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G20 3 Series Purposely Designed to be 'Totally Different from the 5 Series'
Featured on BIMMERPOST.com BIMMERPOST NEWS G20 3 Series Purposely Designed to be 'Totally Different to the 5 Series' BMW Actively Worked to Differentiate the New 3 Series from the 5 Series The all-new G20 3 Series has been unveiled for less than a week at the time of writing and there has been both praise and criticisms with its design. For BMW, however, it was important that among the criticisms, none would be that the G20 3 Series was too similar in design to the G30 5 Series. In an interview at the 2018 Paris Motor Show with motoring.com.au, the Product Manager of the G20 3 Series, Stephan Horn, cites past criticism, such as complaints of the F30 3 Series being too similar in design to the F10 5 Series, as a motivating factor in the conscious effort to differentiate the new G20 from the G30. “There was some criticism in the past generations, looking for example from the rear at the 3 Series and 5 Series,” says Horn. “They looked quite similar so we said this car had to look completely different from every angle compared to the predecessor and the 5 Series.” “It has to be recognizable as a 3 Series sports sedan.” Horn mentions the reactions stemming from such similarity from both 3 Series and 5 Series owners in the past. “Sure, we do market research and some of the 3 Series buyers, they were flattered a little bit, because people were thinking they were driving the 5 Series.” “Some of the 5 Series drivers were not so flattered…” “But we just want to keep each model as independent as possible.” Although the new G20 3 Series has grown in size compared to its predecessor, Horn explains that efforts were made to keep this increase to a minimal, so as to represent the 3 Series' as a sports sedan and not as a mini-5 Series. “Our overall goal was to make the car as compact as possible,” says Horn. “We were really fighting about every millimeter in terms of extension." “We are the ultimate sports sedan, we are not a small 5 Series and for having a sports sedan you don’t want to have big, long car whatsoever.” “I think in the last generation the criticism of 3 and 5 Series was right, but we believe in this generation we won’t have this discussion. The whole design language is totally different to the 5 Series.” Related Topics: BMW Development Chief Has Had Enough of 3 Series Critics
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I did immediately note that the new 3 looked quite different from the new 5 (thankfully!). The new 5's exterior looks totally pedestrian to me. If the new 3 looked like that, I would have had a hard time considering buying one.
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G20 definitely has some never-before-seen design features.
But I'll reserve judgement about it's 'intentional' differences after I see what the LCI 5 looks like in about 2 years.
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Here's a good comparison video of the G20 vs the G30. I think overall the G20 looks better and a better representation of the future BMW styling cues. The G30 will look older faster like the F10.
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The G30 is very plain looking, even the M5 is pretty much invisible in traffic. From the few in traffic pictures it seems the G20 is more of a standout.
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If they set out to design a different car, well then they failed!!!
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These yellow concept car photos sure do look like what the G82 will look like!
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I for one have been able to differentiate the models but I see the argument here. Only can imagine what Merc drivers think on their end.
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This is interesting because when I saw the new G20 on the street recently, the first thing I thought was it resembled the 5er. This was purely from the front, it's very wide looking and for a minute I didn't know if it was a 5er or the new 3, and I'm a big BMW fan and follow their designs closely.
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...of course they did
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Too true, the C and E class are separated by an extra day time light in the front, without badges I can barely tell and I am a car guy!
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I like the design overall,but the tailights are gonna be hard to get used to. they should've done something like this.
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I think they're leaving the more eye catching tailights for their higher up models. Probably 7 and above
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I'd buy that! Love the color too!
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