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      03-18-2020, 03:14 PM   #551
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Looks like a fkin bug.
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      03-18-2020, 03:15 PM   #552
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I think we will get used to it and still buy them, same as the 3 series. Goes from christ what have they done to a resigned "just looks a bit sh1t"
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      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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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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      03-18-2020, 03:49 PM   #557
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Looks like a fucking bug.
Fixed that ‼️
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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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Obviously man ... i'm with you on this and i cant understand people's negative reactions. I would understand mild rejection but so much hate...???
People like what people like.
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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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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."

Tow hook?

That's where my GoPro goes.
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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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They have made it look even worse with the active grille flaps at the top so just looks like a large lump of black plastic. Same as the 3er grilles there must be a more elegant way of having bigger grilles, active flaps and not looking hideous.
Wait until you drive that thing in a slash/cold environment and see how those flaps behave after they get filled with slash and after that freeze in a certain position.
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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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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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!
Agreed. I saw this the other day and almost threw up a bit in my mouth.
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remember when people used to sit on the copy machine and scan their ass.... that's the shape of this grille.
My buddy said that it looks lika heart or an ass.
BMW's inspiration for the new grille


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I wonder what model this is. The DRLs look pathetic.
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I wonder what model this is. The DRLs look pathetic.
Great question

These look much better
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Terrible overblown grill.... maybe in person it will have more character?
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Everybody is going to love it when they see it. In the flesh it is equally striking as is the Gran Coupe veriant.
The Gran Coupe looks like a GT though...
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