[vividracing]

Originally Posted by breezy423

Man those turn signals on the mirrors are hideous! Resembles a C-class!

My thoughts exactly. I immediately thought "Those mirrora MUST go!"
The rest of the car looks pretty good from what I can tell.

[DTM-R13]

Not even considering this car any more..

[positiveions]

looking good thus far

[aspiring335]

I predict m-sport at launch, otherwise Audi will continue to steal sales with their s-line models.

Originally Posted by R12ax7

I dont know - I think the camo is just off in the middle of the bumper for the front one (maybe had to mount a front plate or something?).

I do notice that one of the left angel eyes is out.

I would be surprised if we even had the M sport option at launch. For the e90, although you could order the Msport/Mtech kit as a port installed option we didnt have an actual "M Sport package" until after the LCI came out.

[Fellfromdsky]

I just saw one in Palos Verdes about half hour to an hour ago AND had my canon XSi sitting on the dash but I failed to snag a pic in time and if anyone drives on Palos Verdes drive west they will know how impossible it is to turn around on the street in traffic haha. Sorry guys :/

[speedfan]

The title kinda fooled me. Nothing new to see. I want my click back!

[positiveions]

Originally Posted by Fellfromdsky

I just saw one in Palos Verdes about half hour to an hour ago AND had my canon XSi sitting on the dash but I failed to snag a pic in time and if anyone drives on Palos Verdes drive west they will know how impossible it is to turn around on the street in traffic haha. Sorry guys :/

FAILED

[StealYourFace]

I don't doubt that this car will shake out just fine.

The current car is litterally a masterpiece. I am driving a new 328xi loaner from the dealer, non sport and automatic and I am stunned how satisfying it is to drive.

As long as they can maintain that feeling, which is so intangible and hard to produce, they will be fine with the new 3er.

[Giv3n]

'm wondering what's the different between these 2 ? They look slightly differently -- headlight in pic 3

[bmrm396]

Originally Posted by Giv3n

'm wondering what's the different between these 2 ? They look slightly differently -- headlight in pic 3

not a thing - just goes to show you how effective that swirl wrap is at deceiving your eyes.

[georgere]

nice, i m starting to like f30 too. just wish they make it a bit more aggressively looking vs f10 (and those hood lines on the current e90 are very nice, keep them)

[Pentium]

Originally Posted by vividracing

My thoughts exactly. I immediately thought "Those mirrora MUST go!"
The rest of the car looks pretty good from what I can tell.

those are part of the camo and sure will not make it to the final model

[pony_trekker]

Same one I saw on Canal Street, NYC

[rooringhusky]

Glad its not coming out until Spring 2012...I get a little more time to rock my E92 like its new haha

[rideontwo]

Minus the give away kidney grills, this car look eerily familiar to the C-Class. Even the stance looks like a C-Class from afar.

[docjay]

Originally Posted by Faust

I start seeing a 1-series disaster (albeit on a smaller scale) at the front. The kidney grille has good width but is inexplicably squashed out and the huge gap between the - ugly - headlights and the grill scares me as it brings memories of the new 1-series and its abominable front fascia :-(

+1 yup,i agree with you completely,that thought scares me,i hope we are wrong.

[TTG]

Looks like white one has been registered in Germany before as it has the green environment pass sticker on the lower passenger side of the windshield. Can't wait to see the real thing!

[pokerface]

I'm sure im not the only one that thought of this -

those look staged. not spy shots but leaks. Look at how they were posed and in frame.

[Dave4501]

In the article above:

"the most striking feature of the new 3er is the deep character line which draws from the front fender all the way across the car to the rear light cluster. The depth of the cut and the curved styling of the rear wheel fender underneath gives the car a natural "widebody" look for a base family sedan."

To me, the side of this F30 looks exactly like the current 4 door E90. That character line specifically is just like my E90. Is is just me?

[Mark]

Originally Posted by TiAg330i

In the article above:

"the most striking feature of the new 3er is the deep character line which draws from the front fender all the way across the car to the rear light cluster. The depth of the cut and the curved styling of the rear wheel fender underneath gives the car a natural "widebody" look for a base family sedan."

To me, the side of this F30 looks exactly like the current 4 door E90. That character line specifically is just like my E90. Is is just me?

Well looking at the attachment below, see where I drew the red lines, that character line cutting into the rear fender (creating a sculpted rear wheel arch) is much deep on the F30 then the E90. The line is there on the E90, but its more of a raised block when you run your hand over it. On the F30 it looks like a much deeper cut. Not only is it deeper, the fender line itself seems to have a slightly more raked angle giving the car a wider look.

[gaalforce]

cant wait to see the coupe

[Dave4501]

Originally Posted by Mark

Well looking at the attachment below, see where I drew the red lines, that character line cutting into the rear fender (creating a sculpted rear wheel arch) is much deep on the F30 then the E90. The line is there on the E90, but its more of a raised block when you run your hand over it. On the F30 it looks like a much deeper cut. Not only is it deeper, the fender line itself seems to have a slightly more raked angle giving the car a wider look.

Now that you mention it I guess I can see what your talking about. In person I imagine it will be much easier to detect.