4 Incredible Things You Could Buy For The Price Of The BMW i8’s New Red Paint Scheme

When Bentley unveiled the Bentayga late last year, we were left speechless, and not for the reason that you might expect. The 600bhp W12 was certainly impressive, and we loved the sophisticated, yet in your face styling of the 4x4 brute, but the thing that left us gob-smacked was in fact nothing more than an option. Well, a £150,000 option. Basically, for the price of a brand new Porsche 911 GT3 RS, you could have yourself a Breitling Tourbillon incorporated into the dashboard of your already overpriced SUV. Something which, let’s face it, does the same job as a cheap Casio.

Clearly, not wanting to miss out on the action, BMW have set out to beat the chaps from Crewe at the game of most pointless option. How have they done this you might ask? Well, quite simply, BMW has unveiled a new limited run i8, called the Protonic Red Edition, which is basically, yep, you guessed it, an i8, painted in red. To be fair, the car also receives a few new additions like W-spoke alloy wheels, carbon trim and red stitching on the seats, but really, the whole point of this ‘exclusive’ package is that you can now buy your hybrid supercar in Protonic Red. A colour ‘created exclusively’ for the i8. Impressive stuff…

So how much will this, as BMW puts it, ‘individuality’ cost you? Well, once you factor in the new £2500 Government grant which will be applied to hybrid cars from 1 March, the Protonic i8 will cost £110,035. That’s a whopping £7995 premium over the standard £102,040 i8.

Unfortunately, if you’re desperate for a red i8, you’ll have to wait until September 2016, when the Protonic Red Edition officially goes on sale. But this got us thinking. Why not buy the standard car, and then spend the £7995 that you have left over on one of the following options:

BMW E46 £7995

You could get yourself a proper M car. There are plenty of examples for sale which fall under £8000.

1986 Bentley Eight £7993

Your new i8 is all well and good, but what if you need to go on a family road trip? Lope across continents in this luxurious Bentley. Just ignore the maintenance bills…

BMW S1000RR £7800

You already have BMW’s halo car. Why not get the halo bike to match? BMW S1000RRs tend to hold their value, but a few have dropped below £8000.

Breitling For Bentley B06 S Automatic Chronograph £7830

If you’ve just purchased a new BMW i8, you clearly enjoy the finer things in life. Why not treat yourself to a luxury timepiece? And whatever Bentley says, you don’t need to spend £150,000 to get your hands on a beautiful Breitling.

So CTzens, let us know, has BMW come up with the most pointless special edition ever? What would you purchase with the leftover cash? Let us know!