# new BMW styling direction? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [April 19, 2007, 5:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-bmw-styling-direction/27930 "2007-04-19T17:16:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![redrum](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redrum/32/7398_2.png) [@redrum](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/redrum)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 5:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-bmw-styling-direction/27930/1 "2007-04-19T17:16:15Z")
Aston Martin anyone? [http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=CW&Date=20070419&Category=PHOTOS01&ArtNo=419001&Ref=PH&Params=Itemnr=2](http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=CW&Date=20070419&Category=PHOTOS01&ArtNo=419001&Ref=PH&Params=Itemnr=2) ---
**Author:** ![MaXiMuS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximus/32/4971_2.png) [@MaXiMuS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaXiMuS)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 5:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-bmw-styling-direction/27930/2 "2007-04-19T17:25:37Z")
meh, not overjoyed, but i dont think its too bad. i still think the 80s BMW’s where the best looking, especially the 6 series Bimmers ---
**Author:** ![Pass\_McGass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pass_mcgass/32/7616_2.png) [@Pass\_McGass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pass_McGass)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-bmw-styling-direction/27930/3 "2007-04-19T18:23:11Z")
the side shots of it are suuuuper hot. it looks sorta silly from the front and back though. could just be the camera angles. ---
**Author:** ![Clean\_Baldy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/clean_baldy/32/7308_2.png) [@Clean\_Baldy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Clean_Baldy)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 6:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-bmw-styling-direction/27930/4 "2007-04-19T18:25:50Z")
I only think of “shark nose” when I look at it. Meh, its OK… not “WOW” ---
**Author:** ![redrum](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redrum/32/7398_2.png) [@redrum](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/redrum)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 6:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-bmw-styling-direction/27930/5 "2007-04-19T18:50:10Z")
[quote=“Pass McGrass,post:3,topic:27930"”] the side shots of it are suuuuper hot. it looks sorta silly from the front and back though. could just be the camera angles. [/quote] Exactly what I thought. ---
**Author:** ![\_Karu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/_karu/32/7602_2.png) [@\_Karu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/_Karu)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 6:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-bmw-styling-direction/27930/6 "2007-04-19T18:58:30Z")
ah…interesting… it does remind me of aston martin from the side though… interior looks pretty good…new design…steering wheel reminds me of honda though… ---
**Author:** ![CYBER\_PETE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cyber_pete/32/3094_2.png) [@CYBER\_PETE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/CYBER_PETE)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 7:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-bmw-styling-direction/27930/7 "2007-04-19T19:12:54Z")
I think the new direction they are going in sucks quite honestly. Look at the new m3. Doesn’t look nearly as mean as the previous model. [www.e90fanatics.com](http://www.e90fanatics.com) ---
**Author:** ![BrockwayMT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brockwaymt/32/5060_2.png) [@BrockwayMT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BrockwayMT)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-bmw-styling-direction/27930/8 "2007-04-19T19:28:27Z")
meh, looks like a chrysler ---
**Author:** ![AJC2500](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ajc2500/32/4965_2.png) [@AJC2500](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AJC2500)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 7:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-bmw-styling-direction/27930/9 "2007-04-19T19:39:49Z")
looks 100% better then where their styling has been going the last couple years. nose kinda reminds me of a z8. It looks like a big car (i’m assuming 7 series ish?) but in the pic of the clay model, it has no door lines, and it looks like that car would make a stunning coupe. imagine bringing the “hip” line foward about 6" to a 1’, and then the door line being a couple inches infront of that. and imagine it the size of a 335i, with the TT i6. ---
**Author:** ![dozr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@dozr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dozr)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 5:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-bmw-styling-direction/27930/10 "2007-04-20T05:59:40Z")
fucking mean. ---
**Author:** ![RobHimself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e480ec/32.png) [@RobHimself](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobHimself)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 6:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-bmw-styling-direction/27930/11 "2007-04-20T06:04:11Z")
Looks a little too stretched out from the side, hot though. ---
**Author:** ![Schema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@Schema](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Schema)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 6:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-bmw-styling-direction/27930/12 "2007-04-20T06:42:36Z")
Thoughts: ![http://www.auto123.com/ArtImages/76737/Dodge-Demon-Concept-i001.jpg](http://www.auto123.com/ArtImages/76737/Dodge-Demon-Concept-i001.jpg) **+** ![http://www.astonmartintrader.co.uk/global/vanquish400.jpg](http://www.astonmartintrader.co.uk/global/vanquish400.jpg) **=** ![http://cwimg.sv.publicus.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?NewTbl=1&Avis=CW&Dato=20070419&Kategori=PHOTOS01&Lopenr=419001&Ref=PH&Item=6&Maxw=600](http://cwimg.sv.publicus.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?NewTbl=1&Avis=CW&Dato=20070419&Kategori=PHOTOS01&Lopenr=419001&Ref=PH&Item=6&Maxw=600) ---
**Author:** ![POOPRA](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/poopra/32/7188_2.png) [@POOPRA](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/POOPRA)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 7:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-bmw-styling-direction/27930/13 "2007-04-20T07:18:37Z")
I think it looks more like the maserati quattroporte than the aston. ![http://cwimg.sv.publicus.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?NewTbl=1&Avis=CW&Dato=20070419&Kategori=PHOTOS01](http://cwimg.sv.publicus.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?NewTbl=1&Avis=CW&Dato=20070419&Kategori=PHOTOS01) ![http://cwimg.sv.publicus.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?NewTbl=1&Avis=CW&Dato=20070419&Kategori=PHOTOS01](http://cwimg.sv.publicus.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?NewTbl=1&Avis=CW&Dato=20070419&Kategori=PHOTOS01) ![http://bigpicture.typepad.com/writing/images/02auto2650.jpg](http://bigpicture.typepad.com/writing/images/02auto2650.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![MPD47](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mpd47/32/7383_2.png) [@MPD47](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MPD47)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 7:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-bmw-styling-direction/27930/14 "2007-04-20T07:20:26Z")
[quote=“CYBER PETE,post:7,topic:27930"”] I think the new direction they are going in sucks quite honestly. Look at the new m3. Doesn’t look nearly as mean as the previous model. [www.e90fanatics.com](http://www.e90fanatics.com) [/quote] What’s hilarious is an e46 sitting next to an e90. I wasnt originally an e90/2 fan, and I think the e46 is simply gorgeous. But a Gen I e46 (stock) sitting on the lot next to an e92 is hilarious how dated it looks. ---
**Author:** ![Dex](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dex/32/7210_2.png) [@Dex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dex)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 8:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-bmw-styling-direction/27930/15 "2007-04-20T08:47:55Z")
[quote=“Pass McGrass,post:3,topic:27930"”] the side shots of it are suuuuper hot. it looks sorta silly from the front and back though. could just be the camera angles. [/quote] that’s exactly how i felt about it. BMW’s grow on me with time. i didn’t like the e46’s when they came out. ---
**Author:** ![HYPEville](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hypeville/32/7226_2.png) [@HYPEville](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HYPEville)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-bmw-styling-direction/27930/16 "2007-04-20T08:54:11Z")
[quote=“RobHimself,post:11,topic:27930"”] Looks a little too stretched out from the side, hot though. [/quote] definitely looks like it should be kept a 2 door, way too long. front looks mean though, and i like the back back. who knows. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 9:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-bmw-styling-direction/27930/17 "2007-04-20T09:56:45Z")
side profile and rear end look great IMO the front end looks rather “dull” though