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      01-27-2025, 04:49 PM   #45
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Some of us get the car despite how it looks because of how good it drives and how decent the tech is.

But recently the looks have become so bad that my wife has veto'd cars. We're in a few years old Audi RS6, I showed my wife the new M5 Touring as a possible replacement and she said absolutely not, it doesn't look good from any angle. And that's that guys, no new BMW for us.
Without knowing what you look like, I'd say your wife has good taste!
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      01-27-2025, 04:50 PM   #46
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i dont get what the point of moving away from classic bmw styling cues is... i
believe we've now had 6 versions of the front kidneys in the last 10 years... why?

the front looks genuinely horrid... and the rear is a honda accord

also we've probably had 5 versions of idrive... none of which seemed to have shown any real improvement over ID7
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      01-27-2025, 04:54 PM   #47
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i dont get what the point of moving away from classic bmw styling cues is... i
believe we've now had 6 versions of the front kidneys in the last 10 years... why?

the front looks genuinely horrid... and the rear is a honda accord

also we've probably had 5 versions of idrive... none of which seemed to have shown any real improvement over ID7
Yep. The inconsistency is stranger than the design choices. Totally different front ends on multiple newly designed vehicles. I wish I had the funding to buy an 8 series before they go bye bye. It's the last of the greats, designwise... IMO...
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Yep. The inconsistency is stranger than the design choices. Totally different front ends on multiple newly designed vehicles. I wish I had the funding to buy an 8 series before they go bye bye. It's the last of the greats, designwise... IMO...
it makes my head boggle...

there are the 3 series standard kidneys, the G80 large kidneys, the huge x7 kidneys, the disgusting ix kidneys, the xm kidneys and the normal 5 and x5 kidneys... its like this company just absolutely doesn't know who it is anymore... 0 cohesion on the design... and like i said, the same thing happened w the interior w 15 different versions of idrive and screens... thats before you even talk about the fact that the 7 and x7 have split headlight designs and the other cars dont
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      01-27-2025, 05:04 PM   #49
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Like it and eyeing to replace 5 series in a couple of years for my wife. Also would consider BEV.
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      01-27-2025, 05:21 PM   #50
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You should get your vision checked.
Dunno - my eyes are nearly 20/20 corrected - I’m seeing it as well - last gen Camaro, generic Corolla.
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      01-27-2025, 05:27 PM   #51
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Whoever created this video and rendering - a masterful use of software.

If only BMW could find and make an offer to this individual ...
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I don’t understand the need to abandon historic design elements
This car is bursting with historic design elements. Every inch of it is an homage to some classic BMW.
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Dunno - my eyes are nearly 20/20 corrected - I’m seeing it as well - last gen Camaro, generic Corolla.
Okay, so to your 20/20 eyes what does this look like?

Maybe Toyota Sienna?

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But recently the looks have become so bad that my wife has veto'd cars. We're in a few years old Audi RS6, I showed my wife the new M5 Touring as a possible replacement and she said absolutely not, it doesn't look good from any angle. And that's that guys, no new BMW for us.
If you were my boy and told me this I’d smack you in the nuts, cmon g
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At some point you have to walk away. This is probably it for me. The looks will only be part of it. The weight and the made in Mexico will be the end of it for me.
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Indifferent. Can’t say what comes out that far ahead and how representative these renders are.

And of course pictures and real life makes the car look quite different.

Better to wait and watch. If you pass a judgement you will be flamed, you have been warned
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I’d rather see something like this. Pure ICE, no EV.

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It just keeps getting worse
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Front is brutally bad. And, no, I will not warm up to it.
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Everytime bmw releases anything new.

Bimmerpost: it sucks bmw is going to hell

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Bimmerpost: check out my new ride (the one I commented was shitty and I could do better).
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SOOOOOOOOOO true.
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I thought they would stop the madness at the 5 series, here comes another ugly line.
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Just like the new 5 series, it's not offensive but rather bland. I can only imagine the interior after the new 5 and X3.
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