How we came to a a brand as legendary and historic as BMW don’t get lost stylish exercises in such a bad taste what now? BMW was once synonymous with clean lines and beautiful proportions. Sporty and elegant models, both oriented to comfort than to speed. First of all, nice-looking models, decorated with fine details, without frills and unnecessary grains. We remember 507, c the first E30 coupes6 series E24 or mythical M1. Bold stylistic proposals that gave rise to some of the brand’s most outstanding models. The beginning of the 2000s was also not bad: Z3 AND Z8, 3 series E46 AND M5 E39 to name just a few. They all featured the distinctive double grille that has been a hallmark of the manufacturer since the 1930s.
This is a cape, this is a peninsula
But BMW has made this distinguishing feature so strong the central element of its construction, that the panels of his models are now all similar. If only it were this! The manufacturer is not the only one capitalized on the trick. Peugeot kept its banana headlights for 15 years, Alfa Romeo still has the unique vertical grille. These builders adapted and improved it from one model to another. In BMW, the radiator grille now occupies the entire space, with no effort to integrate it nicely or make it elegant… But BMW knows how to do it: the 503, 7 series E32 or E3 have shown us in the past that it is possible. But how and the latest brand new products like XM or i7, BMW turned its back on sophistication and elegance. preferring them cute face and tasteless.
Descent into hell
If we are so pessimistic (perhaps foul language?), it is because the Stations of the Cross that BMW started did not not ready for the end… The brand leaked sketches about the following design of its lattice, and it’s just as sad. It will again occupy the entire space, this time in a more triangular and geometric style than the current one. It will always establish a connection between projectors and will drop very low vertically. It’s all a matter of proportions… We don’t yet know which models it will be designed for and when it will enter BMW production. She did not not so bad current gridEventually…
Source: Auto Plus
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