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It’s a shame it’s quite possibly the ugliest car I’ve seen in a long time.
by simonbarker87 3mo ago
It’s a shame it’s quite possibly the ugliest car I’ve seen in a long time.
- ai_slop_hater 3mo agoElon Musk would love it lol
- jonshariat 3mo agoI am a great example of how true this is. I wanted an electric car, I wanted a BMW for a long time, I tried to convince myself to buy one for months but couldn't get over how ugly they were. Why do companies destroy their iconic designs when they go electric? So sick of "space car" designs for electric.
- avhception 3mo agoIt's also just a ginormous hunk of metal. Which also makes the long range kinda moot, strapping a bigger battery will of course result in a bigger range. I'm guessing the car doesn't make any improvements on the efficiency?
- Markoff 3mo agoTBH even ICE BMWs from recent years all look like fugly tanks
- iosguyryan 3mo agoThe screen cut ins, typographic headlights, and crystal scroller wheels scream "teenager escaped room due to Bitcoin". BMW has many timeless designs to pull from in the last 30-40 years, but chose to pass the mature confident adult torch to the likes of Volvo and Rivian...
- wil421 3mo agoFor me the last generation, F-series, was pretty much e46 3.0. You can only iterate so many times. Neue Klasse is a bit odd but I thought the same thing about the F and G model runs. I’ll need to see it in person. BMW is dethroning Mercedes and continually beating Audi sales in the US. I’m surprised so many people would buy a car if they thought it was ugly. Benz reliability has tanked and Audi is lackluster as usual.
- prepend 3mo agoI finally gave up on bmw last year (after 15 years and 4 models) due to their reliability and cost of repair. I don’t think I’d touch them after spending thousands chasing down coolant repairs due to poor design (plastic parts, high labor cost location to inspect and replace).
- pengaru 3mo agoMy impression of new car design aesthetics is they're mostly ugly to me because they're optimizing for selling to a different market than mine (USA). New automobiles starting looking Alien after China started buying more of them than the US, and it's continued ever since.
- blensor 3mo agoWhat exactly do you find particularly ugly on this car? The only thing that is a bit weird to me are the headlights, otherwise I quite like the look.
- apparent 3mo agoInteresting, I find it to be more pleasing than many recent BMW EVs I've seen. I was preparing to not like it as I clicked the link and was pleasantly surprised. Don't love the tail lights, but otherwise it's good/fine to my eye.
- dcrazy 3mo agoIt’s got Bugs Bunny teeth.
- dogma1138 3mo agoBeaver teeth
- stasomatic 3mo agoSo then you are fine with XXXX at the front? :) Modern Bimmers are surely an acquired taste for me, but some of the bulldog looks can be mitigated with different/contrasting color schemes. I like the taillights, they can't please everyone, eh? :) My pinnacle is the E30 M3.
- apparent 3mo agoI don't super mind it, no. The overall look is much better than I expected.
- dylan604 3mo agoTrying to figure out if they are saying the car is drunk or dead
- bakies 3mo agothis honestly looks directly inspired from the E30. Xs on headlights is a track tradition too. At least I like where the inspiration is drawn from.
- Markoff 3mo agoI mean compared to the other BMW tanks this looks actually slightly less like tank I guess people would buy it just for the brand with whatever design, personally I find current BMW tank design the worst in last 30-40 years I am watching car design
- esafak 3mo agoIt's like a different brand now. Apparently the Chinese drove this trend: https://www.hotcars.com/bmw-moves-on-big-grille-era-neue-klasse/ https://www.hotcars.com/bmw-moves-on-big-grille-era-neue-kla...
- paolfs 3mo agoHaven't you seen the Ferrari Luce? Anyway, the iX5 is also not my taste but at least it looks like a BMW. A very heavy BMW. 2900kg!
- rconti 3mo agotaillights look like a vinfast.
- thrill 3mo agoAny BMW with a grill smaller than an ASHPD portal is palatable.
- JALTU 3mo agoOh? Well to be fair, the ugliest thing on the road is not strictly a car, and to call it a "truck" is both an insult to anything that actually computes, and to actual trucks – or anything else that fits in road lanes.