Comments on: 2010 BMW 5 Series GT concept

By: Falcodore

Falcodore — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:13:13 +0000

Actually have to agree with Dan here, i also think BMW have lost their way a bit.

Wouldnt have gone to Lexus though, probably Audi for me.

By: pious

pious — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:01:52 +0000

Hang on! I just realised it has a tartan interior. I withdraw my previous comments, this is the epitome of style and class. How could I have been so wrong, wrong, wrong…

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:24:37 +0000

One big FAIL for BMW lol!

By: HAL

HAL — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:09:08 +0000

sorry, the more I look at this thing the more I see parts that remind me of the 1994 Mitsubishi Galant lift back. I actually really liked that car back then, but come on BMW, that was 15 years ago – surely your design ambitions have moved along significantly since then?

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:17:33 +0000

Nope, I went from ugly to sexy looking, Bavaria. With a bit more fruit for the price too

Bangle has done a lot for BMW alright… put me off upgrading to a new 3 series for starters. I don’t think BMW lacked passion before Bangle. The E46 M3 is a proof of that. Even the interiors looked a lot better back then. Current interiors look so 80s it’s not funny!

By: Bavarian Missile (.)(.)

Bavarian Missile (.)(.) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:46:53 +0000

So you went from Ugly too Boring Dan ?……….

Bangle has done a lot for BMW ,he put some Passion back into the brand I think. It was all starting to look the same there for a while.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:29:28 +0000

In my opinion the new BMW designs aren’t that great. I hate the ‘bangled’ look. The previous generations looked a lot better. With the exception of the coupe models, all the current model BMW sedans are fugly (the 6 series rear is ugly also, someone copied a taxi advertising trunk haha). I guess you either love them or hate them. I personally hate them now. Hopefully with Chris Bangle’s departure, they will design something that actually looks pleasing to the eye for a change, maybe I will buy the 3 series again once that happens. E46 was a great looking series. Would be curious to know how many sales they lost when they painted their models with the ugly stick. I went to Lexus after BMW started producing those abortions…

By: pious

pious — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:52:16 +0000

Yes Alex, I just cannot believe that anyone would like the appearance of those cars in sedan form. I am, however, tremendously narrow minded, and I dont mind admitting it.

Keep coming back, my friend – I’m getting my biggest laugh for years seeing how upset you are getting about this! You do realise that my posts were tongue in cheek, dont you?

By: Bavarian Missile (.)(.)

Bavarian Missile (.)(.) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:29:16 +0000

Yeah Cupid essentially it is a dumped X6,lets see what the real car car looks like when its made .Why do they have to make a computer generated one in THAT colour ?

I agree with Alex,todays BMWs are some of the best designs ever. Saw a new Black M3 down at the Perth Eye on the weekend and its one of those cars when it slides past you you go all tingly then sigh in satisfaction when it passes…………

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:18:41 +0000

Pious, I’m sorry if you are too small minded to see that some may actually like the 3 and 5 Series but the fact is that the current 3 and 5 Series have sold better than either model before them. Now many would have been bought by badge snobs, people who simply wanted to be seen in the car and be able to tell their friends that they drive a BMW but the fact is that even the most idiotic of badge snobs wouldn’t buy a car that they thought was ugly because there are many other marques to choose from. They would have gone to Audi or Mercedes, maybe Lexus.
And I never wrote “tremendously attractive”, I didn’t even write good looking – I wrote “appealing”. Appealing doesn’t mean best looking thing in the world, it means that you find it so, and therefore you want one. That can come down to many aspects – how it drives, how big the boot is, what the interior is like, how safe it is and yes, how it looks. Is it so hard for you to believe that some may actually like these two cars? It’s hardly a few thousand housewives, they have sold hundreds of thousands of 3 Series in the three years that it’s been out.
I realise that many hate the current 3 and 5 Series, but I don’t like the Ford Falcon, many do but I can see why they might instead of having an argument with a comment board about whether it is or isn’t good looking because looks are subjective. I’m not trying to make you say that you like the BMWs but the comments that you have left are foolish. “A few thousand housewives buy one” and the idea that BMW are putting out ugly cars to make the ones that you think are ugly look better. If they’re not foolish then what are they? Factual?