RE: 2023 BMW XM | PH Review

RE: 2023 BMW XM | PH Review

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andySC

1,096 posts

146 months

Saturday 18th March
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At least it isn’t an EV. That means there remains a highly combustible fluid sloshing around that could (God willing) ignite & turn this thing to a smouldering heap.

NGK210

2,237 posts

133 months

Saturday 18th March
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That’s a CGI, right?
An early April Fool, shurley??
rofl

sidesauce

2,209 posts

206 months

Saturday 18th March
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Water Fairy said:
sidesauce said:
o be fair, it's you that sounds like the fragile one seeing as you started with the ad hominems first... just saying.
Nonsense and coming from you of all people I'll sleep easy tonight.
Nonsense? You calling him Stevie wasn't intended as an insult? If not, what was it then?

I'm genuinely curious.

Wills2

20,551 posts

163 months

Saturday 18th March
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I've had 13 BMWs inc 6 M cars and I like the new M3/4 I even like the new 7 series and have an LCI 7 series with the big grilles currently, but I can't understand this cars styling nor the launch colour scheme of gold and blue with that clashing terracotta dash roll top.

It's a 150k BMW that isn't doing the numbers against the competition either in looks, performance or brand cache, yes I get that some wealthy young funky people maybe drawn to it but surely that's a small market but perhaps that's what they want, a big noise (good or bad) and a low volume to keep it exclusive without having to turn buyers away.


E90_M3Ross

32,342 posts

200 months

Saturday 18th March
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These have 315/30R23 tyres..... They're over £500 EACH! That's ridiculous!

croyde

21,282 posts

218 months

Saturday 18th March
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salmanorguk said:
Reading other reviewers (EVO, Car&Driver, The Drive, TopGear, etc) as well, the good news is almost everyone is universal in their disdain for the XM.

The slightly bad news is that a few mention the order books are already well padded.

I’m genuinely more excited by new Hyundai or Kia products than almost all BMWs these days
I'm genuinely more excited by anything Dacia does these days, and I can afford one of those.

Oakman

307 posts

146 months

Saturday 18th March
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The Emperors new clothes are strong with this one…..

Tin Hat

1,273 posts

197 months

Saturday 18th March
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Some feat - That is so bad that it is almost as if they have developed something as profound as a new colour - They have achieved the impossible, the ugliest car on planet earth.

This seems like the very worst way to melt icebergs

350Matt

3,688 posts

267 months

Saturday 18th March
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How is this in anyway, shape or form
an 'M' car

bloated, ugly gin palace of a thing

arthurdotk

5 posts

63 months

Saturday 18th March
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The BMW design team is the gift that keeps on giving.
At this point it looks like a social experiment to see how far they can push atrociously vile design. So far they are outdoing themselves.

Mr-B

3,526 posts

182 months

Saturday 18th March
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Is this the low of BMW car design? Surely it must be, can it go any lower? Utterly awful. If these were free with a packet of Hobnobs I would give up eating biscuits.

Stumason10

68 posts

193 months

Saturday 18th March
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Just showed the opening photo to my partner who does not follow cars and she laughed and went, "that's horrendous. What the hell is that!??!?"

Heathwood

2,298 posts

190 months

Saturday 18th March
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If I had an excess of funds, I’d happily buy one of these.












Just so I could push it off the nearest cliff (may even look better after).

Electra

56 posts

126 months

Saturday 18th March
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Motormouth88 said:
Please for the love of god no more BMW news
this, hilarious...

Davismatt

104 posts

150 months

Saturday 18th March
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My God it's hideous, why would anyone spend that much money on something so ugly and so well beaten by all of the alternatives at that price point. DBX 707 for me or Cayenne Turbo GT.

Max BHP

8 posts

2 months

Saturday 18th March
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Emperor’s new clothes. Bring back Frank Stephenson.

shalmaneser

5,718 posts

183 months

Saturday 18th March
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Disgusting. What a tragedy.

wickhamaj

63 posts

90 months

Saturday 18th March
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WTAF

croyde

21,282 posts

218 months

Saturday 18th March
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Wondered why the car looked so familiar.


napoleondynamite

112 posts

118 months

Saturday 18th March
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I hate it, and the contrast to some of the lovely 80s BMs people have posted is really quite depressing.

But, and a big but - 200 comments and counting. It’s clearly causing a storm and I imagine BMW will consider that very much job done.