Bmw I8 Spyder

Can you please just show us the car, BMW?

BMW's hybrid supercar convertible is almost ready.

Not much camo means the convertible hybrid sports car will be here soon.

Expect a refreshed i8 with a boost in horsepower and electric range.

The i8 is expected to have more than 400 horsepower after a mid-cycle facelift.

BMW insiders claim that the production i8 Spyder is still under development, but there's no plan to debut the convertible hybrid sports car in 2016.

The word on the street in Germany has it that BMW will put the i8 Spyder concept into production, now over three years since it debuted in concept form at the 2012 Beijing Motor Show.

BMW could be poised to expand its i8 range, beyond the hardtop version of the plug-in hybrid supercar. A report from Bimmerpost is claiming that the i8 Spyder, which we showed you in concept form at the Brandon Turkus

The BMW i8 Roadster, which was first unveiled about 15 months ago, has won the award for North America's Best Production Preview Vehicle, which honors those models caught in the netherworld between concept and public-sales debut. The place where you can win best concept multiple years in a row.

More than two dozen jurors started with a pool of 23 concept cars introduced at the most recent Los Angeles, Detroit, Chicago, Toronto and New York auto shows, then pared it down to three winners in three categories for the twelfth annual North American Concept Vehicle of the Year Awards. The trophy-bearers are said to be those "vehicles most likely to shape the future of the automobile industry," and lead their classes in the Concept Car, Concept Truck and Production Preview divisions.

There were some major debuts at this year's Beijing Auto Show, offering a peek into the future of automotive design and technology. Here are some of our favorites.

BMW has created the BMW i sub-brand for its upcoming production plug-in models, which currently include three concepts: the i3, i8 and the i8 Spyder. After keeping that third model away from our eager cameras at the New York Auto Show, BMW finally showed off the i8 Spyder Concept in the metal at the <