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Looking forward to seeing the G80 in person. From the renders so far, I'm not a fan, but time will tell! Its definitely a big change up from previous generations, so IMO its either going to flop hard, or people will grow to love it
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the big grill is never going to happen on this car, purely because they need to fit that new sensor/camera system in the bottom front. all the new gen cars have it and i highly doubt they will create a new system just for this car. they will reuse those parts til the next gen.
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I don't understand the argument that we have to have huge grilles to fit the various cameras and sensors on the front.
My M4 has all of the sensors and cameras and the grille doesn't look like the giant gaping maw of a whale shark. Or huge pig nostrils, as others have said. Somebody please enlighten me as to why the supposedly best and brightest German engineers can't find a way to put all the cameras and sensors that are needed without having to resort to a ginormous, grotesque, hideously large grille.
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I wish they would take Audi's approach of integrating the sensors into the fog light housing. I thought it was a smart way of keeping the grill area clean in design while still providing safety tech. This would especially benefit BMW since they don't have the advantage of using a badge on the face of the grill in which the sensor could be hidden in, similar to say a Mercedes. |
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It kind of reminds me of the early 70s when we had federally mandated 5 MPH bumpers for 1973, and for a couple of years we had these hideous bumpers that looked like someone bolted a 4x4 on the front and rear of all new cars, BMW included, because automotive designers didn't have time to figure out a decent workaround. Then, good designers figured out how to meet the requirement by hiding the bumpers with sculpted bumper covers and pushing the grilles farther forward. I'm also well aware that BMW thinks that they have to copy all of the other manufacturers. The Japanese designers (Lexus) started this horrible design trend. Then Audi jumped in, and of course all the American truck designers, where a large grille may actually look good, but it's gotten way, way out of hand. This is what truly makes me sad, that BMW is so insecure that they have to copy. This is likely just a design fad and in a few years, this too shall pass. And since BMW is one of the last to abandon their legendary and iconic design, we may be stuck with this after everyone else has come to their senses.
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Still wondering how the front license plate is going to fit in and not look super out of place for states where front place is necessary?
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Here is a vid from a spotting in CA. Rolling shots from 6-7-8 o’clock. Fenders look super aggressive.
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No doubt. The F90 doesn’t have flared fenders for one.
As for the new grill we should get another look at it in a month at Geneva on the i4 concept. Not that we need another look since it’s already revealed on the 4 series concept. Though with the Virus situation I’m more concerned of a total meltdown in supply chains making car deliveries impossible. With a handful new locations having reached the critical mass for the Wuhan threshold that caused exponential infection rate it looks quite dire IMO. Last edited by solstice; 02-04-2020 at 06:53 PM.. |
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Not even close man.
Rear tail lights, exhaust tips being close, specially wide fenders,side, front, everything is pure G80 M3
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So far love what I see
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It doesn't seem very quick. That van kept right with it.
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