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      03-29-2012, 10:11 PM   #49
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Originally Posted by mkoesel View Post
It isn't really a big mystery. It is still covered up for the same reason the F10 M5 was still covered up when testing even though the F10 5 series had been out for over a year. The F80 will not use the exact same front end as the F30, it will derive from it. So, they keep it covered because they don't want to show it yet.



The coupes will continue to veer further from the sedans as they have with each successive generation. This time, BMW will apply the same formula to the M models as well, with no shared exterior parts. Just look at the 5 vs. 6 or M5 vs. M6 - that is the direction they will head with the 3/4 and M3/M4.
Understandable. Well maybe saying it will share the coupe's front end was going too far but I feel like there's going to be something different about it, even if it means the grilles are sharper or slimmer or something. I feel as though they dont look like the F30 prototypes we've seen before it was released.


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Originally Posted by aajami View Post
Scott has come on record several times as saying that the F30 and F32 will look distinct from each other, more so than than E90 and E92 did. The F80 and F82 will widen this disparity between the sedan and coupe even further.
Just because the F30 and F32 will look different doesn't mean the F30 will look exactly like the F80...
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