While BMW makes plenty of machinery to keep enthusiasts interested, its most enticing models are often based on more ordinary ones. That's what made the arrival of the i8 so captivating ...

For this video, we go for a quick drive in the BMW i8! Was a quick opportunity and I took it! Thanks for watching! New t-shirts are out as well! MOAR BELOW.New shirts ...

We're not talking about the globetrotting explosion-fest it came wrapped up in, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol; we're speaking of the BMW Vision ... albeit carrying the i8 moniker.