If there's one thing Center BMW customers like doing it's not spending all of their money on gasoline.  They also probably enjoy spending time with their families and going to the movies and occasionally eating at the best pizza place in town, but few things would improve the quality of life for most of us quicker than a quick slash of those awful, exorbitant gas prices.

That isn't going to happen, of course, so the next best thing is to buy a plug-in electric vehicle or plug-in hybrid to soften the blow other ways.  However, the problem with that is there just aren't a lot of options for these yet, though the time is coming very soon when BMW will have a couple of really good ones out there for Santa Monica BMW customers: the i3 and the i8.

But don't just take our word for it; Popular Mechanics, the aptly-named periodical covering all things mechanical, recently named our upcoming i Series models among their Top 10 Plug-In Cars for 2012 and Beyond.  The smaller i3 could very well revolutionize not only our brand but the way people buy cars across the industry, while the i8 coupe balances power and efficiency better than any vehicle we've ever seen.  And that's not even including the i8 Spyder, which adds a whole extra layer of cool to that sweet technology and efficiency by supplementing them with a drop-top roof.

These cars don't even have production models yet, so it'll be late 2013 or early 2014 before they actually make their way to BMW lots all over the world, but when they do it will be one huge step towards saving people that precious gas money.  And what could make us happier than that?