#(everything quote unquote new about it is shit the industry tried and rejected decades ago)

[jupitermelichios]

even if this was going into production to be sold, when's the last time you saw a Ferrari FXX on the road? An Aston Martin Valkyrie? How about a Lambourghini Essenza? A Bugatti Bolide?

Trick question: the answer is never. They're all commerically available sports cars, and none of them are road-legal.

The most expensive designer cars these days mostly aren't. (and BMW, who made the concept car we're talking about, were one of the first companies to start this trend, so we know they follow it). The majority of them are track only (meaning you can drive them on properly inspected and liscenced racetracks, but not the road), but in the case of the Ferarri XX cars, you can't even take them on racetracks, you can drive them on your own property or on Ferrarri's property only.

we might, in 30 years time, be seeing cars based on this design on the roads, but if BMW do start selling something using this, we'll almost certainly see two or three generations of eye-wateringly expensive track-only cars before they ever consider trying to make something that's certificed road-legal. and once it is, it'll be a limited run bought by people with seven zeroes on their monthly pay check. and then a marginally less limited run purched by people with six zeroes. And only after that will we reach a point were there's any chance that you will actually see something based on this on the road. that's how it goes with cool interesting new car tech - especially when it's cool interesting new tech designed to make your car lighter (and therefore faster) or weirder looking (and therefor cooler).

worrying about BMW's cutting edge sportscar concepts backing into you on the street makes about as much sense as worrying that everyone who owns a light aircraft is going to start taxing it down the road to take their kids to school. that's not the environment that vehical is designed for, and its not going to be where anyone uses it.

BMW's concept car: give it a carussy and a gear shift that looks like a clit. men aren't gonna know how to drive this thing