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18th October 2002, 04:43
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New pics of UGLY E60 from Autoweek
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18th October 2002, 04:59
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Pleeeeeeease tell me that the picture is one of those doctored ones they use to throw the foto journalists off??
If thats the new body type I'm going to keep the 540
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18th October 2002, 05:21
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These obviously have a whole bunch of clad and junk on them to hide the real design.
They cant be real since we know BMW is changing around the infamous bangle-butt to lessen or get rid of it totally.
Looking at those pictures the bangle butt is worse than that of the E65!
I'm pretty sure the rear of the E60 will look fine. All this bangle butt clad business is probably there now just to throw people off!
Anyhow, no reason to argue or get all upset until we see official pictures and that wont be until February 2003 or so IMO.
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18th October 2002, 05:25
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 how could they do this!? 
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18th October 2002, 05:27
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Holtor- it doesn't look like trick cladding to me. It looks pretty done.
yuck.
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18th October 2002, 05:28
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If I wanted a Honda Accord, I would get one. This is blah.
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18th October 2002, 05:31
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Quote:
Originally posted by Holtor
They cant be real since we know BMW is changing around the infamous bangle-butt to lessen or get rid of it totally.
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Actions speak louder than words. Look at the 7.
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18th October 2002, 05:37
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Guys, just a reminder. This thing is 8 months away from production. The manufacturers who OEM to BMW must be getting the molds ready for parts. Remember the 7 series 8 months before production? We all speculated that trunk was fake. Well, it turns out it was not!
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18th October 2002, 05:38
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18th October 2002, 06:23
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Has it ever occurred to you that some people might like this car? If you people are that resistant to change, yeah, go ahead and get an E55.
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18th October 2002, 06:39
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I don't think it's awful, nor do I think it's a big step forward.
We'll see what it looks like when it hits the showrooms.
Some of Bangle Motor Works' latest directions - like the sculpted sides and the turn-signal-over-the-headlight - are just tacky aping of Japanese trends, there's not much original about them.
I'm not that sensitive to vehicle appearance, though I have to say the new Jag X350 is looking really good...
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