Check it. These are pics of the sedan.
http://www.germancarfans.com/spyphotos/6050228.001/6050228.001.1L.jpg
http://www.germancarfans.com/spyphotos/6050228.001/6050228.001.Mini1L.jpg

I like this one

So now the new 3 series looks like a mini version of the 5 series, and the 5 a mini of the 7. I don't like the way BMW is going, just my opinion.
These cars used to have different 'personalities', now they're just cookie cutters. And, if they phase out stick (real stick, like with a clutch and everything), some of us old school guys may have to go elsewhere :(

As long as it has 3 pedals,sign me up!! :redspot :buttrock

As long as it has 3 pedals,sign me up!!

Hmmm....does a dead pedal count?

Hmmm....does a dead pedal count?
:nono

Looks like the roof is the only part of the car that doesn't have 20 different angles, lines and creases.

At least it's a BMW, because if it wasn't I wouldn't have any interest in it.


New name = M5-2

So now the new 3 series looks like a mini version of the 5 series, and the 5 a mini of the 7. I don't like the way BMW is going, just my opinion.
These cars used to have different 'personalities', now they're just cookie cutters. And, if they phase out stick (real stick, like with a clutch and everything), some of us old school guys may have to go elsewhere :(


Are you freakin serious?? The phase out of the cookie cutter shape is exactly what IS happening.

Bangle and other BMW execs felt that the e36/46, e39, and e38 looked way too similar. Same car, different sizes. I think most, including myself, would agree that they all look very similar.

Now, I'm not saying I had a problem with them lookin similar, I loved the designs.

Fact is, BMW would not survive with all of their cars looking the same like that though, people are looking for different things these days.

Bangle puts the angle in bangled up!

R.i.p Bmw
A.d. 2001

Are you freakin serious?? The phase out of the cookie cutter shape is exactly what IS happening.


Cookie cutter in the sense that 7, 5 and now 3 are all looking the same, just a smaller version. I think they're looking like a Pontiac.

Hmmm....does a dead pedal count?

No, of course not! :mad

Should I have said "as long as it has three pedals and a dead pedal? :rolleyes


wise$ss...

Old.
http://www.houstonthrills.com/stuff/bmwcompare1.jpg

New.
http://www.houstonthrills.com/stuff/bmwcompare2.jpg

Just to compare which version seems more cookie cutter.

Cookie cutter in the sense that 7, 5 and now 3 are all looking the same, just a smaller version. I think they're looking like a Pontiac.
Urghh- Pontiac :flipa :icon15 :bash :rock: :rock: :headshot :censored:

that E39 in the pic above is hot

by the way-- did this arguement happen when the E36, 39 and 38 came out after their predecessors??? :confused

i think the E90 would make an UGLY vert

don't mind me i'm just rambling....

Old.
http://www.houstonthrills.com/stuff/bmwcompare1.jpg

New.
http://www.houstonthrills.com/stuff/bmwcompare2.jpg

Just to compare which version seems more cookie cutter.
Good comparison, I hate the way the new kidneys look too. :mad

http://www.germancarfans.com/spyphotos/6050228.001/6050228.001.1L.jpg

By the way those pics are from photoshop... :stickoutt
You can check it from: http://forums.germancarfans.com/zerothread?id=14192

http://www.germancarfans.com/spyphotos/6050228.001/6050228.001.1L.jpg

By the way those pics are from photoshop... :stickoutt
You can check it from: http://forums.germancarfans.com/zerothread?id=14192


Thanks for spoiling our fun you cheap ba$tard. :stickoutt

That dude is really good at shop. He probably has a tablet as well. I personally prefer the E36 and E46 ///M's looks over the E90 and E60 ///M's. Even just normal E46 sedan looks 10x better than an E90, IMO. I liked that cookie cutter effect. Mercedes and Audi are winning buy using that method. As a matter of fact BMW was at its pinnacle in the ninties when they all looked similar. Also FYI, Bangle doesn't design the cars for bottom up. He ads his shit into the initial design as well but it a man by the name of Hooydonk in the BMW design studio in California who has been responsible for the new 3, 5, 6, and 7. Bangle I supposed adds his ass to the cars and finalizes the conceptual drawings. Oh Well

Fact is, BMW would not survive with all of their cars looking the same like that though, people are looking for different things these days.

yeah..cause they have had such a hard time surviving up until now... :confused

i still think E36 and E46 looks the best

E90 M3/4 is my next BMW. I can't wait.

The family resemblence would not be SO bad if the daddy was not SO ugly. When you start with the 7 series and make smaller baby versions of that bloated disjointed thing, you end-up with ugly little ducklings. By contrast, the Benz S class and Audi A8 are beautiful classic designs with simple flowing timeless lines. Smaller versions of those concepts work.

BMW is making some ugly cars right now. :(

Looking at the above pics, the old versions look alot more alike than the new ones to me. I see more distinction on all the new models...front and back-ends of them. Ya, I think the 7 is ugly but I like the new 5er. As far as the e90 3 series...jury is still out on the photo-shopped pics of the coupes but the sedan absolutely is an improvement over the e46 sedan. The e46 was way too rounded and soft looking, e36 sedan looks better imo. I am glad they are going with a more angular look now. However, if they would only do something with the bulbous 7....