01-26-2021, 09:37 AM | #661 |
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It's been 3 months, and the Gx has anything but grown on me
Despite all the best glamour shots, roller vids, and sexiest angles known to Tinder, all of the marketing efforts to promote the new G-series M3/M4 have failed on me.
In fact, i have to say, it's getting worse. I think the initial shock wore off and now i see it and just shake my head, wondering what in the flying fuck the designers were thinking with that front end. Just because you can paint a car black, or matte black, or dark dark grey, and then color match the grilles, doesn't mean that it isn't a hideous design feature. As a consumer, you shouldn't WANT to hide top-priority design aspects of your car! Thank goodness companies and people like Imran@Evolve are making updated front facias for this series, I wouldn't be advocating so hard for the G81 here in the states if it weren't for these options!
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I feel bad for you that you hate it. I feel pretty fortunate that I love it. It was this or a gently used GT3 in 6MT.
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01-26-2021, 09:24 PM | #663 | |
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Sure there will be some aftermarket facia kits but I believe the percentage of cars that get them will be minuscule, in part because a majority of the cars will be leased and in part because a majority of the buyers will actually like the new styling. |
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01-27-2021, 03:56 AM | #664 | |
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The aftermarket facia kits will probably be more commonly used on the std 3- and 4-series than on M3's and M4's and will probably in the end be considered just as faux as putting fake M3 badges on a 320i or a Bentley grille on a Chrysler 300. |
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01-27-2021, 09:10 AM | #665 |
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Easier way to fix the Kidney Grilles? Just change Grilles
I have not seen the G80 in person and am still open to the look as I like change, but I do see so many people talking about the Grilles and that there are so many companies that will be making new front bumpers. I will be leasing mine and doubt I would consider changing the whole front bumper, but what about if there was a new grill design with a painted front section that is color matched and runs along the center of the Grill to create an upper and lower black vent. This would be so much cheaper and easier and if done right could be an easy reversible change. Has anyone heard of any companies that maybe considering this as an options? Any one with Photoshop skills want to try this with a new grill and painted center section to see if it works... just a though, and like I said until I see it in person I will not pass judgement...
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01-27-2021, 11:32 AM | #666 |
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I hated it, now I am somewhat OK with it as I get used to it, but M5 CS grilles >>>> G80 grilles.
It proves to me a modern look could have been achieved without such a tall / controversial look, it seems very obvious to me. I also notice journalists hate it, so as reviews come out, the debate will grow again, IMO. Somewhat similar to the Civic Type R reviews, love the car, but would never buy it due to looks. TBD |
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01-27-2021, 02:30 PM | #668 |
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Something about the entire front end of this thing is just a huge turn off. It's not the grille alone. I've loved the evolution of the M3 up through the F80. I guess sooner or later, there was bound to be a wrong turn. Honestly, at this point I'd take the G80 if it looked like the M340i from the A pillar forward. Not that I think the M340i is exciting. It's just that conservative beats repulsive.
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01-28-2021, 08:48 AM | #671 | |
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But as far as I understood, and correct me if i'm wrong, community was moaning that the M3 can't be distinguished that good from a normal 3 series. Means, add some parts and it somehow looks like an M3 (except the wider track of course). So now they give us basically a M3 that is nearly completely different than the 3-series and people still moan around. I do understand why this new grille is controversial. And to be honest, when I look at the pictures I also think sometimes.."what the hell BMW?" but seeing the car in the flesh, for myself at least, it just fits and looks menacing and really good. I like it. In the pics it just looks like as it is 5meters x 5meters big, in reality it's not and the design works together with the rest. However...there is a massiv waiting line for the order's and altough i ordered in december (ok it's MT with has "less priority" in production) i don't get the car on market launch but 2 months later. People are buying it. So it can't be that wrong. |
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01-28-2021, 11:14 AM | #672 | |
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So am I reading right, you got your production date / delivery date in the mean time? |
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Yes, I ordered my M4C on the 20th of January, but not heard anything yet from my dealer about production date. Hope to hear something in the next 1,2 weeks... |
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01-28-2021, 11:49 AM | #675 | |
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I also, have never wanted the M3 to be even more differentiated from the regular 3 series. The F80 looked perfect with the added M-bits, but some people modded their cars to their personal tastes going for their menacing look. They were able to do so with the aftermarket and make it their own. BMW could have offered a certain package for those that wanted a certain look, I will never be convinced the entire M3 formula needed to change for people to buy this car. As for sales, I hope it succeeds, since a manual transmission is on offer and I am also warming up to the looks slightly and hope in person I like it more, but I would have preferred the M340i front with M bits, like the formula has been for decades. |
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They didn't complain about the kidney grills but we had an onslaught of M3/M4 owners in he G20 sub fora complaining how M being watered down due to the M340i moniker lol. We had one thread that practically brought over almost the entire M villagers voicing their infinite displeasure with the M340i. This covers a brand gamut, some of which are familair rants like: not real M, not special, generic looking, how dare BMW now consider these sub standard models as part of M sub group on BMW USA website, camry is superior at the track , my dog will run circles around it at the track, my RS3 is a better car etc etc lol.
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Sad commentary that the compliments tend to be "Not as bad in person as in pictures" or "black looks better as it blends in" or "I'm getting used to it".
We used to love our cars...now BMW wants us to "get used to them". |
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But actually, it is the same as if your wife had always long hair and decided to make them a lot shorter...you have to get used to it and on the first sight you may think it looks strange, after a while you start to like it and in the end you do more than the old look (maybe not always ). Or same as if you had a beard for a long time and then shave.. Don't get me wrong, not everyone is going to like it, but we humans ofter are shocked on very big changes, simply because you are not used to that look, or never associated it with something you know. This is why you get used to it, if you like it in the end or just think, „not that bad" is a different story. |
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