I don't understand why BMW is tying itself into Gordian knots trying to explain their new steering wheel. According to BMWBlog , BMW design chief Adrian van Hooydonk talked about the new design in a briefing ahead of the i3’s world premiere. The discussion addressed the twin vertical spokes and the ‘elimination’ of the horizontal spokes. “We began to make the steering wheel smaller and flat on the top and on the bottom. In order to see that display, we needed to open up the s