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      06-13-2011, 04:36 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by SCOTT26 View Post
Let us get one thing clear. There is no face-lift happening before the car goes on sale. BMW have never rushed through a quick facelift just because a select group of people do not like the original car.
More than a select group of people do not like the car. This is the only BMW that several news organizations felt was a prank upon being leaked.

I even felt it was a render by a ultra low budget german tuning magazine, and I've worked enineering production cars.

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I am really hoping right now that this is some kind of a joke. I cannot believe that this is the best BMW can come up with. Very disappointing!
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I thought the photo was a photochopped joke!
The stylist grabbed its face and stretched it apart.
That is some massive negative space between the grill and the headlamps.
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Turns out the photo leaked early was not a joke. There is going to be a lot of controversy over this design, that is for sure.
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so this is most likely not another April Fools joke
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