BMW i3 Now Available On Amazon In Japan

Amazon, that giant online commerce site that began as a book repository, is now selling brand new BMW i3 EVs to Japanese customers - direct, and with the blessing of BMW.

It was always going to happen; the transacting of purchases through virtual shop-fronts operating virtual warehouses, is now fully mainstream.

And it's not just lower value items like books, furniture, airfares, rare postage stamps and sci-fi memorabilia: everything is appearing on the shelves of the virtual store.  

Even property sales are booming online, many purchases made "sight unseen".

Sales of new cars - direct and online - is the next big horizon. In Japan, for the BMW i3, that horizon is now just a click away.