What are they doing with the fruit of our loins!!!????

[bluebastion]

The new three series is hideous. Especially the rear end... look at this:

www.autopower.se/prov/3serien/default.asp

I don't know if I'm just used to the E36 look, but it looks as though they just changed the look of the E46 to make it look as ugly as it can be. There's absolutely no character in that new car. WTH?

[aceyx]

what really bugs me is that companies like honda/acura, toyota/lexus and cadillac are getting it right.

an interesting read: http://www.detnews.com/2005/autosins...A01-102661.htm
basically saying that the last point of competition among automakers is design, since performance numbers are so close these days.

if you have not signed the stop chris bangle petition, do so here:
http://www.petitiononline.com/STOPCB/petition.html

[Panzer_M]

that's why I am stopping at the e46 3ser.

I like e21s,e30s,e34 and e39s and I love the e36 series.


but all the new stuff is to spacey for me.

[bluebastion]

That's an awesome article, especially since I like to draw.

I don't usually feel sorry for BMW dealers, but I think I am starting to since their jobs are going to "you know what".....

[GDB]

The E90 is starting to grow on me. I know, I know, I'm sick in the head, but it's starting to look more like the ugly chick that's cool, as opposed to the Rosie O'Donnel.

[96cali]

Can you say Pontiac?

[durnadupa]

I don't mind the front of the car very much, I actually think it looks quite agressive. But I have a big problem with those diamond shaped taillights... there awful. Not that I will really have to worry about being in one, they'll be too much money for me to ever think about owning. First thing they gotta do is change up those tail lights.

I think however that BMW is trying out some more aggresive styling cues to change away from their conservative look. I know this angers alot of loyal BMW fans, but it is also attracting a lot of new buyers. I think it is nothin more than a marketing ploy.
I mean I see more new BMW 7-series in a month than I have seen of the older ones my entire life. I see0 the new 5-series every day, and I see more 6's as well... They may have changed from their roots of conservatism but they are doing something "right" marketwise.
That is just what I think... But I also think that 318ti's and M-coupes are drop dead gorgeous cars. So what I said can eb taken with a grain of salt. ;}

[bluebastion]

Those are my dream cars... I've discussed this with my wife... the only car that I want to take the place of my ti is an M coupe. Purrrr... fect.

[John Firestone]

Originally Posted by bluebastion

The new three series is hideous. Especially the rear end... look at this:

www.autopower.se/prov/3serien/default.asp

Apparently, I have been suffering cognitive dissonance while looking at some examples the past few days. They have been registering in my mind like E46s and E60s. One day I saw the back of one and must have thought it was an old 3-series test mule. A couple days later I saw the front of another and just looked right past it, thinking it was a 5-series. It is only when I saw the side of a third that it finally registered that this is the new 3er.

As you might gather, my first impression of the new E90 is that a lot of it looks recycled rather than new. (Not that improving a nice design is such a bad thing!)

[bmw///m3///]

bmw thinks thier pushing the design evelope....... I think they should stick to copying audi like everyone else.

[aceyx]

the older bimmers were much more of a sleeper type, kind of blend in, doesn't look too fast/aggressive but man could you give 'em a run.

i used to burn by cops in an E38, and the disco lights would go on for the mustang i just passed. love it.