[ToddRGuy]

I've been reading all the excitement behind the impending arrival of the 550e and am really curious what motivates different people to order that over the 540 or the i5.

I can understand not being ready to commit to a full EV due to infrastructure concerns in various parts of the world but wonder about selecting the 550 vs the 540 for people in the States.

I'm assuming it has to be performance for most? While appealing, the PHEV isn't going to save the majority of people money.

With a base price difference over the 540 of $7,500 some basic math tells me that this buys roughly 1,667 gallons of gasoline in my State, which equates to 43,342 miles driven (assuming a mixed mileage average of 27 miles)

That's a LOT of EV-only miles needed to hit the breakeven point. So, is it the performance that drives your decision or something else altogether?