I personally think that in 10 or so years, the current BMW designs won't look dated or out of place at all.
BMW have started a trend with their daring designs, and it's fairly evident in more and more cars these days.
Firstly, I see and endless number of vehicles adopting something similar to the Bangle butt seen on the 7er and 6er where a deep line cuts between the lights and the actually boot. Honestly, I'm seeing it more and more, ..ofcourse not to the extent that the 7er/6er do it, but nonetheless, it is very simple to see where these designs drew their inspiration from.
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Also, the shutlines on many of the cars don't line up very well and give off a cheap quality of an unrefined design.
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From my point of view, there is a very good reason why they don't line up exactly, and that is because the designs would look rather boring and dull. As Matt suggested with the A6, ...it's a very nicely done car, but the design is rather boring and conservative (but that's the Audi way). For BMW, they believe in the saying: "Statement is sometimes better than Understatement", ..so in that sense, their designs are more than simply a radical look.
They symbolise BMW's intentions to try and be a trend-setter, ..to highlight their innovative ambitions and their distinctive characteristic of providing vehicles that have the "Sheer Driving Pleasure" DNA.
Love it or hate it, BMW designs are very much a statement and symbolism of BMW's intentions for the future, ...so in that sense,... no, I don't think the current BMW line-up will look out of place, ..rather on the contrary in my opinion actually.
We're now seeing Mercedes-Benz move away from their 'cute and luxury only' look, to a mix of 'luxury and sportiness', especially seen with the S-class having the elegant lines of the Maybach in terms of the rear-end, but also having aggressive wheel arches and the crease along the side of the car.
That's my opinion on it all, ...so no flaming by anyone just because I mentioned the S-class.
