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Take the badges off this thing and no one would think that's a BMW.
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09-26-2021, 11:00 PM | #24 |
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Front is BMW even without badge
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09-27-2021, 01:45 AM | #26 |
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They are making design for Chinese people, which looks for European and North American people ugly almost disgusting.
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I saw the car up close in person at UDE. The sensors only take up a smaller portion of the grill, most of it is just for looks.
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09-28-2021, 12:27 PM | #33 |
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If Breaking Bad was filmed in 2022, Walter White would get one as his daily driver before things took off for him.
I hate this car because every time I see it it makes me feel uncomfortable looking at it. So many emotions, none positive. Sad. I'm not Chinese, nor do I share certain design choices that Asian market is known for (designs tend to focus on small parts here and there, less on a whole, may be a bit fussy). Having disclaimed that it is getting funny seeing this point of view that modern BMWs are ugly because of Chinese market. This is absolutely not the case! BMWs are ugly because in large part of US market. BMWs main design guru Dukec said that BMW surveyed their market, and American tastes is what is in large part shapes their designs, not just Chinese or something else. And if you really search within, from the Fast and Furious franchise to the tuning culture that is very focused on aggressive looking cars (the M performance parts on M3 and those quads?) you'd see why BMW actually makes cars now that look like that, and that are focused on US market. Have you seen how American-made trucks look like? Like from 18 wheelers all the way to pickups (the most sold cars in US)? Or the new Toyota pickup truck, or even the Lexus cars and so on.. Grille-galore. Need we keep perpetuating this nonsense that US car buyer is some high-taste etalon and here come these Asian tastes spoil it for all? Come on. All of those companies cater to US market (these trucks are not even sold in Europe, and I doubt there are many Tacomas roaming around Tokyo, but I digress.) This modern BMW design language comes from US tastes - at least as much as Asian tastes. And it makes sense too, looking at sales figures of BMW. So next time you say Ugly Chinese designs - actually no, design is pretty much American also. At least according to BMW, and I guess they know better. Last edited by Tallest; 09-28-2021 at 12:39 PM.. |
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Correct. These cars are being designed with the ever-growing Chinese market in mind.
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Overlap between americans and enthusiasts is 100% sure, but overlap between enthusiasts and BMW buyers is far from that, more like 5% if I had to guess. So the forums dont speak for all Americans who buys BMWs. Even here some people said they "like it". This is the real world and I bet if you went to many people's living rooms in America (or China) a lot you wouldn't like. This front debacle reminds me of what Subaru went through in the early 00s when they decided to make that little round snout, around same time Audi also made that massive grille. Audi kind of figure out the language as years went ont, and Subaru should just give up (they sort of did actually, look at this snooze fest Impreza). My point stands, American's actually love big grilles, always have. BMW kinda messed it up with execution. THey will get it right next time probably but will take few years. PS. Just to be clear, I dont defend this design, I think it looks awful from the front. Same for M3-M4, i4, iX. |
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I think the styling is distracting people from the main failure of this product. The failure being that there isn't anything "BMW" about this vehicle. Models like the E53 and E70 X5 models, classic BMW styling aside; had properly stiff steering, engaging handling, a communicative chassis, and were without a doubt the "ultimate driving machine."
This thing? It is clearly engineered to be a minivan that isolates you from the road. Basically a German Tesla Model X. It is so against the grain of my expectations from this company. I'm sure this will sell just fine and BMW's arrogant execs will continue to pat themselves on the back. But the harsh truth is that the iX has zero BMW DNA baked into it.
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But to each his own and there are many car companies out there. I hope to stay with BMW but if they don't make a car I want, there are others. |
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And all the driving reviews have stated it is just a comfortable and quiet cruiser with no sporting pretentions outside a straight line. The opposite of what a BMW should be. The X5 is also a lazy driving car, but at least the styling is very much in line with BMW heritage design.
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