BMW i8

Launched in September this year, the German company’s new sports hybrid is the only front wheel drive hybrid BMW sold in the US and comes with a TwinPower Turbo 1.5- litre, three cylinder engine, swan- wing doors and a top speed of around 250km/ h. It’s been called the company’s most revolutionary car in decades and can be charged to 80 per cent in two- and- half hours using just a normal plug socket.