i3 Modifications a Sport Version and Fun

I found this photoshopped i3 on Bimmerpost. It looks to me like the creator has the right idea!

Now that weve seen the production i3 and BMW has revealed most of the specifications, Im ready to begin the modifications! Evidently someone on the Bimmerpost forums is ready also because he used his photoshop skills and went to work on creating his own autocross-ready i3. I like it! Its even in the Laural Gray that Im leaning towards so that made it all the better.

So this gets me wondering if BMW even realizes there are people out there that will want to modify their i3. BMW has already said there wont be an M version of the i3 and I conformed that with a program manager recently, but that doesnt mean they wont offer modification parts for those interested. After all, BMW cars are some of the most modified of any manufacturer. I hope they arent under the assumption that just because i3 customers are concerned with things like sustainability, environmental issues, energy policies or just like driving electric that they wont share the same enthusiasm for driving as their combustion car customers do.

Ill take it one step further. Even if they dont cross pollinate the i and M brands, they could still make an i3 Sport version. Give it a special interior, offer it in a unique, bold exterior color, beef up the suspension, put on some real tires and give it a little more torque and HP(Im sure they can do that with the same motor they have with very little tweakin g) and youll have a 6 second 0-60 car that will have better handling than 90% of all the sports cars out there. Sure it will probably cut 10 miles or so off the range but I think there are many of us out there willing to make that sacrifice.

I know BMW knows the market, and they know people want fun. Even if they are driving a "futuristic, sustainably manufactured" car. All thats great, but its nothing if its not fun. :)