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Re: BMW i3 - ugly Posted by Justin VanAbrahams [Email] (#32) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Justin VanAbrahams) on Tue, 31 Mar 2015 13:09:15 In Reply to: Re: BMW i3 - ugly, Snowmobile [Profile/Gallery] , Tue, 31 Mar 2015 08:11:56 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
Could be Saab. Could be Tatra. Could be VW. The i3's shape is defined by the goal of building a comfortable 4-place car with a minimal footprint. More or less, the way you get that done is with a box. Combined with not being bound by a big hunk of metal to move the car around but instead bound by a heavy but flexibly configurable battery pack whose logical place is the floor, you get even more boxy. That's the way you more or less get this job done.
The two-tone finish and rear window dip are certainly more cosmetic than functional, but I think like the Nissan Cube BMW wanted to do something to distinguish the i3 from just another box on the road. Typically folks buying this type of vehicle are either not particularly attached to the traditional automotive shape (they just want an appliance) or they are specifically looking for something to call attention to their difference choices. The i3 doesn't disappoint either group.
No, the i3 is not a conventionally attractive automobile, but as a form-follows-function vehicle I think it hit the mark as well as anything. They certainly could have made it more plain (like the 1st gen Prius), but why do that? If I'm talking a different route, I don't feel the need to be bound by historical norms. Not everything has to be an E-type. Things can have tall hoods, curved windshields, contrasting plastic panels, and oddly sloping trunks and still look pretty darned awesome. ;)
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