G22 4 Series in Sapphire Black

SoCali E36 · 06-09-2020, 04:20 PM

This car is having the reverse effect on me. Usually a car slowly grows on me. I was actually very excited when it was in camo, even with the large grilles exposed. But now, the more I see it, the uglier it gets. The more I see it, the more apparent it gets how they royally screwed up the final production car.

Vinny's M4 · 06-09-2020, 04:22 PM

I think of all the awesome BMW Films produced like The Hire, Star, and The Escape......and then there is this crap! So cheesy. I'd rather go to the dentist than watch this again.

cstavaru · 06-09-2020, 04:25 PM

The only thing that saves the ugly BMW in the video is the nice girl and their very nice French language

Mg. · 06-09-2020, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by MONSTAR

What is the fake part of the grille? At the bottom of the driver's side? It has the mesh "printed" on it

Ahahaha this is actually one of the first things that struck me when they revealed the grills. It's the front radar with the grill pattern just... printed over it.

I get what they're going for - as a big black box disrupting the grill pattern would've been even uglier. But this... heh, I dunno.

xjz · 06-09-2020, 04:40 PM

The rear emblem looks too big.

Maybe to visually balance it with the grill?

keylime503 · 06-09-2020, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Frosty

M235i Sedan I think..?

This isn't the next gen 2 series. This is next gen 1 series sedan LCI.

keylime503 · 06-09-2020, 04:43 PM

Why the hell is this video shot vertically?

DreaminBMW · 06-09-2020, 04:49 PM

Since when do you introduce a new car or a new girlfriend by presenting its backside first?! Seriously! Even when they are talking in the car, they are purposely cutting off the nostrils of the car, and also when they eventually show the front, they are purposely standing in front of it as to hide its hideousness. Disappointing fail! Using camera angles, vertical video, all the tricks to hide the failure!

xjz · 06-09-2020, 05:04 PM

Love how they show the old Bimmer with the extremely vertical grills.

I can't understand a word they're saying here, but I'm guessing it's something like, "See, if you were to put these old grills on the 4er, it would look even shittier yet, so just count your blessings and get over it."

///M TOWN · 06-09-2020, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by keylime503

Why the hell is this video shot vertically?

Great question.

Really a complete waste of effort.

advantage20 · 06-09-2020, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by keylime503

Why the hell is this video shot vertically?

They are following the latest trend from social media mobile apps (Instagram, TikTok, Periscope, Snapchat...) that are increasingly designed to be viewed vertically even for videos. Not necessarily bad per se, especially with mobile screens getting ever larger and higher def, but it does look out of place on YouTube which isn't designed that way and it definitely is unsuitable for viewing cars which are by definition long horizontal things as opposed to human beings.

Cortexiphan · 06-09-2020, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by SeanWRT

Too late. Done damage can't be undone.

Hot fix on the front fascia for the second model year please.

Where is the damage?

Cortexiphan · 06-09-2020, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by DreaminBMW

Disappointing fail! Using camera angles, vertical video, all the tricks to hide the failure!

What failure are you taking about?

SchwarzerReiter · 06-09-2020, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by FinalRenegade

My 6 GC has it, very under-rated feature

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Originally Posted by JRobUSC

That's not some kind of groundbreaking technology - BMW had that on the 6-Series almost a decade ago.

Motorized logos to me are just like the pop up screens in Audi's and pop up shifters and vents in Jags - just another thing to inevitably break.

Ok, so why does the 4 have this horrible solution, where the camera is right in the badge? Cost savings? This is just horrible.

SchwarzerReiter · 06-09-2020, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Cortexiphan

Where is the damage?

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Originally Posted by Cortexiphan

What failure are you taking about?

Hi. You must be new here. These posts you are responding to are referring to the catastrophe that is the massive kidney grille of the new 4 series. You must have missed the outrage that is going on about it.

nicky dj · 06-09-2020, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by 535i MSport

The girl was okay, but the grille is pants. It looks like you need a wider number plate to split the grille in two.

Lmao! This comment right here 😂

paliknight · 06-09-2020, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by mj41

Anyone find it interesting that it took until 3:47 out of a 5 min video for them to get to the front grille?

Lmfao I also noticed them deliberately avoiding the front grill when they zoomed in on the passenger headlight.

Did anyone else start cringing when the cutie grabbed the cover and was about to remove it?

shivaswrath · 06-09-2020, 07:28 PM

Why are they justifying the grill at the end using old BMWs? Omg.

10" · 06-09-2020, 07:34 PM

Every time I see it; it looks worse.

They know they screwed up; they avoid showing the front for most of the video LOL

uniqueMR · 06-09-2020, 08:19 PM

440xiGCMSport2 · 06-09-2020, 08:32 PM

They started with the rear which actually looks like the S5 rear. than avoided the grille most of the video. It is going to be a long 7 years for the G22.

Roch M4 · 06-09-2020, 08:36 PM

The front end is so ugly that they decided to start the video of the car on the rear end...it tells a lot about how they also fell ashamed

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