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Since those credits were the whole reason BMW made the i3, you're stuck with a 2.4 gallon tank.

The fuel tank in the US model is reportedly "software-limited" to 1.9 Gallons.

They recently added even numbers to denote 2-door variants, and left odd numbers for 4-doors

You mean like the 4 Series Gran Coupe? Is that the not 2 door but 4 door, not Coupe but 4 door car that makes a lot of sense of BMW's naming?

Q1 2013 - cars sold
    BMW Group (BMW + Mini + Rolls Royce): 448,200
    Audi: 369,500
    Mercedes: 341,511
    Tesla: 4,750

http://beta.fool.com/sarfarazis/2013/05/08/audi-vs-mercedes-who-is-winning/33384/
http://www.bmwblog.com/2013/05/02/bmw-group-reports-first-quarter-revenues/

You should have sprung for the BMW 335d when it was available. Unfortunately it was discontinued when the ActiveHybrid was announced.

You're not familiar with DCT? They have been replacing slushboxes in mass production automobiles.

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=114458
http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/07/11/bmw-3-series-double-clutch-transmission/

It's not confined just to high end mass produced autos either. Check this out:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_clutch_transmission#Applications

Scroll down to Ford. It is in the lowly Focus and Fiesta.

Scroll down to Hyundai - it's in the Veloster. That's not a slushbox!

We'll skip over Porsche since no one considers Porsche to produce anything but high end vehicles. . . (But Porsche has them in their mass-produced models, not just the high-end 997/911 models)

Check out VW - it's used in pretty much all VW subsidiaries except Lamborghini, which is sticking with robotised single-clutch systems.

Except for some lucky owners of modern Lamborghinis, BMWs and some other high-end cars, who actually miss the good old roar of their powerful engines and have it piped in the cabin through the stereo system:

http://www.bmwblog.com/2011/09/23/active-sound-design-brings-the-m5-engine-sound-into-the-cabin/

I am agape at people bragging that they only go to the gas station once a month or so.

Yeah, you buy less gas than me, but you paid nearly $50,000 for a glorified Cavalier.

I'm agast at the ignorance and pessimism as if the year is 1905 and all we need are horses. Grow the hell up. In a world where people routinely lay down $50k+ for a car or worse, lease a car at $1000+ per month you're bitching and down playing the viability of the Volt? BMW, Mercedes, and many other luxury brands are releasing their Hybrids in 2012 and early 2013. Hell, BMW is building out their Carbon Fiber autos in Moses Lake, WA.

This is just the beginning.

http://www.bmwblog.com/2011/09/01/bmw-group-sgl-group-joint-venture-opens-the-new-moses-lake-plant/

mmmmm.... last year Team BMW Sauber almost cooked a F1 mechanic. http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/07/30/bmw-kers-shocks-mechanic-to-ground/ whatcouldpossiblygowrong in a municipal bus?