koala

Ugly, but looks 10 times better than the convertible.

The Hoth

Which is sad.

BTW, if Bangle's new designs are the future, why they water down the 3 series? They should stick to their guns and put a 5 series trunk lid, 5 series hight lights on the 3.

Maybe, they know something we don't.

BTW, I am just a car enthusiast. I don't understand high art. Apparently, BMW doesn't want my business no more. Maybe that's why I don't get BMW's new designs.

steve c

I owned two M coupes. They were ugly, but in a different almost cool way.

Outside of the 7 series I don't like any of the latest BMW's.

rai

I just saw the 3-series in the flesh. It looks Good, I'd say better than the e46. I think they did a good job of flame surfacing but didn't go overboard on the headlights or trunk.

I think BMW knows not to mess with the goose that laid the golden egg. The 3-series sells more than half the total BMWs sold each year, something like 500K/year. They'd better not fvck it up.

The Hoth

haha, you mean adding the Bangle 5 serious features to a 3 series is messing the goose that laid the golden eggs. If he hears it, he will be offended.

koala

Yeah, I appreciated the styling of those M coupes. I almost bought one myself back in 2003. A local dealer still had a brand new last model year with only 30 miles on it. They wanted way too much money for it, though. (MSRP + $10k if I remember correctly)

steve c

Wow I got my 02 in 03 with <600 miles for 38k from a dealer. I sold it for the same amount 10 months later and I believe 2 years later it is still worth the same.

DVDoughboy

An 02 M coupe with 33k miles just sold on Ebay for $43k a couple of weeks ago.
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