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10th April 2002, 23:53
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UK Autocar's E60 pictures
Anyone UK based see their computer renderings of the E60? Can someone with a scanner post it up?
They looked far better than the R&T ones posted in another thread, despite having similar features. It looks really good to my eyes, and I don't think much of the new 7.
The question is, is it down to the computer rendering, or is Autocar's picture a truer representation of the new 5? If it is, maybe Bangle's been reined in, after his excesses with the X-Coupe and the new 7.
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11th April 2002, 13:43
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looks pretty good... but doesn't really look like a sedan though... it's shaped more like a 2 door sports car with 4 doors....
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11th April 2002, 14:16
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looks pretty good... but doesn't really look like a sedan though... it's shaped more like a 2 door sports car with 4 doors....
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Reminds me of the old Celica 'aligator' posture. Lacking the 'bourgeois' air of sophistication like the E39. Expression looks a bit sleepy/lazy. But less controversial than E65.
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11th April 2002, 14:56
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That is great scan thank you very much for posting!
Well if BMW makes the E60 look like that then i will be very happy!
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11th April 2002, 17:18
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Obviously there still is hope - things are starting to look better all the time!
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11th April 2002, 17:21
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Wow! First promising pic yet. I hope this is what it will look like
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12th April 2002, 00:18
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Yeah i would agree with you all. It looks nice and promising. Its looks wide at the back if you look at the wheels and budguards.. Nice 
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12th April 2002, 01:01
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maybe bmws been paying attension to this board 
its looking nicer, the headlights are almost decent, just shave those last few inches from the silly eyebrow blinkers and itll be looking mighty fine
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12th April 2002, 08:40
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Dont like it... its going to take a loooooong while before I get use to this... if ever. 
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12th April 2002, 11:06
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One thing that worries me, is that the Autocar pic doesn't really tie in with what someone else posted earlier from a Georg Kacher article.
Maybe some malicious anti-Bangle BMW person has leaked this design, knowing that it would be popular, but looks nothing like the bizarre flame-surfaced Bangle E60 in a deliberate attempt to undermine and embarrass him.
- Michael
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12th April 2002, 12:27
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I kind of liked the pic even if the car looks more like a coupe
than a sedan. But at least thet pic has some of the agressiveness
I am used to see on BMWs. Let's hope it all moves in that
direction!
Best regards,
Fedde
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