More G22 M440i xDrive in motion - testing and on track

Bimmer5 · 06-11-2020, 05:34 PM

Sounds great, looks great when it's in the dark areas and you can't see it.

ChrisM4 · 06-11-2020, 05:52 PM

Man it just looks awful. The board needs to fire this head designer.

KoenG · 06-11-2020, 05:53 PM

Although I understand it's a splendid ride, I do have the weird feeling it behaves inert and is not crispy on mass transfers.... It needs time to settle in corners and it's not that brisk. It's visibly searching for its balance and overshoots it's traject. In the vid you see it going sideways with drama, but at surprisingly low speeds.

Hope that first real tests proof I'am totally wrong on this one since an ugly grill is one thing, but compromised vehicle dynamics is now even more crucial than before.

Carlosskrr · 06-11-2020, 05:57 PM

Every year the new gen bmw gets shit on by the community and then 5 months later it's the best looking bmw. I think this is the one though, That even 5 months from now will still look like shit

Ftpohyeah · 06-11-2020, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Bemo

The grills still aren't large enough. I propose this render for the LCI.

Aw thats cute!
That would make a good bmw electric car actually

Omar81 · 06-11-2020, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Mani59

There's something wrong with the C pillar. It looks awful.

Frosty · 06-11-2020, 06:20 PM

...are any of these in NJ ? ... so egar to see one in the flesh.. wonder if any are at NJ HQ

trey100 · 06-11-2020, 06:28 PM

I'd rather our only complaint be the non-German, more Japanese rear and silhouette. Unfortunately that front end is not only ugly it doesn't flow with the rest of the design language. If they would have kept more traditional kidney grilles, the overall German departure would have still garnered complaints but people would have accepted it.

Jostack · 06-11-2020, 06:36 PM

I know I'm a bad person, but I really get a twist out of so many fanboys flipping out over the awful design. Keep it up, BMW are listening!

KoenG · 06-11-2020, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Carlosskrr

Every year the new gen bmw gets shit on by the community and then 5 months later it's the best looking bmw. I think this is the one though, That even 5 months from now will still look like shit

I read a lot of the "getting used to it" comments, but I honestly never lived this experience. The cars that looked like shit, still did after many months. I honestly can't remember any car that provoked an early reaction of aversion that became desirable later on. So certainly, this will also do not become a peach to my eyes.

nbennettksu · 06-11-2020, 06:44 PM

Still disgusting

beammeupscottie · 06-11-2020, 06:45 PM

Perhaps they're hoping you're going so fast that no one notices that ugly front end? Sheesh.

Cortexiphan · 06-11-2020, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by KoenG

Is there somekind of initiation ritual in which a rookie must be granted right of free speech by a senior after proof of unconditional loyalty to the brand? Didn't know about that.

No it’s not. And who the hell is unconditionally loyal to the brand?

e92ben · 06-11-2020, 07:04 PM

Anyone else noticing it getting uglier,

Kyler13 · 06-11-2020, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by F32Fleet

Don't be surprised if it does sell.

Anything is possible with the right incentives. They'll sell, but margins will be slim for BMW. This thing is ugly as hell at MSRP.

I really wanted an M3 for my next car, but with the all but certain look of the G80, I've pretty much moved on and have my sights on something else. I wouldn't consider this design without some extreme incentives.

akkando · 06-11-2020, 07:13 PM

Sounds like a vacuum.

///M TOWN · 06-11-2020, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by am3r1ka

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Originally Posted by ///M TOWN

I'm really wondering why BMW will not proudly remove the front plate and show off their new car without it

Might as well install a mask

Missing the M badge on this

I've got you covered

KoenG · 06-11-2020, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Jostack

I know I'm a bad person, but I really get a twist out of so many fanboys flipping out over the awful design. Keep it up, BMW are listening!

they are not.... we've seen this before. They're way too arrogant to be responsive. BMW are little princesses in their own imagenary world of their moral dominion on us. Arrogance overshooted is leading to bankrupcy of the entire group. Just wait and see what happens.

KoenG · 06-11-2020, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Cortexiphan

No it’s not. And who the hell is unconditionally loyal to the brand?

That's a nice thought! Let's stick to that.

SabineBimmer · 06-11-2020, 08:02 PM

It is such a damn shame. There are some really attractive parts about this car but they are completely overshadowed by the grille and the lack of a Hofmeister kink. This is the equivalent of the majority of presidential candidates. They have some really good policies and some really good ideas, if only they would keep their mouth shut.

FLEW · 06-11-2020, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by TX3M

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Originally Posted by ///M TOWN

I'm really wondering why BMW will not proudly remove the front plate and show off their new car without it

Might as well install a mask

Someone with photoshop skills please do a rendering with the license plate section only in all black so we can see what this pig really looks like without a plate.

There's already a post of this. No plates.

Preview of G22 4 Series with and without front US license plates https://g20.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1726530

rideontwo · 06-11-2020, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Mani59

Too much Alfa
Too much Infiniti

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