[ds968]

slightly more afordable than the 918 Spyder ( man, I love the looks of that car, as exaggerated as they may be..) but since " there is no substitute" for Porsche, here's a new and very different Beemer entering the world :



http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/b...35451.html





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[rxter]

Well given what BMW has been fobbing off recently as "ultimate driving machines" this one can't be any worse.



ducking



Seriously though - I recall that BMW had a skin-wrapped frame thingy that they had on the concept circuit a couple of years age. This car looks like the child of that work and I have to admit that it's appearance is very interesting. I hope I get to see a few on the road (from the comfort of my very quiet, buttoned-down, easy to operate cab, natch).

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[tamathumper]

We’ve already overheard grousing about a $135,925 car — the price U.S. BMW dealers will charge when the i8 arrives this spring — that can’t beat a $50,000 Corvette in a drag race. But that criticism misses the mark completely. This car is not waging battle with the Corvettes of the world. It is in its own league, the league of incredible, handsome, outrageous, advanced, lifestyle accessories: an exotic sports car that looks otherworldly, accelerates faster than anyone needs it to, can carry two adults and two kids comfortably, and gets an astounding 94 mpg. Welcome to tomorrow, now.

Sooo... I'm supposed to spend twice as much with luxury taxes, for a car that doesn't go nearly as fast (oh, but supposedly faster than anyone *needs* to?!?!), and tell people "it's an outrageous lifestyle accessory"??!??! Not on my skinny-jeans-wearin' worst day. Oh, and I wouldn't buy the Corvette either.

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[Rap]

You wear skinny jeans?

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[AJG]

What a laugh, still clinging on to the front grill look. Its crap.

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[tamathumper]

Rap, not yet, but I've got a feeling that car comes with a lifetime supply.

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[ds968]

Skinny jeans for the BMW, huge belt buckle and satin "members only" jackets for the Corvette, are all standard issue.

Three cylinders ? Why not two or four ? Weird. Anyway, at $ 45,000 per cylinder it's a tad pricey. Less than the $ 125,000 per cylinder Veyron, but at least there one can really lay claim to an outrageous lifestyle accessory.

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[flash]

you guys missed the entire point of the car. it's not about performance. it's about it being a plug in hybrid, and looking exotic.



not my cup of tea, but for a car that gets 94mpg, not the worst thing i've seen

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[94SilverCab]

Porsche 918 just turned in the fastest Lap ever at Nurembering..the shape of things to come.



Jay

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[Inkedupfatboy]

If it truly does get 94 mpg, you would think that they would price it in a reasonable range to entice everyone on the planet to buy one thereby sticking it to OPEC.



Same thing with the Tesla - kind of cool, but priced out of reach for everyone except the "I gots more money than brains" club.



I have not liked BMW's since the 2002 turbo models..I think they are just the same regurgitated sedan and coupe looks that everyone from Hyundai to Jag, from Ford to Lexus has. This is not really that much different. I don't think there are many auto designers that really could pour water out of a boot with instructions on the heel anymore. Even Totyota, whose style I used to like, has merged into the "lets round everything off club" (example Highlander and 4Runner). You really can't tell anything apart anymore.



Any auto that is in anyway distinctive, gets swept under the rug in short order.

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Porsche 918 just turned in the fastest Lap ever at Nurembering..the shape of things to come.



Jay

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All it took was $900,000.00 bucks. Nice.

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[94SilverCab]

Early adopters of high technoloigy always get stuck with the development costs...that's life. Wait 10 years and every new car will take advantag eof these new technologies. Every POS produced today has ABS.



Jay

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[Inkedupfatboy]

Just about everything produced today IS a POS - lol

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