To whoever it was a few weeks back who said it looks like the i8 was "giving birth to a Porsche", you were right: Once you've seen it, you can't unsee it.
As this visualization demonstrates in nice 3d form.
As this visualization demonstrates in nice 3d form.
It definitely grabs your attention, but in a few years when electric cars are less rare I bet it will look kind of gimmicky.
But the people who buy them don't care. They'll just buy whatever the new thing is.
It's irrelevant if the i8 is still cool in 5 years to the people that can afford an i8.
Tesla doesn't have regular cars to distinguish from, so they can afford to make something that just looks like a normal luxury car (a Jag crossed with a Maserati).
You can also buy an electric RAV4 which looks just like a normal one but nobody does because what's the point of driving an electric car if strangers can't see how rich and virtuous you are?
However, I really don't think I can drive a car that looks like this. Especially with the silly blue trim.
It can be best observed in white-blue color.