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Why I Bought a Used BMW i3: Long term test of a 2015 i3 REX

January 8, 2020 by Chris Knapman

About a year ago I wrote a story for the CarGurus blog about how the BMW i3 was somewhat like a reincarnation of the Audi A2. Perhaps it isn’t surprising then, that when time came to replace my own A2 that it was the BMW that got the nod.

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Filed Under: BMW, Car Review, Electric Car Reviews, Electric Vehicles, Featured Story, News, Running an Electric Car, Used Cars Tagged With: BMW, Buying an EV, electric car

Why the BMW i3 could be the Greenest Used Car of All

October 14, 2019 by Vicky Parrott

How green a car is – used or new – isn’t just about its tailpipe emissions. No car demonstrates this better than the BMW i3, which could just be the greenest used car you can buy.

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Filed Under: Buying an Electric Car, Car Shopping, Electric Vehicles, Featured Story, News, Used Cars Tagged With: BMW, Buying an EV, Electric cars, green car

BMW i8: Is this the Best Used Sports Car of 2019?

April 29, 2019 by Bob Harper

It might have made its debut nigh-on five years ago but BMW’s i8 is still as dramatic and arresting today as it was at launch – and is now an excellent used buy. Its swooping, futuristic styling still elicits thoughts that it’s just teleported in from a science fiction movie and if you decide to take the plunge you better get used to lots of attention from passersby.

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Filed Under: Buying an Electric Car, Car Shopping, Electric Vehicles, Featured Story, News, Used Cars Tagged With: BMW, Buying an EV, electric car, Fun to drive, hybrid car

Automotive Reincarnations: GM EV1 and Nissan Leaf

January 9, 2019 by Lewis Kingston

Electric cars, to many, appear a truly modern innovation – one enabled by rapid advances in battery technology, motors, controllers and thermal management systems.

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Filed Under: Automotive Reincarnations, Electric Car News, Electric Vehicles, Used Cars Tagged With: Buying an EV, Car technology, Electric cars, Lewis Kingston, NIssan

Automotive Reincarnations: Audi A2 and BMW i3

June 21, 2018 by Chris Knapman

The Audi A2 of 1999 and BMW i3 of 2014 are two cars that on paper appear to be fundamentally different. For a start they are built by competing firms, but even more basic than that is their method of propulsion: internal combustion for the A2 versus battery electric for the i3.

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Filed Under: Automotive Reincarnations, Classic Cars, Electric Vehicles Tagged With: A2, Audi, Automotive reincarnations, BMW, Buying an EV, electric car, i3, modern classic cars

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