BMW e-car spied in testing

BMW's upcoming hybrid e-car, the i8, has been spotted on ice, running through the motions in cold weather testing. BMW i8 Give us a twirl Source: Bimmerpost Enthusiasts will be pleased to finally see some imagery rather than just the vague concept sketches of the BMW's i sub-brand, we posted last month. There's some …

[TeeCee]

Nice looking car.

Shame about the wallpaper.......

[DrXym]

Supposed to be camouflage

New cars use weird ass paint jobs and duct tape to make it difficult to infer their contours and lines from photographs. e.g

http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2004-new-car-camo

[Anonymous Coward]

Not new either

...witness the funky acid trips for paintwork used on ships, in the world wars.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazzle_camouflage

[h 6]

Bimmer?

We call them Beemers, over here.

[Raff]

Raff

That can't be a BMW. It's moving in snow.

[Anonymous Coward]

snow performance

Well it certainly looks like the BMW's I've seen in the snow. ie completely sideways.