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05-03-2019, 12:50 PM | #24 |
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The grille is taller than the wheel tire combo. Da fuq?
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05-03-2019, 01:40 PM | #27 |
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Is this a freaking joke ?
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05-03-2019, 02:08 PM | #30 |
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And yet it looks 1000x better in the Merc. Its not just about grill size, its how it flows with the rest of the design and BMW failed big time here.
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05-03-2019, 02:33 PM | #32 |
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The grille isn’t actually any worse than Audi or Mercedes in terms of size, the issue is it’s too far up the car, higher than the top of the lights and into the bonnet (hood)
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05-03-2019, 02:36 PM | #33 |
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Up to this point, I hadn't really had much of an issue with the bigger grill (i.e I was one of the few who didn't think the X7 grill was misplaced and actually thought it fit proportionally well). Yeah, it's bigger and taller than what we're used to, but with many things, it will grow on most people.
With that said, this car looks gorgeous, but the grill caught me by surprise. For the X7 it works because the vehicle is rather large and tall (sits higher off the ground and is significantly taller). A car doesn't offer as high of ground clearance nor is it as tall so the lines and proportions don't allow for as large of a grill. I'd love to see some specs and dimensions for the grill and compare that to the X7 grill.
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I don't like the grill still, I think everything else they did was great but honestly, I don't see a reason to buy this over the equivalent S class.
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05-03-2019, 04:45 PM | #39 |
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we got ours yesterday and it definitely has a Rolls Royce look to it. much more squared front end and the hockey stick is now a right angle. i like it.
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You nailed it, I believe that's BMW's approach into luxury taken form the RR
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05-03-2019, 05:06 PM | #41 |
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I wonder if the grill could've been an April Fool's Joke that someone at BMW came up with during the design process and now they're like, "Oh $h!t! I can't believe they approved it!"
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05-03-2019, 06:43 PM | #43 |
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Perhaps when they aren't ridiculous looking?? Nothing wrong with people voicing how they don't like something, even if it's over and over again. That's how change occurs (well, when it doesn't sell because of said ridiculous grill more specifically).
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It will be interesting to see if the grille design grows on the eye. I'm already feeling like the X5 F15 grille looks too small now that the G05 is out. At first, I wasn't a fan of the large grille. Certainly a bit more subtle than the new 7. We'll see!
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