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The X6, the 5GT, and this 3GT are the Pontiac Aztecs of German vehicle design. Or, dare I say it, the AMC Pacers of BMW.
It is this sort of pandering to the perversities of American taste that may lead BMW down the path of ruin. First SUVs, then these AztecPacer clones probably soon to be followed by family vans and electrics. And then cars with NAMES: BMW Bandit. BMW Boulevard BMW Biarritz. BMW Blizzard.
I cannot believe that anyone with any sense of style or perspective could see the BMW Ami 6s of late as anything but abominations. BMW builds lovely coupes, delightful sedans, and USED to build some gorgeous shooting brakes ('station wagons' to the unwashed).' Now, because some fools wanted SUVsedan-cum-flyingboatcarhouses, BMW trots out these hermaphroditic, fat-arsed monstrosities. Oh, the humanity!
And if BMW 'knew what it was doing,' they'd never have hired Chris Bangle in the first place.
Y'don't see Mercedes-Benz building anything like these contraptions, do ya?
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