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BMW electric car styling will be toned down in future
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10-17-2018, 03:11 PM | #2 |
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If the goal is for electric cars to go mainstream, they have to look like normal cars people want. Quirky designs such as the i3 appeal to a very small segment of the population.
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10-17-2018, 03:49 PM | #3 |
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I like the look of the I8 but I don't like the look of the I3. That is one of the reasons why I purchased a 530e. It looks like every other 5 series.
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Last year I had to buy a car. This car gets driven strictly in town, roughly 30 to 40 miles per day. a BEV i3 would work PERFECTLY for this, but I simply could not get past how hideous it is (nor could the S.O.), and we ended up with a pre-owned E90. BMW really screwed the pooch with the i3, they could have sold a lot more than they did in the US had they made it look remotely close to an actual car. It is Pontiac Aztek levels of atrocious. |
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10-17-2018, 08:01 PM | #6 |
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Agreed 100%
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10-17-2018, 09:20 PM | #7 |
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Hopefully, the production i4 follows the Vision Dynamics Concept closely. It has a distinct appearance that is, for the most part, pleasing to the eye.
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Designs have been mentioned a couple of times in interviews:
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10-17-2018, 10:24 PM | #9 |
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Why gradually.
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10-18-2018, 05:51 PM | #10 |
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As much as I love my i3 as a commuter, and I have grown to appreciate it's quirky looks, I think this is a step in the right direction. However I agree with the OP, I hope there is a bit more forward thinking in terms of design than just the 530e and the 330e, which are fine cars, but a bit boring imho.
The iX3 IMHO is okay, but still a bit too close to the X3. The i4 looks like a good blend of i innovation and mainstream design: My i3: 20170805 - i3 Lower Grand - IMG_1116-Edit_100 by JMG, on Flickr
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What is news here? We already have seen the iX3 concept, which is very close to a mainstream X3 design while we also saw the iNext concept, which continues along the path the i8 and i3 set out on. BMW clearly plans to do both: have some i cars with forward-thinking designs while others more closely mimic traditional design language
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The sooner the better. Those iNext cars are hideous design exercises.
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10-22-2018, 09:32 AM | #20 |
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Here's the thing. You may think the i3 is hideous, but in many countries it's by far the highest selling electrified vehicle. I don't think the U.S. market was really the target market for it from the start. They knew there were many factors at the time of its release that would limit sales in the U.S. Personally, I think it's cool as hell and I quite like the funky euro styling. And this is coming from someone that has been driving ///M cars for the past 15 years. But to each their own.
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