RE: Z4 to Debut Soon

RE: Z4 to Debut Soon

Wednesday 3rd July 2002

Z4 to Debut Soon

New styling sets roadster apart from curvaceous original


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pconibere

Original Poster:

29 posts

288 months

Wednesday 3rd July 2002
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S2000?

flasher

9,238 posts

290 months

Wednesday 3rd July 2002
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Different name, same clown-shoe....

Dave_H

996 posts

289 months

Wednesday 3rd July 2002
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Well.... it gives the girls something to drive

marki

15,763 posts

276 months

Wednesday 3rd July 2002
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That Bangle bloke has really got some sort of a good taste problem , i can not belive some of the motors he is designing for BMW , but what makes it worse is at some stage these must come before the board to get signed off , are they all blind or something

MEMSDesign

1,100 posts

276 months

Wednesday 3rd July 2002
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Bloody Hell! That looks like at right dogs dinner at the front. I didn't like the old one's looks much, but that looks like a particularly ugly shark's face.

billb

3,198 posts

271 months

Wednesday 3rd July 2002
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like it apart from the awful piggy snout - love the rear. interior is a bit z8 ( better photos on the bmw website link ). front end is a big turn off though - even clear indicators would help it. will be interesting to see it in the flesh

dans

1,137 posts

290 months

Wednesday 3rd July 2002
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I referr to my earlier comment about FBS being nearer the mark than we'd have thought...

...Shame though, that is a jolly ugly car - what happens round the back I wonder....

Don

28,377 posts

290 months

Wednesday 3rd July 2002
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Definitely an improvement on the Z3 in the looks department...there's a lot of better looking roadsters on the market, though.

Still it will be reliable. Wonder if there'll be a Z4M? Might be fun.

raceboy

13,266 posts

286 months

Wednesday 3rd July 2002
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what happens round the back I wonder....


adeewuff

567 posts

276 months

Wednesday 3rd July 2002
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Has someone let FBS do the styling for BMW or what? The styling seems to make the front look wider than the rear which is just SO SO wrong!

Prepare to see this car being driven by a hairdresser in your area soon!

apache

39,731 posts

290 months

Wednesday 3rd July 2002
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"new transitions of light and shadow from every angle". ARSE!!!

pjg

46,644 posts

281 months

Wednesday 3rd July 2002
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Seems BMW are embarking on an "ugly phase"...

I read somewhere else (one of the car comics) that the side is supposed to conjure up imagery of a flame. *cough* arse *cough*



>> Edited by pjg on Wednesday 3rd July 13:05

GeoffH

31 posts

276 months

Wednesday 3rd July 2002
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Why are we discussing this? Its not for serious sports car people its for fashion victims.

Cotty

40,222 posts

290 months

Wednesday 3rd July 2002
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There should be a law to stop people designing ugly cars like this, or how about banning them from desiging another car for a year if they screw up the last one.


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The styling seems to make the front look wider than the rear which is just SO SO wrong!


I always thought the old one was the same

getcarter

29,606 posts

285 months

Wednesday 3rd July 2002
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I'd keep the wheels and burn the rest (is it me, or does it look like a beached whale from the front)?

danmangt40

296 posts

290 months

Wednesday 3rd July 2002
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god, it cracks me up the way that the people who are most eager to scream ugly are the most vigorous forum visitors. Take your heads out of your asses and look again. This car has real presence, bulging fenders, a broad grille, intricate details like the turning-signal repeaters/logo in the fenders (although that diagonal line it sits on may be the most uncomfortable line on the car), this car, if nothing else, completely ditches the somewhat feminine details of the old z3. At most, it shows that when Bangle sets out to be different, it doesn't always have to be as ungainly as the trunkline on the 7-series. Oh, and while I'm at it, yes, I do think the trunkline on the 7 series is too high, and the gaping panel gap from the c-pillar to the lid itself accentuates the visual heft. Otherwise, its a pretty imposing sedan, if much less graceful than an s-class

DanL

6,420 posts

271 months

Wednesday 3rd July 2002
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I actually quite like the side profile, but I'm not so sure about the front - looks a little too bulbous for my tastes.

Still, it may well look better in the flesh, and all BM's seem to grow on me after a while.

Dan

PetrolTed

34,443 posts

309 months

Wednesday 3rd July 2002
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Well it's good to see something daring from a mainstream manufacturer I guess, but it's not a natural beauty, it's a piece of 'modern' art which will excite some and offend others.

adeewuff

567 posts

276 months

Wednesday 3rd July 2002
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This car has real presence, bulging fenders, a broad grille, intricate details..



A bit like an Ann Summers more real than real 'love aid' then?

m700 tus

26 posts

276 months

Wednesday 3rd July 2002
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It is a shame that manufacturers feel the need to give each of their models the corporate grill face. A Seven Series grill on a roadster - no thanks BMW.