Thank you BMW

[Digitalwave]

I doubt BMW will ever "pull a Mustang" and revert back to E30-esque styling. The E30 doesn't have anything new the cult status that the classic Mustang does, and the new 3 series are always successful (earning Top 10 honors and such) while the Mustang has just gone down hill over the years.

[NC325iC]

still looks japanese, an e30 retro would be hot dude,if they did it like ford did the stang

[permit]

Now that were talking about retro styling, how cool would it be if the new M3 was based off the e90 design, but had the e30 M3-style fenders, and possibly a wing...I think if executed correctly, a car like that would be so awesome.

[Digitalwave]

still looks japanese, an e30 retro would be hot dude,if they did it like ford did the stang

I'm not saying it wouldn't be awesome from our perspective, but I don't think it's ever going to happen, nor would it be very popular amongst BMW's target market for it's new cars.

[Garageaholic]

Now that were talking about retro styling, how cool would it be if the new M3 was based off the e90 design, but had the e30 M3-style fenders, and possibly a wing...I think if executed correctly, a car like that would be so awesome.

That I could deal with.. The fenders are hot idea. its similar to the new mitsu lancer evo fenders......... but for the rear wing.. revert back to M-tech II e30 wing style... just tweak it a bit..

now that would be hot

[grapedrink]

Interesting. I can live with the change. The best car is the 5, 6 and Z4 coupe in BMWs line. Fallowed by the 3 then the 7.

[CleanAzzE30z]

I doubt BMW will need so desperately to find a way to sell cars by reverting their bread and butter car to 80's styling. Id love to see a modern enterpretation of E30 lines, though. :D Id like to see what theyd come up with for head lights.

Mariano

[Purdue89E30]

you guys keep talking about the jap styling of the new BMW's but the truth is the japanese are knocking off BMW's design. Look at the new Lexus IS; it looks so much lke the e90 and e60, same style in the body lines. Honda may have started the trend of sharp creases in the body at the end of the 90's but BMW's are a combination of sharp creases, geometrical shapes and organic lines that had never been attempted. Bangle is mostly hated now but someday he will be seen as a visionary for the movement he started in automobile design, especially German design (look how Audis and Benz's are using more complex shapes now).

[Digitalwave]

you guys keep talking about the jap styling of the new BMW's but the truth is the japanese are knocking off BMW's design. Look at the new Lexus IS; it looks so much lke the e90 and e60, same style in the body lines. Honda may have started the trend of sharp creases in the body at the end of the 90's but BMW's are a combination of sharp creases, geometrical shapes and soft, organic lines that had never been attempted. Bangle is mostly hated now but someday he will be seen as a visionary for the movement he started in automobile design, especially German design (look how Audis are using more complex shapes now).

It's not worth trying to convince anybody who hates Bangle otherwise. People don't even realize he has been around since the designing of the E36. They just don't like they new BMW's but cause they aren't SUPER LEET like E30's are so they hate Bangle by default.

[DarkWing6]

The current BMW designs look great IMO. A few of them took time to grow on me, but the only one I don't like currently are the X3 (but I have heard they drive really nice).

There is no way BMW would ever do a retro styling. Would you want to spend $40K+ on a 20 year old car? BMW owners are bying their cars as status symbols and are always looking for something new. A touch of classic styles is nice hear and there, but they will never redesign the E30 and reintroduce it. Only cheap poor people like the "retro" styling of the PT Cruiser and the Mustang.

[325Projectz]

The current BMW designs look great IMO. A few of them took time to grow on me, but the only one I don't like currently are the X3 (but I have heard they drive really nice).

Yeah I drove a X3 3.0 for awhile. It was pretty fun.

[Purdue89E30]

Interesting thing I learned, Bangle has been head of design since 199 which means he was in charge during all those conservative, easy to love designs that came out during the 90's BUT the guy who actually designed the current stuff is Adrian van Hooydonk, the president of Designworks, BMW's California design studio. He most likely worked more closely with the design of the e65, e60, e63, and e90.

p.s. BMW will never do a retro design, they don't need to use those cheap appeals to people's sense of nostalgia to sell their cars.

[permit]

p.s. BMW will never do a retro design, they don't need to use those cheap appeals to people's sense of nostalgia to sell their cars.

Then it would be cool if a tuning company made something like I mentioned above.

[Ryan Stewart]

Still looks like shit. The front looks 50x worse in person.

[Ducati]

Way to fuck it up BMW.