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QOTD: Is This Finally A BMW Grille We Can All Agree Looks Great?
BMW has done plenty of controversial stuff lately. It created the first M-badged electric car in the i4 M50, offered a four-wheel drive option on the M3 and M4, and denied buyers of the Competition versions of those cars the chance to row their own gears.
But none of those moves has polarized opinion quite like the introduction of its jumbo grilles on cars like the 7-Series, X7, iX and 4-Series.
Strangely, BMW has flip-flopped between grille styles on its latest cars. The 2023 2-Series has a fairly conventional grille, but the next 7-Series (not unveiled at Munich, but due very soon) is likely to be sporting the same buck-tooth grin as the M3 and M4.
(https://i.postimg.cc/cLywRzYr/BMW-I-Vision-circular.jpg)
At Munich, though, BMW again changed direction, and quite literally. With the little i Vision Circular concept it moved away from the large portrait-shaped grilles, for a pair of slender wide grilles that run the full width of the car. I don't know what you think, but I believe they look fantastic.
Unlike some of BMW's more recent grilles, where the two kidneys were conjoined, the pair of kidneys on the Circular are entirely separate. They're also not remotely kidney shaped because each now measures half the width of the car, aping the look of the grilles onto which the kidneys were mounted on BMW sedans from the early 1960s to the mid 1990s.
Though the grilles appear to feature BMW's traditional vertical slats, this is just an effect created by lighting elements within the panels. The same technology could also allow the grille to display messages, similar to what we saw on Opel's Manta GSe ElektroMod earlier this year. And, of course, the headlights themselves are integrated into the flush panels.
While I've been happy to poke fun at cars like the 4-Series, I like that BMW (whose designs are sometimes pretty dull) is prepared to push boundaries. But in the i Vision Circular it's come up with something that it's not just distinctive for the sake of it, but that looks great and cleverly nods to BMW's heritage, without looking overtly retro.
I can't wait to see that grille on a production car. But what do you think? Leave a comment and let us know.
Link: https://www.carscoops.com/2021/09/qotd-is-this-finally-a-bmw-grille-we-can-all-agree-looks-great/
I think it's safe to say that the grille doesn't detract from the looks of the rest of the car. :hammerhead:
Seems basically production ready.
Puke
What the hell happened to BMW?
Quote from: Submariner on September 13, 2021, 02:57:07 PM
What the hell happened to BMW?
It turns out this meme was from a leaked business plan
(https://i.redd.it/m5rfx6h6pxj21.jpg)
I actually think this looks better then some of their most recently launched cars.
Looks like an electric shaver. A nice one though.
Maybe it's a promotional computer mouse.
Quote from: Galaxy on September 13, 2021, 03:38:16 PM
I actually think this looks better then some of their most recently launched cars.
That's an awfully low standard you're setting.
Do you even need a grill for electric cars though? I don't care for the Tesla look but the front can still look decent and not have totally unnecessary grill stuff....
When your brand is built around a grille motif, yeah...
If we can't have massive unnecessary grilles on our EVs, at least we can fall back on our proudly jutting chromed quad tailpipes.
oh wait.
Quote from: AutobahnSHO on September 17, 2021, 11:46:35 PM
Do you even need a grill for electric cars though? I don't care for the Tesla look but the front can still look decent and not have totally unnecessary grill stuff....
Need a small opening since there are still radiators for battery cooling. But the small slits at the bottom of the front fascia seem to be plenty big enough