Open Floor and Center Console - 2014 BMW i3 Long-Term Road Test

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Open Floor and Center Console - 2014 BMW i3 Long-Term Road Test

The 2014 BMW i3 is one of the few cars to offer an open floor in between the front seats.

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ebeaudoin

I think one reason this feature is rarely seen is because the open floor can allow items to become lodged under pedals.

ebeaudoin

ebeaudoin said:

I think one reason this feature is rarely seen is because the open floor can allow items to become lodged under pedals.

And also because so many cars have differentials/driveshafts/transmission in the center tunnel.

throwback

I am curious how this car does in snow with snow tires. Tall skinny tires should do well I think. My buddy's '73 Bug did great with skinny snow tires.

legacygt

The electric powertrain clearly opens up some free space and that's a nice thing. But this looks dangerous to me. As mentioned in a comment above, something can interfere with the pedals. I guess that's always the case. And in this case it's not just something the driver drops. It can be something stowed in between the seats. Or something the passenger drops or stows in the footwell.

cjasis

I smell a lawsuit or suggestions of unintended acceleration

allthingshonda

ebeaudoin said:

I think one reason this feature is rarely seen is because the open floor can allow items to become lodged under pedals.

Pickups have had open floors for years and until the Toyota debacle no one even thought of the possibility of things rolling under the pedals.

anotherdrunk

my wife loves the extra front storage

she always wants her grocery bags up front with her