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      08-17-2017, 12:38 PM   #45
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Between this and the 8 series concept, seems like BMW has gone full blown Lexus design wise. Not a fan.

When car companies try to move metal by producing hollywood level teaser videos, seems to me that they are covering up for other shortcomings. BMW seems to be on a generational transition. Just not sure if it is for the better yet. Only time will tell.
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Stunning. I love the driver-focused interior, though in anything but a concept car it would be hated by the 99% of buyers that want one consistent seating color. I am having a hard time coming around to the quad headlight evocative halo pattern in a pair of triangular housings, even if the housings work perfectly with the car's lines.

It also looks like BMW is drifting from the core market of empty nesters and is going for the Steve Aoki crowd, LOL.
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      08-17-2017, 12:45 PM   #51
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You can see on the prototypes that it doesn't. Also the top will just fold back instead of being stored beneath a panel like on the concept. I 100% believe it will be just an ordinary car as he says.
Thats why I asked
But maybe bmw figured out some kind of interesting roof folding construction that would allow it.
This concept isnt even a convertibe I think. I dont think it has any roof mechanism

In this concepts' form it would give an F type or amg gt roadster a run for their money
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Its so depressing. Why bother with cool concepts if they dont turn into production? Its like "this is what we can do, but we'll give you this instead".

Dont need to be psychic to look at the prototypes and realize that pretty much only some body lines, side vents, and headlights/ rear lights (but toned way down) will stay.

Why bother? Its such a let down..like with the 8 concept..they do have the opportunity to push design boundaries but choose not to. It seems their design team want something great but they get cut off by execs.

And why did the i8 could be so close to a such immensely aggressive concept and the "normal" line up cant follow more closely their concepts, which arent nearly as dramatic as the i8 concept was?

I still dont like the headlights but theres so much to love about this concept.
Yes must say, concept looks fantastic as per the X2, 8 series etc but when the first models pictures role out in an SE trim, feel it could have been a bit braver. The worlds ready for these car designs now, no need to keep them in concept form.

Bravo on the concept though, fantastic looking car.

EDIT post. Wrote the above before seeing the live pictures. My comments on that car are:-

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i agree. bmw makes a statement with twin round headlights next to each other not stacked. They will lose their identity doing this. curious what the top will look like up on it. Glad we didnt see the shifter the x1/2 got meaning this is definitely staying rwd.
You guys gotta let go of some of this dogma. Of course, BMW doesn't help, what with their constant propaganda about brand design elements. Yes, many BMWs have featured twin round headlights, but many have not. Especially roadsters.

One of BMW's most iconic roadsters, the
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, had single headlamps. In fact, most BMWs made prior to the introduction of the New Class coupes had single headlamps. Many cars produced after that had single headlamps as well. The 02-series (e.g., 2002, 1600) and E21, for example, had single headlamps.

The quad headlamps, as an iconic design element, can probably be attributed to the E9, and then the E30 3-series. The E9 is where people lusted after them, and the E30 is where BMW implanted them in the mainstream, cementing them as a "brand element".

Modern BMW roadsters all trace their lineage back to the 507 Roadster (below), which had single headlamps. The E85 and E89 had quad lamps, but only the E89 had a headlamp design that really accentuated that fact. IMO, this design is a return to form, and I hope they stick with it.

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Next gen Pontiac Solstice.
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I both love and hate that funky interior.

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Car looks fantastic

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You can notice alot of 8-series concept in this car, from the 3D tail lights, grills that lean foward, side vents, body lines, interior..

Question is, how toned down for production this will be? If the 8er is any indication, and judging by the spy pics, id say alot.

The "cone" behind the seats, the roof that hides beneath a panel (like in the huracan for exemple), rear and front lights, those "diamond" grills (MB ripoff, i know), pretty much everything thats its cool about it, that are design elements that set this car apart, will be removed/toned down.
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Looks like pontiac solstice?
No it does not. Not even close.

I'd go get your eyeglasses and take another look.
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I love it! Looks really great. The two tone interior is a neat little idea to showcase the driver focus.

I just wish they'd go the Lexus route and say "fuck it, we'll build a car that looks exactly like the concept!"

For a car like the Z4 which isn't a high volume model they could easily do something daring. And sales would probably be even better.

What we can see from the prototypes is that the exhausts are farther apart than on the concept. That's something I don't like that much. The back looks ace on the concept. They should have used this alignment for the production car.
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Looks cooler than I thought it would. But keep in mind it likely wont have those mirrors (it'll have typical regular old BMW fat mirrors like in a 3 series) and it likely wont have those roll hoops. Again it'll have typical wider fat production Z4 roll hoops. They'll need to pop up and have enough mass to handle a roll over. Some other stuff will probably be toned way down too.
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Also not sure about that windshield frame.. i hope that stays... but that's probably a really expensive windshield to make full production and the structure looks too flimsy to handle a roll over... but i do hope it stays. its unique.
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Really nice concept! love the color!

By the way, anyone know what the title of the music is? really like it ^^
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Car looks slick! But honestly not the biggest fan of the stacked headlights.
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