[CJF]

I was not able to take photos, but I did see what was clearly a BMW test mule north of Santa Barbara on 12/8 at about 11am. It had heavy cladding and although the shape looked clearly like a BMW, I was not sure until I saw the front with the signature dual kidneys. It was a black sedan and had cladding on nearly every panel. The size seemed to be about as big as a current 3-series, but may have been a 5-series.

The cladding was so heavy I doubt it was a new 5-series, so I wonder if it was a new 3-series?


Any chance someone else saw the car?

[Buffalo_Bush]

I did not see the incident you are talking about but BMW tests in the area all the time. When I lived up there I would see test cars every few weeks. We saw about 6 together heading north on the 101 about a month ago.

[derekL]

same here!! i ALWAYS see bmw test cars on the 101 near sb! i go to sb and head home to la every so often and i see camo'ed bmws!!! its soo freakin awesome! last time a B7 alpina (sp) the z4, with the new 335 with the brand new swirly camo 5 series

[FStop7]

if it was heavy cladding it might have been an F30 3 series.

[UltimateBMW]