03-18-2020, 03:22 PM | #553 |
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Besides the hella busy front, I don't like the side profile either, it's like a very ghetto version of the 8 series.
Same feeling I had when I saw the 1 series (E87) released after the 3 series (E92), to this day I still hate the 1 series.
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03-18-2020, 03:33 PM | #554 |
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Honestly, make it an inch or so smaller in every direction and make it more the normal oval shape and it would be way more acceptable.
Not saying I like this either, but at least it allows for the plate not to intersect the grill. That should be a priority in any BMW design, IMHO. |
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03-18-2020, 03:37 PM | #555 |
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Ugh...a big part of the designers job is to integrate functionality and legal requirements into the design. The key to this front end is the kidney size and shape-bisecting that with a legally mandated (whether people choose to abide or not) license plate destroys the graphics. This IMO is a case of the designers (and design dept's) ego trumping all else. Stupid and lazy design.
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03-18-2020, 03:40 PM | #556 |
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I also hate the honeycomb design. Looks great on some other cars, some Audi's for ex., some not all. Doesn't fit BMW. All this gimmicky crap on the grills has to stop. No offense to anyone, but I hate it on the current 3 too, these stars or diamonds or whatever they are. Stop it!
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Betweeen Coronavirus and this, BMW's earnings are going to get absolutely massacred in 2020 and 2021. This is terrible looking.
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03-18-2020, 04:09 PM | #560 |
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Design development early meeting...
Lead designer: "Cool new grille design! But where do we put the license plate?" Junior designer: "Ehh, we'll think of something." |
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03-18-2020, 04:27 PM | #562 |
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More than half of the kidney’s surface is opaque, non-functional. How can anyone see this kidney as a good idea?
And there’s the UNNECESSARY HOOD LINE..... for the first time in a G series. |
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I had that with a rental Ford and that car was not happy... very stupid thing. Just engineer it properly and make it beautiful. With such big teeth, they need to cover a lot of it as the drag coefficient will be negatively affected and they have other issues. Still can not understand why choosing such design. There is no fundamental -technical- reason to do that except ambition to be different in a very stupid way... I will honestly like to slap in the face that guy who approved this. Because he is an IDIOT! |
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Reminds me of a Tesla for some reason.
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03-18-2020, 04:40 PM | #565 |
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I'm still on the fence
What's the point of having such large kidney grills if 1/4 of the grills is covered by the license plate?
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Wonder what will the dudebros with M-colored stripes in the grills do next
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Great question
These look much better
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