[Mleon]

I'll say, the new 4 has a new futuristic look for sure. I just dislike them rounding out where it should be sharp aggressive edges!

[am3r1ka]

Originally Posted by Timmuc

I love it!
Hello future 😎

I knew black would subdue the looks a lil. But is there any pic without the front license plate available?

[Cortexiphan]

Originally Posted by Timberwolf

I hear that some love to make drastic changes, but I'm more traditional. Here's how I would have done it. Give or take.

Awful.

[Cortexiphan]

Originally Posted by Jockey

One looks like a BMW with classical BMW elements.

The other does not.

Everyone thinks their younger years are the classical years. They’re not. 90s are not classical BMW era. G22 looks more like classical BMWs then what FXX looked like.

[Luminor513]

Originally Posted by jstein55

All I see here is a BMW vs an Audi...

All I see is a BMW vs Infiniti Q60

[Ghostriderf80]

Originally Posted by Nomana

Beside the grilles, the kink could be better

New 4 is better in every way. I love it.

[FrozenE92M3]

Originally Posted by Timmuc

I love it!
Hello future

lmao. says the guy that configured it all black to hide that horrendous front end.

[khanyam4]

The hof kink is still present it’s been turn upside down. The M4 is going to look mighty fine.

[Cortexiphan]

Originally Posted by FrozenE92M3

lmao. says the guy that configured it all black to hide that horrendous front end.

Not everyone is part of obsessive hating internet mob making everything about the grills. One might like just black cars, just because he likes black cars.

[SabineBimmer]

Some aspects are slightly better but some are a whole lot worse, including the absence of key BMW designs. The larger greenhouse is gone, as is the H. kink. It's becoming generic, and maybe that's part of the reason behind the grille, realizing the the rest of it was unoriginal. Essentially an 8-series clone without the kink. In fact the windows have a similarity to Audi's A5 line. The back lights, copying Audi. Other companies have gone thin but kept the design language consistent. You can have a snapshot of the just part of the light and you know which car it belongs. This new BMW, I don't think it's distinguished enough.

There will be those who claim stakeholders/accountants make these choices and they are probably right, but the better question is "is the company confident enough in their product to put their collective foot down and say 'we will sell a car that will pay you bastards the desired dividend AND keep the heritage alive.'?" How much is driven by the Chinese market? What are the Chinese laws concerning pedestrian safety? Compared to European laws?

I think this is a wrong step in the wrong direction.

It's also significantly longer and wider...

[SabineBimmer]

Originally Posted by Timberwolf

I hear that some love to make drastic changes, but I'm more traditional. Here's how I would have done it. Give or take.

This is better but please do it over with altered front bumper and bring back the kink

[BMWSource]

Originally Posted by Timberwolf

I hear that some love to make drastic changes, but I'm more traditional. Here's how I would have done it. Give or take.

BMW should make exactly like that

[R N M]

The new 4 Series is not a BMW lol

Its a poseur with gimmicky styling- fake vents, diffusers and grill.

F32 looks better in every way and actually look more modern. It will continue to age well.

The G22 is the 996 911 for BMW!

[Ghostriderf80]

Originally Posted by SabineBimmer

This is better but please do it over with altered front bumper and bring back the kink

NO this looks wrong.

[swagon]

Originally Posted by Cortexiphan

Everyone thinks their younger years are the classical years. They’re not. 90s are not classical BMW era. G22 looks more like classical BMWs then what FXX looked like.

Eh, BMW tries to pull this retro/successor thing a lot. Bangle was banging on about how the E82's design was inspired by the 02 Series and that it was its spiritual successor. Guess what the marketing dept. did with the M235i - same crap. Compared it to the 2002 again.

The vertical kidneys just don't work... definitely not the way they are now on the 4er. The whole thing seems too busy and bloated, too.

[rlmesq]

Originally Posted by LBbluem2

I just don't understand leaving out the kink

Looks like somebody got it backwards. D'oh!

[palpatine_us]

All I see in the front side-by-side photo is Bruce Banner and the Hulk from the TV show when the did the screenshot of both of them. The new 4 looks like the Hulk and no one ever said the Hulk looked better.

[Jockey]

Originally Posted by Cortexiphan

Everyone thinks their younger years are the classical years. They’re not. 90s are not classical BMW era. G22 looks more like classical BMWs then what FXX looked like.

That picture is helping prove my point.

Putting HUGE vertical and wide grills on a car is not classical.

Neither of those two classic BMWs have grills that take up over half the front end.

[///M TOWN]

Originally Posted by Mleon

I'll say, the new 4 has a new futuristic look for sure. I just dislike them rounding out where it should be sharp aggressive edges!

Sadly that's the "form language" they're using moving forward.

[Mleon]

Originally Posted by ///M TOWN

Sadly that's the "form language" they're using moving forward.

Not stoked on that. The aggression gives the cars that UMPH

[bmbweber]

Aaaaaaaaaand

99.9% sure I'll be keeping my current M4.

[///M TOWN]

Originally Posted by bmbweber

Aaaaaaaaaand

99.9% sure I'll be keeping my current M4.

Skipping a generation for sure.