racerdave600 said:
In reply to V12 :
Copy that! I hate to say it, but now I miss Bangle. The cars themselves don't look too bad, but the new BMW grills, I would imagine a lot of people are going to vote by buying another brand. My dad is a looonnnggg time BMW buyer, and I heard him mutter something about Mercedes this time around.
Unfortunately I wonder if at this point the only people who buy BMW is because the cachet and the people who want an M car..............not so they can take it to the track, but so they can bench race by numbers they found in "insert magazine."
In reply to z31maniac :
I own a 128i, so I am a cheap BMW owner. But I will use my dad as an example. He has been buying a new one every 3 to 4 years as both he and my mother have been using them for almost 40 years pretty much exclusively. His current stable is a year old 4 series and a X5. The X5 is a 2017 I think and up for replacement next year. When he was in for service last month his comment was, "who do they expect to buy these things?" He has bought them mostly because of the way they drive, but that has declined in his eyes and now the styling is questionable. Although his 430 I think drives better than his previous 3 series. Their steering has definitely improved.
Of course you are correct in that some people will buy them because of the badge, but I do believe styling can certainly hurt your sales. Especially in the higher end cars. Ironically, they had a Jeep something or other rental car late last year, which he claimed drove as well as the X5, for $30k less. I think his BMW fascination may be over, maybe. We'll see when replacement time comes around.
Well this saves me some time. I almost gagged the other day when confronted with a new 7 series and I was about to start a thread asking if it's just me or did BMW styling fall off a cliff -- meanwhile something great is happening at BUICK!?!
Bangle flame deisgn is starting to look good to all you BMW people now. Bwahhhh.
Duke
MegaDork
8/21/20 1:22 p.m.
wearymicrobe said:
Bangle flame deisgn is starting to look good to all you BMW people now. Bwahhhh.
No, no it isn't. Bad proportions are still bad.
wearymicrobe said:
Bangle flame deisgn is starting to look good to all you BMW people now. Bwahhhh.
I thought those Bangle BMWs were so ugly when they came out but I see a lot of cars on that are out now and the Bangle BMWs almost look good. But I don't think it is cause they have aged well. Everything else seems to be racing to be the ugliest.
Pete. (l33t FS) said:
BMW getting back at Pontiac by putting a Dodge grille on the car?
No more entries accepted ...we have a winner!!!!
OMG, another entry in the Ugliest Proboscis Sweepstakes. This one almost makes Lexi (Latin plural used here for comedic effect) look good.............nah, they're still repulsive. I think all auto stylists have drunk the Kool-Aid and lost their minds.
I am not a fan, probably the only M3/4 I would not consider.
The funny thing is that in 10 years it is going to grow on us and we are all going to like it. Watch.
In reply to Slippery (Forum Supporter) :
That's what they said about the Edsel.
