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Man, I gotta stop reading this thread there's so much shite in it I'm going grey
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12-03-2012, 10:55 AM | #200 |
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It looks like the 5 series Turtle had turtle babies.
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12-03-2012, 10:56 AM | #202 |
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There are two different conversations going on at once and getting mixed up. One is if it's a smart business decision. That's dictated entirely by global sales and profits. If one or another person likes it or not is irrelevant to this. The other is about personal opinions of the car's looks. That's dictated by subjective taste and sales have nothing to do with it. I think the side vents look ugly, but BMW has no reason to care if they sell a trillion cars with side vents in China or India or wherever.
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12-03-2012, 11:01 AM | #204 |
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A sedan, a hatchback, a "coupe" with four doors (yeah 4 series but come on we all know its a 3-er") . How many 3-series sedans can bmw produce in a generation. Lets not forget the X1 which is very similiar in size to the 3 GT. I liked it when it was simple - 1,3,5,6,7 X5 even X6.
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12-03-2012, 11:07 AM | #206 |
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As I (and many others) predicted, they took one of the best looking cars on the road, and ruined it by turning it into a ghastly beast like the disgusting 5GT. WHY DID THEY NOT LEARN?!
If I came to power, I would make it my duty to destroy all 3GT & 5GT BMW's. Which is awful when I love BMW and their products as much as I do! I think I'm more annoyed at the stupidity and insult to the F3X chassis rather than the looks - I've had a couple years to calm down over that when studying the 5GT's sick making exterior.
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12-03-2012, 11:09 AM | #208 |
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Im starting to fear .... there is a group of pests has infiltrated to the company. Maybe, just maybe, they are gays.
Sorry no offence. I like hatchbacks (in fact used to have 2), but not this one. I dont mind if BMW makes good-looking hatch.
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12-03-2012, 11:13 AM | #209 |
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There probably is a demographic that that loves that body style. Just not sure who falls in it. As someone posted earlier, maybe its a China centric model.
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12-03-2012, 11:23 AM | #211 | |
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I agree with you that comments like "this isn't a BMW" and "how dare they" are dumb (uh, duh, this is a BMW look at the badge.... and how dare they? well they just did). However "diluting the brand" is hardly a "retarded" comment. Look at what BMW is doing with the 3 series (3 sedan, 3 wagon, 3 GT, 4 coupe, 4 gran coupe) and IS models (ie- M550d, M135i, etc.). If you owned an M, how does this NOT bother you? Also, look at the hydraulic/electronic steering issue. I hear that the next M3/M4 (now that's effing retarded M4 wtf?) will have electronic steering... wtf really?!?! I mean I can live with the regular 3/4 having electronic but leave the M cars with hydraulic steering please. It's not like people who buy Ms are concerned about the gas it saves. Anyway I digress... my point is, it's not merely the fact that BMW is coming out with a 3GT that people are complaining about BMW diluting the brand. It's everything BMW has been doing up to this point that's upsetting people but can you really blame them? //M truly does stand for //Marketing now. |
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12-03-2012, 11:48 AM | #212 |
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Thank you Scott, you're right. I do think they key take-away is that this thing is hideous no matter where it sells. It's a black eye on the line-up.
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.. and as for your M comment, do you really "truly" believe that to be the case, or are you just hatin' for the sake of hatin'... |
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lol. I hope you are bing sarcastic
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I will pass on the GT. Does not work for me aesthetically either in silouette or from the rear.
The newer front-end shows a re-worked headlamp configuration that I think foreshadows the 4-series, and to me works nicely. The side vents still look like an afterthought, with little emphasis on the "thought". Some of the early 4-series renders had far nicer looking side vents. Maybe they don't look as terrible in person as they do in the photos. I'm not general appreciative of the "touring" styling, but I think the F31 looks fantastic. This GT just looks distorted, without being able to properly preserve the flow and lines. It just doesn't seem to translate well. |
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12-03-2012, 12:18 PM | #218 |
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What a terrible car. It's sooooo ugly.
What BMW exec thought this was a good idea?
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Suddenly BMW is copying Honda. Crosshurl, I mean -tour anyone?
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