New 3 series coupe - undisguised spyshot.

[disad-vantage-d]

Anybody seen the allegedly undisguised spyshot of the new 3 series coupe on the `german car fans' website?

www.germancarfans.com/spyphotos.cfm/spyphotoid/6060113.001

Any impressions?

>> Edited by disad-vantage-d on Tuesday 31st January 15:43

[B17NNS]

disad-vantage-d said:

Any impressions?

good game, good game (Bruce Forsyth)

[disad-vantage-d]

B17NNS said:

disad-vantage-d said: Any impressions? good game, good game (Bruce Forsyth)

Showing your age there mind!!!

[jamesson]

I was really REALLY hoping BMW wouldn't follow the trend of putting indicators in the door mirrors... *SIGH*

[disad-vantage-d]

I wondered about that. Can't decide whether that's an indicator or a piece of coloured tape.

[jamesson]

I've had a look and it IS hard to tell. I sincerely hope it's tape...

[Zod]

jamesson said:

I was really REALLY hoping BMW wouldn't follow the trend of putting indicators in the door mirrors... *SIGH*

That photo is weird. The car immdeiately behind looks wrong. The indicators on the mirrors look photoshopped.

[up-the-dubs]

It's just a sticker. The photo appears photoshopped to me. Look at the salt and grime behind the wheel arches (it's obviously a dirty day) and yet the rest of the car is almost polished clean. Looks odd.
Anyway, this is a photo from the back, else where on the same site clearly showing the real looking indicator on the wing. I like the treatment of the rear of the coupé. The lights look like a single red unit with small indicator/reverse light strip at the bottom. It looks to me like they do not flow onto the bootlid. A helluva lot better than the awful rear of the saloon IMO.

[eliot]

Another BMW turd. No doubt "It will look good in black".

[Zod]

up-the-dubs said:

It's just a sticker. The photo appears photoshopped to me. Look at the salt and grime behind the wheel arches (it's obviously a dirty day) and yet the rest of the car is almost polished clean. Looks odd. Anyway, this is a photo from the back, else where on the same site clearly showing the real looking indicator on the wing. I like the treatment of the rear of the coupé. The lights look like a single red unit with small indicator/reverse light strip at the bottom. It looks to me like they do not flow onto the bootlid. A helluva lot better than the awful rear of the saloon IMO.

If you are right, then it will be similar to the rear lights on the 6.

[jamesson]

There more I look at the mirrors, the more I think it is tape. Why would mirror indicators be orange when presumably the others will be clear?

[Cotty]

Front lights are a bit 1 series and I dont like the waistline

I dont like it altogether

[dick dastardly]

disad-vantage-d said:

Any impressions?

C-. Please try harder.

[Bill Carr]

Not too keen on it - looks better as a 4-door. As a coupe, the body looks too long for the doors. The saloon is growing on me now, as I had a poke around a couple a few weeks back. The rear lights are horrible, but the rest of it fits together quite nicely, and the door sculpting is particularly nice. It looks good in silver, and the interior is jolly nice too, even in the lemon-yellow leather of the car I sat in!