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      09-02-2013, 02:48 PM   #27
sonicbimmer19
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I think it's overly idiotic to change the iconic double round head lamps. I thought i8 was going to have double round head lamps unlike i3, maybe they will be there within or maybe they changed the design at the last minute, because concept i8's thus far had double round head lamps.

It's cool to have BMW i's own design and different taste and touch and the geniuses at BMW decided to keep the kidney grills but not the double round head lamps?

Historically speaking kidney grill and hofmeister kink are older design features on BMW's but I think double round head lamps are way more recognizable as BMW design today (emphasis on today).

Usually I agree with BMW's decisions but I really don't understand how the decision to leave out double round head lamps (in i3 for sure, not sure yet for i8) went from designers to Habib to Van Hooydonk to executives to the board . Maybe they just sign documents without reviewing at all.
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