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[Senua]

It was shown in concept form a while back but after the huge amount of backlash I'd assume they woulda tweaked the front...but NOPE

your thoughts?

 

[Cunth]

Awful. But then most BMWs are ugly as shit anyway

 

[Lukaku's First Touch]

Holy shiiiiiiiteeee that's ugly. Glad I got myself a Mazda 6 a week ago.

 

[-Arcadia-]

Knowing absolutely nothing about cars, it doesn’t really stand out as bad or anything. Image searching other BMWs has them looking pretty generic/average as well — I actually like the change.

 

[Senua]

Knowing absolutely nothing about cars, it doesn’t really stand out as bad or anything. Image searching other BMWs has them looking pretty generic/average as well — I actually like the change.

You're the first person I've seen on the internet who likes it, fair play mate!

 

[J-Roderton]

The hell? Looks way off.

 

[GobbledeeGoo]

That is fuckin brutally ugly. They need to fire their lead designer for that monstrosity. Not even a face a mother could love.

 

[Senua]

The current model, for comparison

 

[Self]

Reminds me of big tits, don't know why.

But yeah, surprising for a BMW.
Certainly to much, well.. tits you know.

 

[Gavin Stevens]

Can’t... Unsee... Smiling car...

 

[Pagusas]

woof thats ugly.

 

[Ellery]

Huh. They looked a lot better on official renders. Something feels so incredibly "off" with them. They look like they photoshopped a new front on the same old 4 series car.

Yeah I have to agree here. It doesn't look "good enough" for a BMW car

 

[Senua]

Huh. They looked a lot better on official renders. Something feels so incredibly "off" with them. They look like they photoshopped a new front on the same old 4 series car.

Yeah I have to agree here. It doesn't look "good enough" for a BMW car

The new 1 series looks a bit shite too compared to the old one, not sure whats going on over there

previous version

 

[Ironbunny]

Looks like a Hitler mustache. Yikes.

 

[V2Tommy]

Oh my.

 

[Dontero]

Hitler mustache.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Possibly taking advantage of the cooling and ventilation systems.

 

[Pagusas]

Possibly taking advantage of the cooling and ventilation systems.

Doubt it, you can see right behind the grill is a support blocking the same amount of airflow as the previous design.

 

[Amory]

gross.

BMW grill shape is like the most iconic thing about the brand, other than the logo. who thought this was a good idea?

 

[Charles Brandon]

Where are they putting the number plate then?

 

[REE Machine]

They going for the thicc look? The grill looks like two ass cheeks pressed against it

 

[HellforLeather]

thats gonna be a no from me, dawg.

BMW just occasionally cranks out ugly cars.

 

[PSYGN]

 

[Senua]

I think the designer was on acid listening to this classic while designing it

Where are they putting the number plate then?

It actually looks quite a bit better with the plate! thanks for making me search for that haha

 

[Skyr]

As a fan of BMW design, that looks horrible..

 

[-YFC-]

Bmw owes to it's fans/customers that classic front grill look. This one just looks weird.

 

[Goro Majima]

My friends and I have been making fun of this over the past week or so.

It's hideous and completely goes against their own heritage. It channels a Bugatti or an Alfa Romeo and not in a good way. I'm expecting a quick redesign of that front grille because the rest of the car is still quite good.

 

[Grinchy]

My favorite thing is when someone I knew would buy a used BMW to cosplay as a wealthy person and then find out what a mistake that was the first time they had to take it into the shop to have simple work done.

"Sorry, we have to ship these parts in straight from Germany, so it'll cost 4 times more than it would have if you owned any other car!"

 

[Senua]

It's hideous and completely goes against their own heritage. It channels a Bugatti or an Alfa Romeo and not in a good way. I'm expecting a quick redesign of that front grille because the rest of the car is still quite good.

 

[Goro Majima]

I guess "completely against their heritage" was a strong turn of phrase.

Maybe they're trying to undo the "grille squish" that happened across the decades? I just can't believe they'd want it featured so prominently on the front like that though.

My hottest hot take about this is that I genuinely prefer the Lexus spindle grille to this new BMW one. And that thing is hideous.

 

[Senua]

the m4 & m3 finally revealed....definitely better than the bog standard 4 but still a bummer :/

 

[Dr.Guru of Peru]

Still ugly, but a little less ugly with the aggressive styling of the M cars.

Fake grilles need to die already. I don't understand why manufacturers think we like them.

 

[Senua]

They look so sexy from this angle at least!

 

[Durask]

Looks OK to me actually. I am not blown away but I do not hate it either. If I ever buy another BMW (I'm more partial to MB and Audi) this grille would not be a concern.

PS: Many years ago I heard there were screams of rage about "Bangle butt".

 

[highrider]

Looks like a Pontiac SSEI. Probably not what they were going for

 

[Senua]

Looks OK to me actually. I am not blown away but I do not hate it either. If I ever buy another BMW (I'm more partial to MB and Audi) this grille would not be a concern.

PS: Many years ago I heard there were screams of rage about "Bangle butt".

I honestly liked a lot of Bangle's designs, even the much maligned e60

 

[Cunth]

Holy moly that’s bad

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Looks like an ass.

And the license plate is screwed over it? lol

 

[Azzurri]

Holy moly that’s bad

SHmee150 has a face I want to punch and I can't STAND his voice.

 

[Senua]

SHmee150 has a face I want to punch and I can't STAND his voice.

Hi Guys I'm SHMEEEEEEEEEE

 

[Cunth]

SHmee150 has a face I want to punch and I can't STAND his voice.

Hi guys I'm shmee. Hello and welcome to my voice.

 

[DESTROYA]

I honestly think it looks pretty good.

 

[eddie4]

40% more AIRRR , vrooooommmmm.

looks like shit

 

[Coolwhhip]

Don't BMW even keep the ugly front for electric cars? Awful.

 

[haxan7]

I haven’t seen any of those in the wild yet

 

[Senua]

I haven’t seen any of those in the wild yet

Luck you!

 

[Guy Legend]

I applaud them for having more differentiation between models...you will be able to tell it's a 4 series if it's in your rear view mirror. However the pics don't look good, will need to see in person.

 

[cryptoadam]

Front grill is to big, should have kept the classic size. Everything else looks good actually. Just stupid grill.

 

[20cent]

They look like Lexus/Toyota from the last 5-10 years now; over-designed details and random edges on an overall bland body shape.

 

[Majima Everywhere System]

They have made it so you dont want to buy one.

The grills were bad before too. God awful. At this point they deserve this.

Give me turn of the century Bond bmws.

Also, looks like this to me