With a production of 1,5 M cars a year, BMW will never be an exclusive car.
It was 40 years ago but not any longer, with any fastfood employee driving a second hand car with a baseball cap turned backwards.
Fortunately our cars share very little with modern BMWs...
Agreed!
Also, it could be argued that new BMWs look like Toyotas/Nissans.....or maybe Toyotas and Nissans are made to emulate BMWs. Either way, there's nothing special about BMWs produced today. Mercedes is no better, their new lines are hideous also.
I remember when I was in high school in the 80s and any BMW was pretty special. My uncle had a Euro E28 that I thought was THE COOLEST! Even in bland Bronzit metallic, the car drew attention. Fast forward to 2010, new 5s are like high-end taxi-cabs. No matter how hard I try, I just can't see the beauty in the new 6 (no offense to anyone who owns one). All the prestige and allure left went away in the mid 90s.
I'm starting a new "off topic" thread
http://www.e9coupe.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6035 because you've got me thinking again about how bland/ubiquitous BMWs have become. Maybe "bland" isn't the correct term because some of the newer designs are pretty bold. But they're bold for the sake of being bold, not good ole school German utilitarian style. It's sort of like they've been trying TOO hard to be a fashion leader, when all that's happened is they've become just like all the rest.
