BMW have lost the plot

peasant

Just saw a programme about the IAA in Frankfurt.

BMW introduces the X6 "crossover " vehicle

http://images.leftlanenews.com/content/september2007/5-x6-live.jpg

Remind you of anything?

This maybe ?

http://www.caradvice.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/2007ssangyongactyonrear.jpg


different angle?
http://images.leftlanenews.com/content/september2007/2-x6-live.jpg
http://www.arpem.com/coches/coches/ssangyong/actyon/flash/ssang-yong-actyon-lat.jpg


muharrharr BMW copies SSangyong :rolleyes:

And don't try to convince me that the X6 is better looking than the Actyon, that's not difficult. There is nothing on this planet that looks worse than an Actyon ...problem is the X6 is a close second

Enright

its a crossover all right

a cross over between Mercedes and Audi
The rear light is pure mercedes

on the goodside at least the alloy centre has the bmw logo

mike65

I thought Porsche Cayenne, maybe they ripped off Ssangyong too!

Mike.

siralfalot

my god that is one ugly fother mucker, really truely ugly

thing is though, muppets will still buy it, if only for the sole reason that its BMW :rolleyes:

VeVeX

Looks are secondary to most BMW buyers. How well its drives is also down the priority list. This is highly apparent when the vast majority of bmws sold here are 1.6 or 1.9.

If a Actyon had a BMW badge it would have sold much more units regardless of looks or build quality.

kikel

I'm a big BMW fan. But that thing is just hideous. How many 4x4 models to they need across their range anyay?

Guy:Incognito

mike65 wrote:

I thought Porsche Cayenne, maybe they ripped off Ssangyong too!

Mike.

Yeah the Cayenne was the first thing that came to mind when I saw the pic of the back.

E92

Perhaps ye're all seeing something different to me, because the X6 looks fantastic to me. It looks like a BMW, something I haven't been able to say in years. BMW have churned out awful looking cars in recent times; the E60/61 5 series, the 6 series which is based on the 5 series, the even worse looking Z4 and X3, and the mother and father of hideous BMWs the 7 series.

BMW have gone back to their good old ways, first with the current 3 series, then the new X5, and now this X6. It seems to me like the worst years of BMW are finally coming to an end.

And Peasant, the Ssangyong reminds me of those badly done Ferrari replicas, it looks like one at 100 yards blurred, but get closer and closer and its nothing like the real thing.

tuxy

VeVeX wrote:

This is highly apparent when the vast majority of bmws sold here are 1.6 or 1.9.

Isn't that because of our tax system?

Guy:Incognito

tuxy wrote:

Isn't that because of our tax system?

The tax system is only an issue if your a cheap fooker.


I wear my €821 tax disc as a badge of honour:)

peasant

E92 wrote:

BMW have gone back to their good old ways,

:eek:

Whatever you're drinking, smoking or injecting ...can I have some too?

FX Meister

I think it looks pretty good. Any comparisons of it looking like the Porsche must be coming from blind people.

bazz26

BMW should stick to what they do best, make very good sport saloon and coupe cars.

These crossover yokes, SUVs, etc seem to me like nothing more than mass market aspirations with a "Something for everyone" policy. MB are the same, they have more models now than ever, alot of them pointless. Auid seem to be heading in the same direction. I didn't think BMW needed to go down that road myself.

Seth Brundle

BMW like all other manufacturers are in it for the money and nothing else. If people wouldnt buy their models then they wouldn't be built.
Personally I think that looks like a pile of crap but I have no objection to someone wanting to spend their money on one. As they say, beauty is in the eye of the beholder!

kdevitt

Don't like it myself, but from looking on some US forums, they adore it - so it'll make BMW a fortune no doubt, and if making bundles of cash as one of the few independent car manufacturers left is losing the plot - then I'm sure they'll happily continue in the same vein.

peasant

Yeees ..they all seem to be at it.

Why? A SUV-coupe? That's the summit of sheer and utter pointlessness



Audi


Hyundai


VW


Chevrolet


Infinity

richie_rvf

I think it looks excellent and the rear lights look like an evolution of the 3 series coupe.

I am sure that the car will also drive excellently, just like every other BMW.

It is also designed as a 4 seater - obviously there is a market out there.

As for comparing it to the Actyon - sorry, I just don't get it, is it because the roof line drops away at the rear???

Do you compare all things that way?? going on that then all women look the same

Just my opinion!!

Richie.

galwaytt

kdevitt wrote:

Don't like it myself, but from looking on some US forums, they adore it - so it'll make BMW a fortune no doubt, and if making bundles of cash as one of the few independent car manufacturers left is losing the plot - then I'm sure they'll happily continue in the same vein.

This from a nation that 'adored' the Aztec too.......but didn't actually buy it, either........ http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000321.html

...at which stage do we begin to say 'BMW - makers of odd and weird cars as the norm', all the references to 'good' ones, are now going back more than a few years............

kdevitt

galwaytt wrote:

This from a nation that 'adored' the Aztec too.......but didn't actually buy it, either........ http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000321.html

...at which stage do we begin to say 'BMW - makers of odd and weird cars as the norm', all the references to 'good' ones, are now going back more than a few years............

Go back a few years to when you were in school - BMW announced an SUV, the X5 - got the same neg feedback initially, and its hardly been a failure.

It won't go into production if it won't shift. BMW dont make bad cars, whether you approve of the styling is up to yourself.