RE: eBay Find: 2009 BMW 7-Series Bumper

RE: eBay Find: 2009 BMW 7-Series Bumper

Tuesday 29th April 2008

eBay Find: 2009 BMW 7-Series Bumper

Has the front bumper of the unseen new Seven cropped up on eBay?



OK, little tip for all you budding spy photographers out there – get out the bushes around the Nurburgring and get yourself on eBay if you want to know what next year’s cars are going to look like.

Apparently the front bumper for the next generation F01 BMW 7-Series has popped up on eBay and is now going for a hefty 5 Euros.

To be honest we have no idea whether this is real or if someone is having a laugh, but it has certainly raised a few eyebrows.

The seller has even added a rendering of the new car which does look kind of similar.

We may have to wait until late this year to find out, when the new 7 is expected to break cover officially, but if this really is a pre-production bumper we can’t help thinking that there is going to a few words said in Munich.

How did it get on eBay? We don’t know. What we do know is the ad has been roughly translated as: ‘

'You have the unique opportunity the original front bumper of new siebener 7-BMW F01 it to auction because the car is not yet officially on the market ist.

'Es development is coming from a piece Erlkönig (prototype). Photos come .... ..

‘Pick-up in Munich desired, the shipping Detschland to be approximately 50 €

‘Private auction, no returns and warranty deleted.

‘On 28.04.08, the seller added the following information:

‘-- The sensors for PDC are not available, but BMW conventional sensors fit into the holes.

‘- hinged doors, lights for cleaning equipment.’

Here’s some pics from the ad:




 

 

See the eBay ad here

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Neomagic

Original Poster:

386 posts

200 months

Tuesday 29th April 2008
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I know this much, that picture of the alleged new 7 series looks awful!

Olf

11,974 posts

217 months

Tuesday 29th April 2008
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Oh dear - it's not getting any prettier is it?


beefcake42

267 posts

200 months

Tuesday 29th April 2008
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Bum Faced Goat - the only way i can think to describe it. Somebody send the german equivalent of the P45 to the design dept.. dont let the door hit you in the arse on the way out.

Edited by beefcake42 on Tuesday 29th April 12:18

Andeh

810 posts

222 months

Tuesday 29th April 2008
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Biggest kidney grilles EVAR!!! eek

gruffgriff

1,577 posts

242 months

Tuesday 29th April 2008
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beefcake42 said:
Bum Faced Goat
At least, being a BMW, the vibrations will be well damped.........

kambites

67,461 posts

220 months

Tuesday 29th April 2008
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If it looks like that, it'll be a bit better than the current model I suppose. Not that that is saying anything really.

Gas Gas Panic

69 posts

205 months

Tuesday 29th April 2008
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Looks like a Daewoo......

chunkymonkey71

13,015 posts

197 months

Tuesday 29th April 2008
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looks like a pigs snout.

A really big pigs snout...


Sonic Nonsense

282 posts

224 months

Tuesday 29th April 2008
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Looks a bit like the outgoing S-Type Jag...

beez

217 posts

222 months

Tuesday 29th April 2008
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The back half looks like a Jag S Type!

Soton Pug

374 posts

194 months

Tuesday 29th April 2008
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Gas Gas Panic said:
Looks like a Daewoo......
laugh

nrayner

3,058 posts

281 months

Tuesday 29th April 2008
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Looks more like a new rover than a Bavarian suit mover.

Does Chris Bangle still do design at BM ?


Edited by nrayner on Tuesday 29th April 13:16

rabw

8,969 posts

207 months

Tuesday 29th April 2008
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chunkymonkey71 said:
looks like a pigs snout.

A really big pigs snout...
Agreed. The front of the new X5 reminds me of a Pig/Bull also.

fatboy b

9,492 posts

215 months

Tuesday 29th April 2008
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Neomagic said:
I know this much, that picture of the alleged new 7 series all current BMWs look awful!
EFA

Road_Terrorist

5,591 posts

241 months

Tuesday 29th April 2008
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nrayner said:
Looks more like a new rover than a Bavarian suit mover.
Does Chris Bangle still do design at BM ?
Bangle is still the head of the design departments and takes a lot of flack but the guy who is responsible for many of the designs you all hate so much over the past few years is actually Adrian van Hooydonk.

Gizmo535

18,150 posts

208 months

Tuesday 29th April 2008
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Blimey, that's been snorting a few lines...

Strawman

6,463 posts

206 months

Tuesday 29th April 2008
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Gizmo535 said:
Blimey, that's been snorting a few lines...
Will the M version have a mono-grille aka the 'westbrook'

beanbag

7,346 posts

240 months

Tuesday 29th April 2008
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Talk about the new 7 being fugly!

Looks like one of these Chinese fake BMW / Mercs.....what the heck is wrong with BMW?

Either that or it's a total fake and somebody is having a laugh.....

nrayner

3,058 posts

281 months

Tuesday 29th April 2008
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Road_Terrorist said:
Bangle is still the head of the design departments and takes a lot of flack but the guy who is responsible for many of the designs you all hate so much over the past few years is actually Adrian van Hooydonk.
Ah, that's interesting, I had been under that common misconception.

I don't generally have a problem with them, although they're not particularly on my radar so I don't study them hard. They tend to have merged with everything else on the road for me.

This one, it can't be real can it ?

Zod

35,295 posts

257 months

Tuesday 29th April 2008
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it's a crappy photoshop based on the current model.