BMW i8 supercar is still electrifying

We don’t dole out five-star reviews here at Examiner Motoring willy-nilly. In fact, I can only remember a handful of these terribly prestigious gongs being awarded during my tenure, writes Declan Colley.

But — and a bit like the clichéd number 10 bus — you wait ages for one to come along and then two of them arrive simultaneously. Last week the VW Golf Clubsport received the top honour.

And this week the rarely seen five stars are getting handed out again, but on this occasion it goes to a horse of a completely different colour. This time it goes to the astonishing feat of design and engineering that is the BMW i8.