{"id":79386,"date":"2013-09-13T17:07:01","date_gmt":"2013-09-13T15:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtspirit.com\/?p=79386"},"modified":"2013-09-13T09:43:22","modified_gmt":"2013-09-13T07:43:22","slug":"bmw-i8-wont-receive-m-variant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/2013\/09\/13\/bmw-i8-wont-receive-m-variant\/","title":{"rendered":"BMW i8 Won&#8217;t Receive M Variant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gtspiritmedia.com\/gtspirit\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bmw-i8-38.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gtspiritmedia.com\/gtspirit\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bmw-i8-38-696x385.jpg\" alt=\"BMW i8 Won&#039;t Receive M Variant\" title=\"BMW i8 Won&#039;t Receive M Variant\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-79403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bmw-i8-38-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bmw-i8-38-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bmw-i8-38-696x463.jpg 696w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bmw-i8-38-1068x711.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bmw-i8-38.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While on paper, the <a href=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/2013\/09\/10\/official-bmw-i8-2\/\" title=\"Official: BMW i8\">BMW i8<\/a> sports car may appear to be the perfect recipient for a thorough performance upgrade from BMW\u2019s M division, the German automaker has confirmed that no BMW i8 M will be manufactured.<\/p>\n<p>While this is somewhat upsetting, it\u2019s not entirely surprising considering that the BMW i8 is just one car in the i-brand line-up which BMW considers as a separate model range from all other BMWs including M-tuned BMWs. Confirming the news, BMW Group Head of Technology Communications Cypselus von Frankenberg said, &#8220;I don\u2019t think that it would make sense to mix these two sub-brands in one car. 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