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Originally Posted by mbanck
It's not even clear whether the 3.0 Hommage is street legal - also, there could be exemptions for very low numbers of a model regarding security guidelines.
I'm pretty sure BMW didn't just come up with the M3/M4 hoodline to piss us off, there must be regulatory or security reasons for this.
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This new 3.0 CSL will surely be completely street legal.
They simply don’t care. It’s lazy design. They first design a car and then someone from engineering tells them:
the hood line will have to be here. And they say:
Fine. And they go ahead instead of going back to the drawing board and make a design that when manufactured will look fine.
They started the in-the-middle of nowhere hood line nonsense with the F Series’ 3, 5, 6 and 7 Series.
They seemed to have fixed it with the G Series 3, 5, 7 and 8 Series…
But after releasing the G20 3 Series with a correctly placed hood line… they go on to release the Coupe version, the 4 Series, and (apart from the monster vertical kidneys) they ruin the front end again with the in the middle of nowhere hood line.
And finally we have the new 7 Series…. which is also is a step backwards. After the F01 7 Series (with in the middle of nowhere hood line) they’ve shown with the G11 that they could do it right… and now they do it wrong again with the new one?
The hood line makes such a difference if it’s not placed correctly! Audi is able to place the hood line correctly on their cars, so BMW can do the same. It’s a good exercise when you see pics of a cars to imagine what a difference would make if they hood line is placed in the middle of nowhere instead of just above the grille.