Quote:
Originally Posted by bimmin
Even at $10/gallon you will never save any money with the i8 at $135k. Compared to say a $50k car thats about $85k in gas savings you'd have to make. $85,000/$10 = 8500 gallons * 135mpg = 1,147,500 miles.
Gas prices are not that important to anyone who can afford an i8. They are just making themselves feel good by buying a "green" car (which is fine). I'm not sure why you say the i8 is not for the US market. I assume more will be sold in this country than any other.
|
Not sure about the US, but over here a number of taxes are based on how green your car is. The savings on an i8 are significant in this regard. I think you could virtually lease a 3 series for the savings in company car tax alone! and believe me, people buying cars at this level may be able to
afford the fuel, but I don't know anyone over here that doesn't begrudge paying as much as we do for it.