RE: BMW Pininfarina Gran Lusso Coupe

[Police State]

LankyPaddy said:

The BMW Gentlemen Edition.

More like 'BMW Get Out of My Feckin Way Edition'.

[motorhole]

That is downright hideous. It really is spectacularly ugly. Lost for words on what BMW must have been thinking...

[fatboy b]

I've just spat my lunch out after laughing so much when I saw that. Jesus Christ, what are they playing at. I thought that Jag were doing a pretty good job stealing BMW sales with their current line-up,but this is just going to be handing sales to Jag.

[J B L]

Could be my eyes or the picture's angle but I find that the long bonnet pushes the front of the car in a shark nose sort of stance that's very nice to see the return of.

Lovely looking thing.

[dtrump]

hey, I like it

[pSyCoSiS]

I think that looks stunning and very elegant.

[mr2j]

Opulent cruising machine with a kerb weight of 7000 tonnes and rear seats that will only ever be used when it's owner's wayward son requires more than one prostitute for the evening.

:/

[coates848]

Looks very much like the spiritual succesor to the 8 series to me. Quite a few design cues in there that are nods in that direction.
And that being the case I like it very much. Just hope they give it the 8 series designation.

[Charlie Michael]

I like that. Love the side profile and the rear end.

[MrBurt]

Great looking car. But why oh why produce the first one in 'old mans gold'???

[Carnnoisseur]

dtrump said:

hey, I like it

Me too. Great attempt at creating something that's slightly outside of the norm....can definitely see some lines from the 5 Series GT though, I'm guessing the proportions would be similar also.

[El Shafto]

Looking forward to seeing these in the classified in 8 years time for sub £10k. They'll likely come out at about £90k/£100k, and quickly plummet just like the Merc CL's, making them a potential future bargain!

[goron59]

The front reminds me of something from Cars or Thomas the Tank Engine.

Better than most BMWs though.

[deadtom]

I quite like it, would look better in a more interesting colour though.

Like someone else said, its good to see hints of shark nose again

[The Surveyor]

FullofBeans said:

Some of these new BMW's have taken a lot of design cues from the Jaguar range IMHO

That was my first thought too, looks very similar to the earlier Jaguar XJ Concept



I can imagine a 2 door Jaguar looking much nicer than the BWM but as we've found with the Bangle designed cars, they were a good 5 years ahead in tearms of styling.

Paul

[TheOrangePeril]

Touch of SZ about the buttocks?

[edinph]

Well, the rear lights are neat!

[E38Ross]

Don't think I like that prefer the normal 6.

[timewatch]

Nice car wasted by that stupid grill BMW have across their ranges!

I just can't believe that they, 'BMW' would constantly design the whole front of their cars around such a boring design feature.



TW>>>

[PHMatt]

The Surveyor said:

That was my first thought too, looks very similar to the earlier Jaguar XJ Concept



I can imagine a 2 door Jaguar looking much nicer than the BWM but as we've found with the Bangle designed cars, they were a good 5 years ahead in tearms of styling.

Paul

It's a shame the actual XJ didnt look similar to the earlier Jaguar XJ Concept.

As for the BMW, it looks elegent, a modern 8 series.
Now BMW, bung a V12 in the front and a CSi badge on the rear, chop chop.