The BMW i stable used to feature other vehicles as well. One of those was the BMW i8, which debuted in the 2014 model year ...

Yeah, I’d rather have the BMW, too. Warranties and back seats are overrated, and oh, there’s also the part where the i8 looks like a million bucks, and the Camry looks like a Camry.

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 ...

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.