[KillerExcessive]

Originally Posted by CanAutM3

I still struggle with:

• Huge grills
• No more Hofmeister kink
• Side character line below door handle
• Generic looking taillights

I am all for evolution, but this is a lot to take in .

Your photo really clearly demonstrated BMW's strong design principles throughout the years and made me realize why their styling has been unmistakable. I feel like with the new one the side profile and front-end both lost all distinctive design cues and are now just all over the place.

Oh well, nothing lasts forever. Maybe it'll grow on me.

[SabineBimmer]

Originally Posted by CanAutM3

I still struggle with:

• Huge grills
• No more Hofmeister kink
• Side character line below door handle
• Lower side window sill line curving upwards
• Generic looking taillights

I am all for evolution, but this is a lot to take in .

You sir, speak the truth. Thank you for the pics/comparison. It adds heft to the argument.

[lemetier]

Originally Posted by CanAutM3

I still struggle with:

• Huge grills
• No more Hofmeister kink
• Side character line below door handle
• Generic looking taillights

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Maybe time to make some more stickers.

[andrewsd]

Originally Posted by TargaM2

Side profile looks very R35 crossed with Mustang to me. Not a fan overall, but I'm not the target buyer as it's way too big for my tastes anyway, then again I consider my M2 a bit of a tank also.
I'm sure they'll sell plenty. No doubt due to the big changes in styling direction it will bring some new owners to the brand & lose some current owners too.
With the continual increases in size/weight I'll be interested to see if in years to come the pre-2020 era will grow to become somewhat of a golden era of German performance similar to that of the pre-2000 era of Japanese performance.

Have they published the weight yet?

The F90 got AWD and still managed to shed weight from the previous gen. Hopefully they put the same effort into the g8x.

[TargaM2]

Im a big fan of 2 doors but the new M3 looks so much better than this 4. Just the 'kink' alone would have helped imo from looking at both designs. Really disapointing.