RE: BMW 3 Series GT breaks cover...
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Talented009 said:
I have rarely actually seen a 5 series gt.
I have seen the a5 shooting brake a few times but it is to be excepted with these niche cars
There are loads of 5 Series GTs around London. They all seemed to appear at the same time (they were not Olympic cars), so I suspect there was a big discount deal at some point.I have seen the a5 shooting brake a few times but it is to be excepted with these niche cars
I sort of get the 5 Series GT, although it is pig ugly, but I really don't understand the 3 Series GT. Who is going to buy this? Surely any potential buyer will buy a Touring, X1 or X3?
northwest monkey said:
Mermaid said:
Triumph Man said:
So hang on - it's a 3 series, based on a 7 series?!
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5 series....
5GT is based on the 7 series.
The 3-series GT is based on the 5-series platform & the 5-series GT is based on the 7-series platform?
I used to really like the way you knew exactly what was what regarding BMW - it all seems very confusing now & they do seem to make a lot of cars which are solving a problem nobody has ever had!
Seems like madness to me but the thing is when Audi & Mercedes are also at it then it will be a very brave manufacturer that says enough is enough. There will be enough people queueing up to buy this car I suppose it doesn't matter what anyone here says. Didn't Sniff Petrol have a spoof advert some years ago of a wheelbarrow filled with s
t but having a BMW badge on the front? Seems to be coming true!http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/geneva-motor-sho...
leerdam23 said:
BMW need to look up 'GT'. I thought GT was Gran Tourer, usually reserved for the likes of the Ferrari Daytona or DB9...
Not just adding a hatchback to the range and then mis-labeling it with the badge of a smaller model.
Weird and it does nothing for their already questionable range.
maybe it stands for 'GroB Taschen' - after the 'large bags' they expect to be placed in the boot.?Not just adding a hatchback to the range and then mis-labeling it with the badge of a smaller model.
Weird and it does nothing for their already questionable range.
daytonarhymes said:
Do not understand. the 5 GT, as far as I know has been a flop. Probably chiefly to do with it's looks. so they go and stick the same back end on this ??
Probably for their expanding markets in the East - size matters more to them than anything else, as I understand it.It does look a fair bit better than the 5-series GT to these eyes.
OK, just about anything does, but still I'm unsure why this particular one seems to attract so much hatred (starting with the PH editorial office). Unlike the bloated 5GT, this looks pretty much like a 'regular' fastback variant of any car from this segment. Execution not exactly pretty - but really, comppared to the X1, 5GT, X6 or how the small people mover FWD 1-series is likely to pan out, is it that vile?
OK, just about anything does, but still I'm unsure why this particular one seems to attract so much hatred (starting with the PH editorial office). Unlike the bloated 5GT, this looks pretty much like a 'regular' fastback variant of any car from this segment. Execution not exactly pretty - but really, comppared to the X1, 5GT, X6 or how the small people mover FWD 1-series is likely to pan out, is it that vile?
daytonarhymes said:
Do not understand. the 5 GT, as far as I know has been a flop. Probably chiefly to do with it's looks. so they go and stick the same back end on this ??
Have they been a flop (genuine question)? If they had been, I'd be expecting to see plenty on offer for £399 or £499/month Contract Hire, but they are double that.Yep. The secret to understanding this commercially is that it seems the Chinese will buy any long-wheelbase version of a mid-sized German car. No-one seems to know why, but that's what they do apparently. And since China is now the number one growth market for every global car maker, that's why we're seeing this sort of abomination become a priority.
BMW have really lost the plot on new car design ie they are getting uglier by the year, something has gone badly wrong.
The new style nose is especially ugly.
And the rears are wrong, I saw a new white BMW (1 or 3 series) on the road the other day with two huge black swages up into the white of the rear bumper, it looked ridiculous.
But people are buying them anyway!
The new style nose is especially ugly.
And the rears are wrong, I saw a new white BMW (1 or 3 series) on the road the other day with two huge black swages up into the white of the rear bumper, it looked ridiculous.
But people are buying them anyway!
Is is the fault of modern platform sharing, and highly flexible automated assembly processes, that leads us to an unnecessarily bewildering number of models within a manufacturer's range?
Can we blame emissions and crash regulations for the vast majority of these models being completely indistiguishable from competitors brands offerings, aside from the typically brash corporate faces? I'm gussing that the lack of any brand identity in a model's shape is why the designers are overcompensating with big lenses, chrome, grilles and badging.
Can we blame emissions and crash regulations for the vast majority of these models being completely indistiguishable from competitors brands offerings, aside from the typically brash corporate faces? I'm gussing that the lack of any brand identity in a model's shape is why the designers are overcompensating with big lenses, chrome, grilles and badging.
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