looks good and drives very good too(drove it in feb).
conservative and classy(bmw like)!!
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I've been a fan of the small BMW since the late 1960s. The only one I've ever owned was a Dinky toy, given to me by my girlfiend at that time. By the time I could afford one, the yuppies had 'em and I didn't want any of that.
I haven't seen the new 3 in the flesh, but I did see pictures in the Sunday Telegraph magazine. My reaction was not much less strong than how the Beckhamobile struck me, but somewhat different: it's not comical but shamefully ugly. The front is ugly; the side view is ugly; the rear is ugly. It looks as if someone likes creasing metal for the sake of it. The headline "Brilliant, luxurious - and a bargain" notwithstanding, I just couldn't live with a car looking like that.
Bring back the elegant and lean simplicity of the 2002.
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It's certainly not an ugly car, and the front has some presence, but the up-sizing required to endow this generation with some decent rear leg-room seems to have robbed it of the dynamism of the E46. It's not middle-aged spread, exactly, but it's definitely less thrusty and youthful looking.
Still a better effort than the committee-styled new Focus though - I walked past the first one I'd seen several times the other day, before it registered as anything other than a generic Euro hatchback.
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Lets not forget that the current E46 coupe was also designed by Chris Bangle/Bungle!
Whatever the vocal majority seem to think of the 'new' design direction taken by BMW - the sales figures certainly confirm that the firm was right in its bold design adventure.
Sales are at its highest in the history of BMW. The current 7 series out sells the Merc S class in the German market (in the UK The Jag outsells both), and so far the current 7 series (at only 3.5 year old) has already sold more cars than the previous 7 series managed to do so in its entire 7 year life span.
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Not a bad looking car but BMW's mainstream models have now become the "vauxhall vectra" of their generation - very nice fleet car, certainly not a car to "stand out from the crowd". Bit of a victim of their own success I think - too common
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I have driven, happy about it, not quite as pretty as the old one in my opinion. Can't wait for them to drop the 3.0 diesel in. I don't care how "common" they look for me its the driving experience. Most people who criticise BMWs and their drivers usually with no experience of driving or ownership.
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i have an e46
and yes they are common
so do as i did
i bought a metallic gold one............ :)
if someone had said b4 i saw it,,to get a gold one,,,,i would have laughed all the way to the merc garage...but when i saw it,,i just had to have it and its a coupe so its even less common,,,,but the new e90 does seem to like like a
big croos between a mondeo,charisma,omega and a bmw
maybe we should call them cha mon ega's or be mon ega's ??
any other weird names?? or maybe they will just grow on us
i will keep mine for a couple more years then maybe have a look
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its the driving experience
PU, I agree totally. I have done some extended driving in the new 320d and it is awesome. My only regret, and a deep one, is that SWMBO won't let me have one, I have to be happy with the 320d I've got. OK, if she insists.
I am sure the new 320d and 330d will sweep the board in the fleet market alone.
Oz (as was)
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>>....but the up-sizing required to endow this generation with some decentrear leg-room seems to have robbed it of the dynamism of the E46....
From what I can see, the new E90 has at least, if not more, interior space than a E34 5 series - probably very close to the E39 5 series. This means the new car was always going to be bigger than the outgoing model.
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The upcoming Lexus IS looks really nice and prove to be a big threat especially in the US where most car companies make their money and the fact that Lexus is the no.1 luxury brand.
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