Originally Posted by ragingf80

A buddy of mine has one and we've pushed both his I8 and my M3 hard through some canyon runs. Despite having 75hp less than my M3 and weighing about the same, it has about 20lb-ft more torque than me due to it's electric motor. The 1/4 and 0-60 are almost identical in the M3 and the i8. Due to his much lower center of gravity, he just seem more planted in the turns

...or he was just that much better of a driver than me .

Either way, I had fun keeping up! I can reach 130mph about 3 seconds faster than the i8, so I could catch up on the straights where we could hit triple digits. Having said that, it's a head-turner. Lot of motorists came up to it to take pictures.

Is it worth the $60k premium over my M3? I dunno, but I have 2 extra doors and can sit 5 with a trunk full of groceries if that's worth anything!

Still, it's a great car, and still a first generation. Hopefully a new i8 will push it into supercar territory.

Us, after a morning of runs with my buddy's vintage MR-2: