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Old 2nd June 2020, 22:43   #31
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Re: BMW Concept 4: What the 2020 4-Series will look like

Urm...
BMW really did take the trolls seriously.

All I could say is when BMW launched a smaller model, don't exactly remember which, one of the reports was that it had a modest grille because it was not on sale in China.

Well, here we have a rare example of car that is rescued from being godawful ugly by the numberplate.

Don't want to go the "oh the front resembles xxx car, rear resembles xxxx car" route, but still. The rear really looks like a sporty version of the Avalon and the front in red with a matte black grille looks like those Alfa Romeo quadriblabla things.


But all said, in real life it will turn out to be all right with road presence.
Wonder when will BMW get out this dashboard design rut.

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The designers seem to be taking sadistic pleasure out of it. Honestly, someone please raise a petition for changing this madness.
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BMW design chief Domagoj Dukec believes that the polarising kidney grille on the new 4 Series coupe will be recognised as a brand-shaper in years to come.

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Dukec added: The kidney is much like BMW was using 100 years ago. It’s a strong link to our heritage, but also radical and progressive.

In the design business, you can’t listen to social media reactions. It won’t help you. Design is something that is so emotional, and everybody has an opinion and different tastes. There’s no right or wrong in design. When you do something like this 50% of people might love it and 50% will hate it, and that won’t change.

It’s unmistakably BMW, unmistakably 4 Series. It’s not just logical; it has a very strong character that’s unique to our brand.

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/n...e-brand-shaper
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Old 3rd June 2020, 07:19   #34
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Re: BMW Concept 4: What the 2020 4-Series will look like

What if BMW would have taken the conventional design approach (of the grill) for the Concept 4?

A new rendering from J.B.Cars on Instagram shows exactly that – and it looks stunning!

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A new rendering from J.B.Cars on Instagram shows exactly
Beautiful, but then it’s so close to 8 series that sells at over twice the price.
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They have changed the pattern of the Grill and thus IMHO looks much better then the jail bar pattern they used for the X7 and 7series. The new pattern definitely reduces the visual bulk of the oversized grill.

We must also remember that the germans are now designing cars keeping the Chinese in mind who loves overstyling
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Can we nick name it as the "buck tooth beemer" please!!!! Both Hyundai and BMW are giving their designers nothing short of the best LSD on the street, resulting in such design disaster!!
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BMW design chief Domagoj Dukec believes that the polarising kidney grille on the new 4 Series coupe will be recognised as a brand-shaper in years to come. Dukec added: The kidney is much like BMW was using 100 years ago. It’s a strong link to our heritage, but also radical and progressive
Of course it’s a Kidney grill, that we all understand, which animal’s is the question! As Dukec said, maybe in the future when the planet gets inhabited by extra terrestrials, this will definitely look very much in place. Mercedes will be relieved as long as this guys stays at BMW, they may be willing to pay for that!
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Re: BMW Concept 4: What the 2020 4-Series will look like

Now the M4 spied.

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Source - https://g20.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1727039

One rare car where the blacked out grille is even worse than the big chrome ones.
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The new super sized kidney grille tends to polarise the viewer in terms of whether it appeals or whether it is just plain tasteless OTT bling. I subscribe to the latter view.
The beautiful understated BMW’s of the 1960’s, 1970’s, 1980’s, 1990’s and early 2000’s are fine.
This kind of overstated design cue as in these latest BMW’s can only appeal to the nouveau riche for whom appearance means everything.
It is the car that my wife would buy for my mid-life crisis. It will be great to drive and ride in but will repel any unwanted attention
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BMW design chief Domagoj Dukec believes that the polarising kidney grille on the new 4 Series coupe will be recognised as a brand-shaper in years to come.
That would be interesting and something only time can tell. The Chris Bangle BMWs faced a lot of flak, including from me, but with time, they have grown on almost all BMW fans.
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I absolutely love the new design. It looks very different and I think it'll grow on everyone once most BMWs have bigger grills.
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Re: BMW Concept 4: What the 2020 4-Series will look like

More of the BMW 4!

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More of the BMW 4!
Press release pictures tell one story. Real life photographs tell another -

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Does that car run on petrol or carrots ?
Those bunny tooth grills
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