RE: BMW M unveils standalone 750hp XM

[Superflow]

Dad,I’m taking the Msport down to the LGBT meeting in Starbucks.

Okay can you refill it for me please?

Pardon,what?....bye

[CraigyMc]

Thread seems to have drifted from how ugly the BMW is to how ugly some of the opinions on PH are.

[bolidemichael]

"No problem son, er, daughter, erm whatever!"

[loudlashadjuster]

CraigyMc said:

Thread seems to have drifted from how ugly the BMW is to how ugly some of the opinions on PH are.

Sadly, yes

[bolidemichael]

Oh dear, slapped wrist for juvenile humour. Where's our safe space, eh?

[Superflow]

bolidemichael said:

"No problem son, er, daughter, erm whatever!"

[biggbn]

Still suspect this will be a very impressive bit of kit on the road, sadly I will never find out unless the lottery gods smile down upon me.

[F1GTRUeno]

AlphaDelta said:

https://theface.com/culture/bmw-xm-hybrid-concept-...

Just saw this pop up on my feed and looking at who attended it seems to confirm what others have posted. This vehicle is not aimed at pistonheads or car enthusiasts.

I ended up googling the actual parking garage and it's a lovely looking building aside from the horrible hipster connotations but I cannot find a single image of any parking in the parking garage.

[ajprice]

Frank Stephenson. He doesn't like it

[Stick Legs]

I agree with Frank.

[Tycho]

Stick Legs said:

I agree with Frank.

Yep, I think he is bang on.

[danp]

Great video, OT but what’s the car to the right of Frank’s ear?

[McAndy]

Looks like an F430, possible Scuderia?

I liked that video. (I never realised he was an adopted American, having never heard him speak!)

[Stick Legs]

Ferrari 430.
Designed by Frank.

[ultrastapler]

I think Frank should tell us what he really thinks

[danp]

Aha the F430, thanks! Some nice work on his CV there.

[MikeM6]

Stick Legs said:

Ferrari 430.
Designed by Frank.

Explains why the Fiat Bravo was such a good looking thing

[wyson]

ajprice said:

Frank Stephenson. He doesn't like it

His reasoning at the end, you can tell he hasn’t had a ‘high cultural’ arts education. If you asked him to describe the central tenets of post modernism, I bet he would draw a blank. Bangle set this alinement, no alinement is too strong, nod to the ‘high arts’ back in his day.

Bangle specifically mentioned architecture. Something like the deconstructivist Musee de Confluences in Lyon, France, you can see parallels in the mood, surfacing, angles and abruptness.

Edited by wyson on Friday 7th January 21:39

[swisstoni]

wyson said:

ajprice said:

Frank Stephenson. He doesn't like it

His reasoning at the end, you can tell he hasn’t had a ‘high cultural’ arts education. If you asked him to describe the central tenets of post modernism, I bet he would draw a blank. Bangle set this alinement, no alinement is too strong, nod to the ‘high arts’ back in his day.

Bangle specifically mentioned architecture. Something like the deconstructivist Musee de Confluences in Lyon, France, you can see parallels in the mood, surfacing, angles and abruptness.

Edited by wyson on Friday 7th January 21:39

If a commercial design requires people to be educated before they can appreciate it, it’s not great is it?

Edited by swisstoni on Saturday 8th January 00:20

[FA57REN]

wyson said:

His reasoning at the end, you can tell he hasn’t had a ‘high cultural’ arts education. If you asked him to describe the central tenets of post modernism, I bet he would draw a blank. Bangle set this alinement, no alinement is too strong, nod to the ‘high arts’ back in his day.

Ahem: Messrs Bangle and Stephenson were both educated in design at the same establishment, the College of Design in Pasadena.