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The thing is hot, no doubt. Pics out in public are promising. All the haters gonna hate, but I think they nailed it.
For fun, my list of recent BMWs I think they styled well:
- G20 3er
- G30 5er (except black panel between kidneys, but easy fix so gets a pass)
- G15 8er
- G05 X5 and G01 X3
My list of recent design turds:
- M2 Comp (sadly there is no proper fix for the stupid shape of the kidneys)
- Z4 (messy front fender design + hood line + boring rear end + honey comb grill inserts)
- X2 for so many reasons
Seems hit or miss lately, but I think that is what they were going for with their recent campaign to give each model a distinct look. I give them props for being bold when the industry has been so copy and paste, but at the same time it has caused some models to not look like BMWs at all, depending on the eye of the beholder.
I would like to see BMW learn from these design exercises and get back to a place where every car looks universally attractive and unquestionably like a BMW, whatever that may look like in today's day and age. Just my 2 cents while we're all just bitching and moaning here.
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