RE: BMW Pininfarina Gran Lusso Coupe

[theJT]

I don't see that shark nose making it through passenger impact tests sadly.

[motorhole]

Then this abomination? Not a chance! Even if I could afford it...

[Cacatous]

This is a proper front end!

I'd prefer to see deeper headlights and less of this ->

[mikeerhymes]

It has a very dodge challenger style look from the front and back

[E38Ross]

PHMatt said:

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.

I think the actual XJ looks better than the concept

[LuS1fer]

It looks HUGE and a bit American - Buick style.

I stopped liking BMW styling when they made the "kidney" (ha!) grilles into facsimiles of a pair of wall-mounted radiators. Maybe they should start calling them liver-shaped grilles?

Whatever happened to compact BMWs? I lament their passing.

[F1GTRUeno]

I like it but you lot saying it's beautiful need your eyes checking.

The front is far too aggressive to be beautiful.

[E38Ross]

LuS1fer said:

It looks HUGE and a bit American

I'm surprised you don't like it then

[mikebradford]

i like the rear
the rest doesnt work for me, an improvement on the majority of the BMW range.
but that is no complement, as i feel they have lost the design direction. especially the 1 series
new BMW 4 series coupe looks good though, as they have the proposrtions right. as well as getting the right blend of agression and style

[MonteV]

That rear window has the miniscule flying buttresses of the Peugeot 406 Coupé by Pininfarina.

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyI...

[virgilio]

Overall not bad, but it just reminds me that whereas BMW is king for 2 and 4 door saloon cars, it never really managed to create great big coupes and sportcars. 8-series, 6-series (even the E24, to be honest) have never been the first choice in their segment in the same way as the 3/5/7 series. Going back, even legends like the 507 and the M1 were somehow disappointing compared to their competitors.
Maybe it's just DNA...

Good effort anyway!

[predding]

[quote=motorhole

Then this abomination? Not a chance! Even if I could afford it...
[/quote]

That's what they probably said about this 'breadvan' on its debut...

For a large crossing continents vehicle - would do the job really well IMHO

Agree on the front end looking like something out of Cars - though that will change for production as do all prototypes.

[Miles Perry]

Narrow those kidney grills and you get what we really should have had as the successor to the old e24 6 series. An elegant,shark nosed pillar-less coupe!

[LuS1fer]

E38Ross said:

LuS1fer said:

It looks HUGE and a bit American

I'm surprised you don't like it then

Same reason you don't like every German car ever made.

[mrclav]

LuS1fer said:

Whatever happened to compact BMWs?

They're now called MINI.

[LuS1fer]

mrclav said:

LuS1fer said:

Whatever happened to compact BMWs?

They're now called MINI.

No. I said compact.

[HighwayStar]

timewatch said:

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>>>

Yeah, no other manufacturer contantly builds their cars around a boring grill eh

[LuS1fer]

HighwayStar said:

Yeah, no other manufacturer contantly builds their cars around a boring grill eh

Most of the grilles are quite successful. BMW have been stretching their grille like a pre-pubescent schoolboy stretches his w*lly to try and impress the girls. I mean the keynote of the grille was twin kidneys and all it is now is a shapeless grille with a divide in the middle. Am I wrong? All IMHO.

[I WISH]

Is it me ..... or are BMW grilles getting more ugly with each new iteration?

Oh .... and you can bet your life that this car will just be a giant excuse for BMW to charge armfuls of cash to those who don't know better. North of £100k I'll wager.

[Cheib]

Seen something very similar before.....Concept CS which was canned during the financial meltdown in 2008/9.