RE: Everytimer creates 1 Series-based ETA 02

[bigvanfan]

I really like it , but would be better with the original round rear lights and bumpers , a set of 16” open lug alpina wheels and an original 02 colour scheme

[OldGermanHeaps]

i like it a lot but wtf are they thinking with the price, never worth close in a million years.

[ZX10R NIN]

Is there a coupe version?

[herebebeasties]

Just going to leave this here... http://thepaddock.xyz/blog/2017/9/10/restomod-bmw-...

[Mackofthejungle]

It's almost like......a cars looks are defined by its proportions, not its grill shape.

Utterly horrific. What eejit thought this was a good idea?

[PorkRind]

Shtwagon !

[85Carrera]

herebebeasties said:

Just going to leave this here... http://thepaddock.xyz/blog/2017/9/10/restomod-bmw-...

That is lovely ...

[tomic]

Gopping as hell. But plenty of people bought the X6 and Mercedes gle. I’d take one of these every time over one of those monstrosities.

[redroadster]

This is what happens when u need to spend all your time away from your wife you do something pointless .

[E30M3ZONE]

Move on.

[soad]

ZX10R NIN said:

Is there a coupe version?

Not mentioned anywhere.

[Big GT]

reminded me of:

[Limpet]

Just looks not quite right, like those £5-10k replica kits to me. You'd half expect to find an MX5 or a Sierra underneath. Styling just looks odd.

I'm not sure who would buy one of these when the same outlay gets you a nice original, plus the 1er as a daily, and enough change to put in the bank to run them both for a decade.

[BFleming]

soad said:

ZX10R NIN said:

Is there a coupe version?

Not mentioned anywhere.

Not currently.

But the cabrio does have a roof. This is a CAD render...

[AMGSee55]

Turbobanana said:

Quite possibly the worst thing I have ever seen. I love the simplicity of the -02 shape: this misses the point by a mile. It would need to be scaled up by ~50% to allow for the ridiculously high waistline.

I'm no fan of the 1-Series, but I'd prefer that over this.

Edited by Turbobanana on Thursday 10th January 14:31

The waistline as noted above is the key issue here. '02s has a low waistline, relatively upright windscreen and large glass area - all fairly typical of the era in which they are designed. This is just a modern car onto which they've grafted the 02 front and rear lights - quite pointless.

[anonymous-user]

Two words; ste.

[Edmundo2]

I'm always amazed that there's people out there who have enough money to follow this sort of venture through?

In order to do so they must have a brain and be pretty intelligent and yet at no point does it recognise or tell them that their creation is a fecking disaster....

A really tasteful, sympathetically upgraded 2002 restomod could be superb. Shame this isn't.

[FestivAli]

I'm afraid it doesn't work for me. Surfacing combined with style reminds me of the MG RV8 - uncomfortable mix of old and new, when it would look better as either but not both. I don't think the original 2002 is a particularly great looking car either but this looks like a kit car from 1998.

[Dermot O'Logical]

Fibreglass?

Are we back in the 1970's?

[MX6]

Well I'm not against the idea of this in principle as such but the 1 series doesn't really have the right kind of proportions to make for an authentic look. I've a 120d for the other half to drive and it's a bit ungainly, not the best base for this kind of conversion, maybe a e36/46 rag top would be better?

Giving a modern car a more retro look can be fun, this muscle car-esque rocket bunny kit for the S14 is certainly more appealing to me...