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    Apr 19, 2007 4:14:15 PM

    Ron (Houston)M
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    BMW 8 series

    This is CS concept and to me it looks quit nice. For a bimmer I like it.

    I'll take this over CLS any day.
    http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-cs-concept.html

    Apr 19, 2007 4:18:05 PM

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    Re: BMW 8 series

    More text over at Autoweek:
    http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070419/FREE/70419001/1024

    Looks like the Panamera will get some more competition...

    Apr 19, 2007 4:42:53 PM

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    Re: BMW 8 series

    looks like someone huge stomped on it...

    Apr 19, 2007 4:58:37 PM

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    Re: BMW 8 series

    I really loved the design of BMW in the pre-Bangle-era.

    Meanwhile I'm no fan of the BMW design in general and hoped it would get better again, but the way the kidney grill seems to go (also look at the first pics of the new 7series) makes me loose my faith in BMW design completely.

    Apr 19, 2007 5:05:18 PM

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    Re: BMW 8 series

    What an unnecessarily over-fussy design IMO! No graceful simplicity or elegance. Wish BMW remembered that less can be more!

    Apr 19, 2007 5:51:21 PM

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    Re: BMW 8 series

    Unlike Ron I have to say I'll take the CLS any day over this. The CLS I think is one of the best looking cars in a long time. This doesn't even come close.

    Apr 19, 2007 6:16:48 PM

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    Re: BMW 8 series

    Quote:
    bostonmini said:
    looks like someone huge stomped on it...



    Isn't that a pciture of the panamera test mule?

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    Apr 19, 2007 6:34:00 PM

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    Re: BMW 8 series

    Quote:
    MKSGR said:
    Quote:
    bostonmini said:
    looks like someone huge stomped on it...



    Isn't that a pciture of the panamera test mule?

    ( )



    Perhaps BMW and Porsche are doing some platform sharing .

    Apr 19, 2007 6:54:14 PM

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    Re: BMW 8 series

    Check out this as well:

    http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/GeneralFuture/articleId=120226

    Apr 19, 2007 7:04:56 PM

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    Re: BMW 8 series

    I'm a fan of BMW's new designs, but this one is just awful.. The CLS on the other hand is a great looking car, though IMO (even though they are all over) it is not as good a design as the E-class with the right color and wheels.

    Apr 19, 2007 7:11:36 PM

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    Re: BMW 8 series

    fugly

    Apr 19, 2007 7:17:28 PM

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    Re: BMW 8 series

    Other than the front overhang being a bit too long and the grill looking too large, I kind of like it. Slim down the overall front presence a bit and I think it's a winner.

    Apr 19, 2007 7:21:04 PM

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    Re: BMW 8 series

    Baa.. i didn't like it at all!
    I'll wait for Audi's A7 before i decide CLS\8 Series\A7.

    Apr 19, 2007 7:35:29 PM

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    Re: BMW 8 series

    The BMW design does not do it for me at this point, it might grow on me, Nevertheless the P-car is awsome

    Apr 19, 2007 7:47:18 PM

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    Re: BMW 8 series

    I like this design Problably new BMW 7 will have similarities with this concept

    Apr 19, 2007 7:51:47 PM

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    Re: BMW 8 series

    Oh no. This won't make it to production looking like that.

    Apr 19, 2007 7:57:44 PM

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    Re: BMW 8 series

    woa amazing concept.. we will see the 8 looking similar to this just much less extreme.

    Apr 19, 2007 9:54:17 PM

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    Re: BMW 8 series

    I think the nose looks really weird. The back look alright though. I wish the silhouette were more sporty- it seems a little bloated.

    Apr 19, 2007 9:59:04 PM

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    Re: BMW 8 series

    Hold your horses here .. this is just a fugly photoshop of an M6 or a computerized rendition... the car does not look to belong in its context if you look closely att he pictures.. the car is not photographed in that scenery for sure... the proportions are all wrong and this is no way a "real" car neither a concept car...

    Apr 19, 2007 10:08:18 PM

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    Re: BMW 8 series

    Hmm..IMO, the front end has potential to be something great. However, I feel that the lines of the car are just too radical for my taste. Furthermore, I understand that they are probably going after Mercedes (CLS), but I feel that if they want to dub it the new "8 series," that they should keep it a two door. It would look very nice if it had a body stle similar to the AM8. Eitherway, I think it has potential.

    Apr 20, 2007 4:23:10 AM

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    Re: BMW 8 series

    Although I am a BMW fan I must admit that it looks like its on Steroids.... Not good to me but a potential panamera opponent...

    Apr 20, 2007 5:25:52 AM

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    Re: BMW 8 series

    Who kicked in the front end? Its gawwwd awful ugly.

    Seriously how could they even waste time making the drawings
    for that abomination?

    Has the BMW Design studio been checked recently for arsenic, lead or mercury contamination?????????

    Apr 20, 2007 10:25:26 AM

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    Re: BMW 8 series

    The front looks like an otter!

    Apr 20, 2007 10:41:33 AM

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    Re: BMW 8 series

    Quote:
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    The front looks like an otter!



    May I present, my dear rennteam-fellows, the new heraldic animal of the Bayerische Motorenwerke...

    Apr 20, 2007 12:21:46 PM

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    Re: BMW 8 series

    is that a hippo ?

    Apr 20, 2007 2:11:46 PM

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    Re: BMW 8 series

    Quote:
    Rossi said:
    Quote:
    easy_rider911 said:
    The front looks like an otter!



    May I present, my dear rennteam-fellows, the new heraldic animal of the Bayerische Motorenwerke...





    That's true though.

    Apr 20, 2007 4:06:14 PM

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    Re: BMW 8 series

    Mea culpa guys! I remember I made some similar comments about the new 3 series looking like an otter when the pics first came out. This concept 8 series looks like a muscular otter.

    Rossi no doubt remembers my otter pics well...he has a good memory

    Apr 20, 2007 4:29:00 PM

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    Re: BMW 8 series

    Quote:
    easy_rider911 said:
    Mea culpa guys! I remember I made some similar comments about the new 3 series looking like an otter when the pics first came out. This concept 8 series looks like a muscular otter.

    Rossi no doubt remembers my otter pics well...he has a good memory



    Did you mean this one...



    ... or this one ...



    ... or this one?

    Apr 20, 2007 4:52:21 PM

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    Re: BMW 8 series

    Bingo!

    Apr 22, 2007 11:01:04 AM

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    Re: BMW 8 series

    A few more pictures:



    http://news.windingroad.com/photo-galler..._serialNumber=2

    http://news.windingroad.com/photo-galler..._serialNumber=2

    http://news.windingroad.com/photo-galler..._serialNumber=2

    http://news.windingroad.com/photo-galler..._serialNumber=2

    This front grill will be seen on new BMW 7
     
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