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Agree. The LCI M-treatmented F30s do look nice finally. The early F30 looked like sad catfishes especially the weaksauce 320i.
All the G20 has to do is not drive like an F30 and it'll be a hit. But dropping the manual gearbox earns a yellow card from me. |
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WEAK Exterior Design Elements
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WEAK Exterior Design Elements: Front & Rear Bumpers T-Shaped Air Intakes w/Fog Lights Protruding Door Handles w/oval cut-outs Butterfly Kidney Grill Front wheel arch "sharp crease" *Cant stand the closed Active Kidney Grille concept!!! Theses engines need air cooling at all times, I don't care what anyone says! Where is Chris Bangle when you need him? The Sport Wheels are decent. |
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10-02-2018, 02:25 PM | #26 |
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THUMBS UP: M-Sport face, laser headlights, contrast stitching, interior door handles, ambient lighting, touchscreen, wireless charging.
THUMBS DOWN: Car rear, no analog dials option on instruments display, Lexus tail lights, bulky seats, cheap-looking fog lights on Sports version (like they were an afterthought), outside rounded door handles. Last edited by g20jprad; 10-02-2018 at 02:49 PM.. |
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10-02-2018, 02:40 PM | #28 |
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1. it's so sad that there's no distinctive character in each class (3, 5 , 7 series), it looks more like a small, medium large size of the same car. But we can't really blame BMW for this, this is how auto industry's been going into, from Audi, MB to even Lexus and Acura, sharing platform + mechanicals to save cost.
2. I always thought that E90's double hump (idrive screen) was actually more useful and comfortable to my eyes when driving daily when compared to F30's ipad installment. Funny how BMW is going back to the "double hump" design. 3. It's incredible how cars just continue to get bigger and bigger despite its weight loss. I honestly think E46 and E90 sedans were the perfect, 4/5 passenger sport sedan size that is good enough to carry family and friends but can totally throw it in track for dynamic driving. 4. BMWs gotta start hiring new designers for wheels...come on guys, seriously.. After all, when comparing the segment rivals, i think this new 3 series looks BEST, amazing design in and out. Oh, and thank GOD it has real exhaust tips... Some people argue about BMW's boring interior design. Well, welcome to BMW world. If you look carefully, BMW keeps a very similar architecture of interior design for yrs and many generations. Even the little switch/button placement + design, if you compare to E46, E90 and F30, they are very similar, which makes the car more classy over the yrs rather than changing in and out completely every yr like GM does.
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In fairness to BMW, after seeing the comparison pics between the F30 and G20, I could see the 'reasonable' evolution in design. I guess all the usual suspects (merc, audi, lexus) and even the others, are converging design wise. Maybe its not entirely laziness on BMWs part.
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