RE: BMW M unveils standalone 750hp XM

[ae2006]

I have no words.

The ugliness aside, the again shrinking window size bothers me. SUVs get even more massive with higher and higher window lines.

[paua]

Miserablegit said:

You're on the right track, but forgot the No. 8 wire nose ring.
They need to start thinking about TWO different design schools - one for their traditional market ( small grill design) & one for their emerging market aspirations ( those in favour of the gopping monstrosities of late).
Hideousness has a new name - BMW.
Disclaimer - previously owned a delightful E46.

[CoupeKid]

There was a time when BMW stood for engineering led good taste.

Those days seem so long ago.

[Vee12V]

Hasn't Citroen trademarked XM?

[T1berious]

No. Way.

I know the Chinese Market will lap it up but as a statement highlighting the new design direction...

I'm glad I've gone Korean.

As a serial BMW driver I'm stunned by how bad this effort is. Motorsport? Where?

[Amanitin]

would have been priceless to be the fly on the wall in the meeting room at M when they were told "we want a tarted up X7".

in retaliation they made it look like a RAV4 with those angular wheel arches

[rwindmill]

chris116 said:

Promo vid

https://youtu.be/rXA8BluB8rk

Hahahahahha love it, absolutely love it!!!!

In the 1:50 running time, you barely see the car. Instead its two strong, diverse female characters prancing around in various costumes.

I assume that the two women are meant to represent the over-the-top design philosophy battling with good taste????

Good taste definitely lost................................

[Ursicles]

Looks like a Rav 4 from the side.

Looks like a bad joke from the front.

Like the exhausts though - clearly an homage to the old civic.

[V1nce Fox]

I managed 30 seconds of that video out of morbid curiosity.

This is dreadful from start to end. It’s not avan garde, it’s just nonsense.

[TNH]

Are they f**king kidding? They celebrate the M division with a sodding monstrosity of a SUV?

I've been a massive BMW fan most of my life but the latest design language is absolutely horrendous. The new design lead needs sacking immediately.

[TNH]

If they wanted a hybrid why didn'y they stick their blooming V8 or even the S58 in the i8 or something??

FFS.

[lee_erm]

I kinda like the rear of it. Less keen on the front haha

[Demonix]

That has to be one of the most brutal German designs since the Führer popped his ledderhosen, X5 was never a looker but this is one fugly SUV. Looks like the Bentayga has some competition for biggest and ugliest, well done BMW :-p

[cookie1600]

That's clever marketing. They released the Lego version before the actual car!

[Oldwolf]

CraigyMc said:

Are the nostrils an additional entry/egress door?

In a fender bender you can be sneezed out like the great arkleseizure.

Thank you for cheering me up on a dreary Tuesday morning

[fwaggie]

Rather have a Chrysler Crossfire than one of these, even if someone gave it to me free it would be instantly sold.

I've seen a couple of new nostrilled BMs here and laughed at them whilst driving past.

I suspect if I see one of these in the flesh I'll have an accident I'll be laughing that hard.

[rare6499]

The spinner of plates said:

rare6499 said:

Shockingly ugly, excessive in every respect (almost tone deaf in a way) and an insult to 50 years of M. It doesn’t embody anything about the history or heritage of M. It’s a complete mess.

But... it's been the direction of travel for 50 years. I'd have been much more surprised if they'd made something small, light and with a focus on handling.

BMW is like that old best mate from school days. But you've been living such different lives for so long there's no real connection these days, just a nod to an enjoyable shared past.

I don’t disagree, I just think this is so extreme I’m every way. It’s pure excess. Remember the retro inspired M1 concept? That was class. This on the other hand…

[dunnoreally]

It's striking, certainly. You're not going to mistake it for anything else.

I feel like BMW are a bit shellshocked lately. 5 or 6 years ago they were the ones setting the agenda, with styling and everything else. They built lots of benchmark cars and basically everyone else wanted to be like them on some level. Where they went, other brands often followed.

Now Tesla's come along, though, and suddenly everyone wants to be them instead. This has maybe been a bit of a crisis for BMW, and now they're putting stuff like this, as well as the new 4 and that ID-X thing or whatever it's called to try and be recognised as "bold" and "pioneering" again, rather than just another "legacy automaker".

[NextSlidePlease]

What they have done here is made the grille so fking big and stupid it stops anyone photoshopping it for a piss take. Very clever bmw very clever indeed.

[Kipsrs]

First words out of my mouth when I opened up PH this morning were, “oh my f’ing lord”.
Just what the hell are they thinking? Clearly not for our market!