RE: Updated 7 Series gets new 530hp V8
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k me that grille looks like an honest to goodness joke. Actual "WTF" moment on opening the article seeing that 150% sized plastic grille overpowering even the usual overstyled bumper and lights.
Their seems to be a total lack of any real direction in car design, so they just seem to be turning all the tropes up to 11. More creases, more grille, more bulges. Dismal, don't know where they'll go from here though.
ETA - that reverse assist sounds like a feature that should be absolutely mandatory for fkwits who buy SUVs and can't cope with the size.
k me that grille looks like an honest to goodness joke. Actual "WTF" moment on opening the article seeing that 150% sized plastic grille overpowering even the usual overstyled bumper and lights.Their seems to be a total lack of any real direction in car design, so they just seem to be turning all the tropes up to 11. More creases, more grille, more bulges. Dismal, don't know where they'll go from here though.
ETA - that reverse assist sounds like a feature that should be absolutely mandatory for f
kwits who buy SUVs and can't cope with the size.Edited by dme123 on Wednesday 16th January 15:50
Funk said:
A wistful reminder of just how good the 7-series used to look:
Makes me feel old, my late FIL bought one in that same silver back in 1995, initially he wasnt all that keen on his daughters slightly common BF driving his brand new Seven Series, but his standards dropped on who could drive it when he had the option to drink, or drive home Edited by Funk on Wednesday 16th January 12:31
Eventually he trusted me, and to be fair I didnt clout it as often as he did and I regularly used to use it for errands, key was to not discuss which car when being dispatched on an errand, as he would invariably hand the keys for his horrific 1994 Corsa 1.4 Auto shopping car, it went agree to task, quick fire questions, grab keys to BMW and scuttle off before he realised.
God I loved driving that car.
The E38 was an absolutely superbly styled thing, and arrived with perfect timing when the W140 S-Class looked like a whale on coasters and felt like one to drive too. Modern enough to be dependable, properly built, quick, and efficient but without being stuffed to the gills with rubbish like later "luxury" cars.
OMG.
If China want that sort of thing, is it beyond the wit of companies as big as BMW to provide that market with a 'powerful, self-confident' grille and the rest of the world with something less comical?
The PH report says 'the car gains a significantly larger front grille to more closely align it with BMW's other flagship, the X7'.
There's clearly been a communication break-down somewhere as surely BMW meant to make a quick revision to the recently launched and heinously ugly SUV; 'the X7 benefits from a significantly smaller front grille to more closely align it with BMW's other flagship, the 7-series'.
If China want that sort of thing, is it beyond the wit of companies as big as BMW to provide that market with a 'powerful, self-confident' grille and the rest of the world with something less comical?
The PH report says 'the car gains a significantly larger front grille to more closely align it with BMW's other flagship, the X7'.
There's clearly been a communication break-down somewhere as surely BMW meant to make a quick revision to the recently launched and heinously ugly SUV; 'the X7 benefits from a significantly smaller front grille to more closely align it with BMW's other flagship, the 7-series'.
What is their predilection with shoving old storm drains on their cars?
Each generation gets worse. They'll be Buicks before long.
Still, funny to see them styled for the Chinese market just as it's collapsing. Not even stupid Brits will buy this.....will they?
Each generation gets worse. They'll be Buicks before long.
Still, funny to see them styled for the Chinese market just as it's collapsing. Not even stupid Brits will buy this.....will they?
Edited by LuS1fer on Wednesday 16th January 17:44
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