Even so, I’m not really worried about what people will be doing by then… What I care is what happens now that I’m still thrilled every time I get behind the wheel.

Once you make such concessions, it’s easy to open the gate for many others.

As you’d imagine, I’m not thrilled about this three pot turbo engine, but if it means BMW will keep on selling cars like hot cakes, they’ll have plenty of money to smooth out the rough edges in the big powerplants we love so much.

Reliability isn’t necessarily related to a simple engine. These days construction techniques and materials have been refined to a point where it’s acceptable to have a turbocharger and electroinc gizmos in the long run.