BMW Zagato - awkward and ugly looking?

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toby
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Fri May 25, 2012 11:25 pm

I know it sort of looks OK at the beginning of the trailer
but the front end is just bulbous and blunt looking;



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... and compared to this other elegant creation by Zagato the BMW looks a Z3M coupe on roids: out of proportion and ugly.

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Don't tell me you want one!

Check out the 'Z' grill. It's all so over-stylized it's like a bloody handbag.
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Fri May 25, 2012 11:34 pm

...thats exactly what i thought....a loius vuitton style grille....apart from that though, i quite like it
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Fri May 25, 2012 11:38 pm

I tend to agree with you - the back end is it's best feature and I guess the advertisers know that too as 80% of that video was from the back. It is over-styled but it could grow on me. How much is this going to cost then?
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Fri May 25, 2012 11:43 pm

That's what so disappointing about modern BMW designs. They are tantalisingly close to making something exciting looking but they miss the mark, time after time.
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Sat May 26, 2012 8:25 am

Looks all squashy.

Horrible.

I like big rectangles :D
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Sat May 26, 2012 8:01 pm

F-F-F-Fail.... :(
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Mon May 28, 2012 7:48 pm

Not my cup of tea at all. As said before- over styled and out of proportion
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Tue May 29, 2012 1:39 pm

like what they did with the grill but that's about it
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Wed May 30, 2012 11:28 pm

I can see my sponge getting caught in that grill.
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Wed May 30, 2012 11:38 pm

Can't make my mind up with that as a whole, looks good from some angles.

One thing i'm sure about though is i'm not keen on the front end of any of the new BMWs.
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Wed May 30, 2012 11:46 pm

looks like a snarling warewolf. Would HAVE to see it in the flesh to make a proper decision
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Thu May 31, 2012 8:57 am

I kinda like it nice to see some different that's stands out from the usual same looking cars in its class
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Mon Jun 11, 2012 1:40 pm

not my cup of T either... nice design but a bit to show and no substance for me.
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