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AMP · 26th January 2002, 18:52

I dropped the wife off at the local BMW dealer yesterday to pick up her car from service. While I was there I decided to take a peek at the new 7.

My comments on the car pretty much echo what everyone else here is saying (19" wheels = good, look is growing on me), but there was one crucial difference. The 745 was parked in the lot as it had just come back from a test drive. This part of the lot is used for demo parking and customer parking. As I was looking at the front of the 7 (squinting to see if that made a difference) a car pulled into the space next to it....

... A Buick Rendezvous in nearly the same color. I know that we joke about the two cars being cut from the same cloth, but you have to see them side by side to truly appreciate the irony. Whoever designed the front end of the Buick must have worked on the 7

It used to be that nothing looked like a BMW and a BMW looked like nothing else. The one time that BMW crossed over into the mainstream they hit a white elephant!

MAVERICK · 26th January 2002, 19:16

Besides the resemblance to the eye-brows, I don't find any similarities. Would you be more specific?

Micsor/DK · 26th January 2002, 20:44

Hi,

As a european i´m not familiar with the Buick Rendezvous, so looked around the net and found this. Maybe i´m WAY wrong.

The only thing I think both of the car have in commen, is the way the headlights seem to be to far apart,

can´t find anything else.

Is this the car you are talking about?:

Mike-S.

Prometheus NY · 26th January 2002, 23:00

I does not look like a BMW. Why would you compare that crap to our babies????

MEnthusiast · 27th January 2002, 02:15

I agree that the new 7 is a bit of a departure for BMW design but I dont see the resembelence to the Buick Rendezvous.

I just know what drew me to BMWs design was very much form following function with minimal overhang and no silly styling gimmics. Now we get rings around the headlights (yes, I like them, but if Mitsubishi had done this, wed all be laughing and calling it a gimmick)

To me the new 7 is part of the new wave of auto design that is buliker, more heavy handed, and just plain bigger. Lexus is doing this- MB will be doing it at some point- all the SUVs get bigger. Personally, I dont like the trend at all. there is no elegance to these designs. As much as I am impressed with the new technology in the 7, the design just leaves me feeling a bit bewildered. There are days when I like it and days when I dont at all. maybe I will warm up to it on a full time basis- but I have a hard time believeing it.

26th January 2002, 18:52	#1 (permalink)
AMP Addicted Member (>300 posts) Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Phoenix, AZ View my '08 M5 - Silverstone Sales Feedback: (0)	OT: New 7 experience... funny and sad I dropped the wife off at the local BMW dealer yesterday to pick up her car from service. While I was there I decided to take a peek at the new 7. My comments on the car pretty much echo what everyone else here is saying (19" wheels = good, look is growing on me), but there was one crucial difference. The 745 was parked in the lot as it had just come back from a test drive. This part of the lot is used for demo parking and customer parking. As I was looking at the front of the 7 (squinting to see if that made a difference) a car pulled into the space next to it.... ... A Buick Rendezvous in nearly the same color. I know that we joke about the two cars being cut from the same cloth, but you have to see them side by side to truly appreciate the irony. Whoever designed the front end of the Buick must have worked on the 7 It used to be that nothing looked like a BMW and a BMW looked like nothing else. The one time that BMW crossed over into the mainstream they hit a white elephant! __________________ '08 M5 Sedan Silverstone/Black '07 M6 Coupe Silverstone/Black (gone) '07 Z4 M Coupe Sapphire Black/Black (gone) '06 330i Sapphire Black/Black

26th January 2002, 20:44	#3 (permalink)
Micsor/DK Senior Member (>500) Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Denmark Age: 33 View my BMW E39 540i Sales Feedback: (0)	Hi, As a european i´m not familiar with the Buick Rendezvous, so looked around the net and found this. Maybe i´m WAY wrong. The only thing I think both of the car have in commen, is the way the headlights seem to be to far apart, can´t find anything else. Is this the car you are talking about?: Mike-S. __________________ Mike-S - Denmark

26th January 2002, 23:00	#4 (permalink)
Prometheus NY Member, P400 Sport, DSC On (>550) Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: New York, U.S.A. Age: 32 View my 2002 Carbon Black M5 Sales Feedback: (0)	I does not look like a BMW. Why would you compare that crap to our babies???? __________________ 2002 Carbon Black M5- NO MODS 2003 MB White SL 55 AMG - NO MODS 2002 Ford Black F-150 4x4 SuperCab Flareside - 5.4 L Whipple Supercharged V8 2002 ArcticCat Thundercat 1000 Black 2005 Honda Black/Tribal 600 RR

27th January 2002, 02:15	#5 (permalink)
MEnthusiast Moderator Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: East Coast, USA View my 03 M5 Sales Feedback: (0)	I agree that the new 7 is a bit of a departure for BMW design but I dont see the resembelence to the Buick Rendezvous. I just know what drew me to BMWs design was very much form following function with minimal overhang and no silly styling gimmics. Now we get rings around the headlights (yes, I like them, but if Mitsubishi had done this, wed all be laughing and calling it a gimmick) To me the new 7 is part of the new wave of auto design that is buliker, more heavy handed, and just plain bigger. Lexus is doing this- MB will be doing it at some point- all the SUVs get bigger. Personally, I dont like the trend at all. there is no elegance to these designs. As much as I am impressed with the new technology in the 7, the design just leaves me feeling a bit bewildered. There are days when I like it and days when I dont at all. maybe I will warm up to it on a full time basis- but I have a hard time believeing it. __________________ All the best, Jerry 00 Z8 Jet Black/Red Sport / some others

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26th January 2002, 19:16	#2 (permalink)
MAVERICK M5 Guru (>2000 posts) Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cincinnati, OH, USA View my X Sales Feedback: (0)	Besides the resemblance to the eye-brows, I don't find any similarities. Would you be more specific?

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