more than one variant of the Megacity and are even considering adding a sports car to the line.

BMW sales and marketing boss Ian Robertson has admitted to the fact that we could be expecting these multiple versions of the Megacity, when interviewed by Autocar, and also referred to the Vision EfficientDynamics sports car concept as something with a strong potential for becoming a pure electric sports car.

This said though it is to be expected that a production version of the Vision EfficientDynamics will be different in some ways but one thing has been set clear about the Megacity and this potential EV Sports Car, they will both be sold with BMW badges and no different brands are going to be started. They will still have a certain distinction, pretty much what you can expect from the M powered cars.

Until we see either of them on the road there’s a few things you need to know, neither will come cheap since BMW are very decided on killing weight as much as possible so most of the construction will be made of carbon fiber. Add to that pretty high cost of development and low target sales and prices aren’t going to be joyous.

Either way I have to say I’m eagerly awaiting an EV that’s done properly.

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I bet that this is not the first time when you hear about BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Concept but again we will talk about this and also about the main fact that I made this post, about the photos and the presentation of BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Concept from the LA Auto Show.

First, I have to tell you that the photos are not revealing so much things from BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Concept because on the internet there are a lot of photos with it from Auto Shows and now you can find anything about this car just by making a simple Google search or even a search on this blog.

As some main details about this new BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Concept, it has a consumption of just 3.73 liters for 100 kilometers and 99 grams of CO/2 of emissions which is more than great because at this little requirement of fuel, it develops a big amount of power.

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