[pz619]

Hahahaha, that's funny. Oh that's real? Let me laugh even harder now.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Mako]

Originally Posted by Marco_monti

I was leaning towards the m3 over an x5m/x6m but now that I see this wow no way I'm buying the m3 if the grill looks like that :

Curious why cross shopping M3 with X5M and not X3M?

[Bumpinjeep]

Originally Posted by calicolorado

From a practical and integration standpoint, where does the license plate go?

Take a look at the black horizontal strip in bisecting the giant grill. That's the bracket for the license plate.
I'm going to reserve judgement until i get a good view of the whole car. Interior and all.
Look at the C8, it looked horrible when it leaked, remember the controversy about the rear? It was 10X as bad as the G series M cars. Now people love them.

So stop freaking out, this car will be a hit. You can keep your F series cars for however long you want, but know, just like any car, when the new one comes out, the old one will initially drop in value like crazy. And i don't think the cars are expensive enough and limited enough to have a Porsche car bubble (think prices of 993 cars and prior) for that to happen to ours.

[dtmpower98]

I'll just leave this here. Happy October

I'll just leave this here

[advantage20]

[ejw2011]

Is BMW following Lexus design cues? Say it ain't so.
I will jump ship if this happens

[stein_325i]

Originally Posted by DZ F30

If you had to choose, what would you take? This M3 with the oversized grill or a 4 cylinder C63 AMG?

V8 C63 will still be on sale for 2 more years, so for me, I'd go with the C63.

Luckily I already made my choice, M2, which I'm sure a lot of M3 buyers may defect to.

[bjcarls]

Its a little big but you really need to see the entire car to get proportions. I like it!!!

[Marco_monti]

Originally Posted by Mako

Curious why cross shopping M3 with X5M and not X3M?

I've always been hesitant on getting a truck which my favourite is the x5/x6m although I had an f80 m3 comp and and it was by far my favourite car so I was going to pick up the m xdrive m3 since winters in Canada are brutal but seeing the design now I'm leaning towards a truck ( and also x3m isn't powerful enough to my liking)

[Marco_monti]

Originally Posted by upsidedownfunnel

So you're going to buy a boat because you don't like the grille? It's clear most people here don't really care about driving. Just the M badge.

At all I want the driving experience first and foremost but if I have to stare at a grill that I won't enjoy everyday why would I put up with it when I can get a 620 HP all year round truck

[sharocks]

Not surprised. BMW hasn't made a single good looking car since 2008. Fucking losers.

[Turbod]

I cannot get behind this one and the newest gauge cluster. I usually run without a plate on the front of most of my cars but they don't make a plate large enough to cover up this mess.

[frankiebones]

Originally Posted by esquire

Instead of offering a distinguishing mesh, maybe bmw should consider offering a model with kidneys that aren't being universally panned.

Universally? You glossing past dozens of people saying they like it?

[babaikram]

Originally Posted by ASAP

F80 values just went up lol

F80 values would probably plummet. New iteration and more sexy and not to talk of F80 outdated interior. Just my opinion, I might be wrong

[Daniel08E93]

This ain't it chief

[BMthusiast]

The grille doesn't look bad because of how big it is, it's because its shape is too plain. There's nothing sporty or aggressive about the shape. It looks incredibly generic in comparison to F8x.

[Jockey]

Originally Posted by frankiebones

Universally? You glossing past dozens of people saying they like it?

Dozens?

That's some alternative facts there.

Even it was two-dozen, out of 250ish posts means bad news.

[frankchn]

Originally Posted by HUACHENBAOMA

G80 will definitely share this front grille design but its really just a 4 series right? The cover doesn't seems to S58's.

It's an M car -- only M cars have double slats instead of a mesh or single slats.

[10"]

0/10

M3 is dead. Understated aggression is dead.

[M3 Adjuster]

Originally Posted by Sedan_Clan

There she is! BMW is definitely leaking these. LOL! It looks like the unveiling is around the corner. Somebody find the official G8X Bimmerpost Photoshop and juxtapose it next to this "leaked" front end. Bimmerpost strikes it right yet again with their prediction(s).

True story...

of course predictions are ** easy** when you receive preproduction photos...

Originally Posted by Sedan_Clan

SCOTT26 already warned that the front bumper would be toned down and the headlights would be different. I don't know why you didn't believe him.

I believe that is the G80 front end that is photographed (...and it is eerily close to the official Bimmerpost photoshop). The G22 bumper will look different.

" eerily close " isn't a strong enough wording...

[nbennettksu]

And I'm out; I just cant. Four M3's later, and this shit aint cute.

[Deda]

Ugly MF.