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Old 07-22-2004, 11:11 PM
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real 2006 3 Series Pics

http://www.thecarconnection.com/inde...8&article=7322

while this is the best looking of Bangles creations, I still wanna have the guy knocked off in a bad way.

what do you guys think? anyone wanna photoshop the tape away?
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looks like a volvo
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i like it, but i like all the bangle creations, even the hump on the 7
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hey looks like he finally got the c pillar/trunklid right!!!
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Looks like I can cross BMW's off my list for the next 3-4 years until they're all redesigned.
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Damn that car is fugly!
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Originally Posted by shigginsrx8
i like it, but i like all the bangle creations, even the hump on the 7
Me too- I'm starting to wonder if I'm crazy, because apparently everyone else hates them. I thought the z3 was one of the ugliest cars I've ever seen, but the z4 makes me swoon...
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*whew*

I like it. I also like the 5, hate the 7, and am out to lunch on the Z4. I'm all for flame surfacing and edgy design, but ugly is ugly, and the 7 is ugly. It has presence, but so does Mike Tyson...

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I don't like the styling one bit. Lately BMW styling has gone downhill IMO.
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My opinion: LOVE the 5, can take or leave the 7, the Z3 was hot when it came out, and the Z4 is going a little overboard.

Without that black and silver tape, the 3 will look okay, but a little too sedan-ish, kind of a "Taurus for the new millenium" kind of look. I bet they try to luxo-up the 3, to increase the separation between the 3 and the new 1-series. I think if you line up the 1, the new 3, the 5, and the 7, you'll see the intended progression . . . but taken by itself the new 3 looks a little too luxo and not quite enough budget/sport.

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I'm not a big fan - on the 3, it looks like everything tapers and gets pinched off at the trunk... kinda like a turd.
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Originally Posted by Elara
Me too- I'm starting to wonder if I'm crazy, because apparently everyone else hates them. I thought the z3 was one of the ugliest cars I've ever seen, but the z4 makes me swoon...
AMEN, I hated that car!! I didnt mind the M Coupe, but that was only because of those enormous wheel arches!
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Originally Posted by NortonRX8
Damn that car is fugly!
I agree. YUCK!
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Originally Posted by JasonHamilton
looks like a volvo
my first thought was a Saab and a Pontiac had a baby.

Doesn't look like anything special. I definatly expected something a little more "out there" like the 5 and 7. This is just bland. It will probably look much different, and hopefully sportier, at a higher trim level.
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The rear end is not an abomination, so it has a fighting chance.

I have to reserve my judgement until I see the uncovered version.
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the 5 is better. id even take a 7 over that.
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It looks like the ugly love child of a Volvo and a Jaguar.
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Too big and bulbous looking to be a real sports car. It sucks... just like the 7 and especially 5.
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Man volvo's look nice... my family owns one... C70 COUPE...

BMW's are starting to get fuglier...
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whad the hell.....
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Originally Posted by cueball
The rear end is not an abomination, so it has a fighting chance.

I have to reserve my judgement until I see the uncovered version.
Your opinion is wrong. The whole thing is a disgrace. I've never been a fanatic about BMW's styling, but that car makes me want to puke.




I thought the Z3 was cool but I think the Z4 is meh.
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Is it me or are BMW's getting rounder and rounder? I miss the look of the E30 M3's .
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Originally Posted by Prod
Your opinion is wrong. The whole thing is a disgrace. I've never been a fanatic about BMW's styling, but that car makes me want to puke.

I thought the Z3 was cool but I think the Z4 is meh.
It's an opinion; therefore it cannot be wrong.

Personally, I like the Z4 alot. I keep trying to convince my wife to get one, but she wants a Mini Cooper Convertible. I also like the look of the 5, 6, and 7. I'm with cueball on the 3. I'll wait until the 3 comes out to formulate a final opinion.

If i had to decide right now, I would say it looks alot like a Hyundai.
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It looks just average to me. It probably won't get as much hate mail as the 5 or 7, but it can't be called beautiful either. The current e46 3 series beats it hands down in the looks department.

I'm kind of odd in that I actually like the current 7. A black 760iL does it for me. But I hate the e60 5 series inside and out! Took the wife to see the new 530/545i and she said "there's no way I'm trading in my 540 for that!", and she called the interior "scary". I felt the same, the interior on the 5 is not a comfortable design and the quality of the materials has gone down hill.
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Originally Posted by MadRonin
It's an opinion; therefore it cannot be wrong.

Personally, I like the Z4 alot. I keep trying to convince my wife to get one, but she wants a Mini Cooper Convertible. I also like the look of the 5, 6, and 7. I'm with cueball on the 3. I'll wait until the 3 comes out to formulate a final opinion.

If i had to decide right now, I would say it looks alot like a Hyundai.
Check your sarcasm detector.

It does somewhat resemble a Hyundai. The design has me


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