I think I may be more with Fanch on this one. Yes, the 7 was shockingly obtuse and the new 5 is no better and, from what I've seen of the 7 restyling, it's not really going to get better.

But the 6 made me pause and look again. It is still just as weird but somehow the strangeness seems to work for it a little bit. I may be influnced by a jeweler friend I spoke to recently how is a BMW fan. When I asked what he thought of the new 7 he said he liked it. He described it as "in your face" styling. He further commented: "let's see the Japanese copy that!"