On a recent trip to Norway I saw a lot of them on the road and I have concluded that the i3 looks a lot better in person (and in context) than in photographs. Photos, particularly staged press photos, seem to emphasize its odd shape and unusual lines.
Conversely, I think the Model S looks a lot better in photographs than in person. I don't know why, brains are weird.
http://www.bmw.com.au/_common/shared/newvehicles/i/i3/2013/s...