AMT Posted September 18, 2013 Posted September 18, 2013 Fair enough I couldn't afford such a thing, but who looks at one of these and goes....yeah I'll have one of those... that's pretty lol. Mind you there are plenty of 1 Series owners out there.... http://www.autoblog.com/2013/09/18/2014-bmw-x5-review-first-drive/ Quote
ATTAK Z Posted September 18, 2013 Posted September 18, 2013 Compare that to any Land Rover product and it will lose on all aesthetic parameters ... so good news for UK (or perchance India ) Quote
WhackyWill Posted September 18, 2013 Posted September 18, 2013 Had a 2004 X5 before my Zed , great car would not buy an X6..as said "Ugly Mother"..and this one looks worse.. :scare: Quote
AK350Z Posted September 18, 2013 Posted September 18, 2013 zzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz 1 Quote
Yampiedog Posted September 18, 2013 Posted September 18, 2013 That's awful but people will buy it just like they buy the X6 - beyond anything I could understand! Quote
marzman Posted September 18, 2013 Posted September 18, 2013 I'd have an X6 purely for the obnoxious-factor (probably the same reason i have an RRS!), but this is zzzzzzzzzzzzzz as AK says. Quote
JetSet Posted September 18, 2013 Posted September 18, 2013 That's awful but people will buy it just like they buy the X6 - beyond anything I could understand! They're just status symbols (all of them really). Less than 5% of them will ever go off road (unless they crash), you rarely see them with more than 2 people onboard and 4x4 only comes in really useful about 3 or 4 days a year around here and probably 1 day a decade in London. This one really looks no different to me than all the other 4 x 4's out there in the same way that all boy bands sound the same to me . Pete Quote
ATTAK Z Posted September 18, 2013 Posted September 18, 2013 ........... This one really looks no different to me than all the other 4 x 4's out there in the same way that all boy bands sound the same to me . Pete Pete - sort yer sen art - 'tis way way uglier than average ( and I'm including KIAs ) Quote
rtbiscuit Posted September 18, 2013 Posted September 18, 2013 people buy them for the height, my wife has a volvo XC60 and loves it, she likes the higher driving position, the fact that getting shopping in and out is easier at the new boot height, and with kids when we look after our neice and nephew getting seats and kids in and out of the back is a lot easier. the 4x4 factor is more a subconscious feel safe factor. all in all its a package that a lot of women find reassuring and so they sell in their masses. the badge on the front just depends where you fall in the badge snobbery scale. Quote
Crb Posted September 18, 2013 Posted September 18, 2013 Sticking up for the Chelsea tractors.... My wife's got a VW Toureg and its an awesome bit of kit... Plus I'd much prefer her and the kids be in this than an awful C1 or Ka...... Plus I get to have some fun off road or in the snow ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ Quote
SteveM Posted September 19, 2013 Posted September 19, 2013 Mind you there are plenty of 1 Series owners out there.... My misses has a 1 series and i certainly wouldnt say its an ugly car... quite the opposite Quote
KyleR Posted September 19, 2013 Posted September 19, 2013 Mind you there are plenty of 1 Series owners out there.... My misses has a 1 series and i certainly wouldnt say its an ugly car... quite the opposite Mine too, compared to say... A Hyundai Coupe, it's stunning 2 Quote
AMT Posted September 19, 2013 Author Posted September 19, 2013 The 3.5 gen black lamps was a good looking car lol Certainly better than most BMWs ive ever seen! The 1 series has the face of someone who got punched on a weekend lol Theres nothing good looking about it. You could say its a bit...angry?....but besides that I wouldn't thank you for it. lol Mind you I don't like 'fussy' design which BMW are all over, too many lines, bits and bobs all over the car. Quote
AMT Posted September 19, 2013 Author Posted September 19, 2013 And speaking of the word Kia.... the new pro-ceed...slow as hell....damn good lookin' for a hatch. I'd have one over a BMW any day if it came to looks lol Quote
Paddy78 Posted September 19, 2013 Posted September 19, 2013 It looks like a Chinese copy of an X5, where they haven't quite got it right... That is truly one of the least stylish and least desirable looking cars I have ever seen. I'm guessing that's not the bog standard one either... how bad are the poverty spec ones going to be!?! Quote
JetSet Posted September 19, 2013 Posted September 19, 2013 people buy them for the height, my wife has a volvo XC60 and loves it, she likes the higher driving position, the fact that getting shopping in and out is easier at the new boot height, and with kids when we look after our neice and nephew getting seats and kids in and out of the back is a lot easier. the 4x4 factor is more a subconscious feel safe factor. all in all its a package that a lot of women find reassuring and so they sell in their masses. the badge on the front just depends where you fall in the badge snobbery scale. Very true, you see more women driving them than men, the lady down the lane from us has a gigantic black one and lives on her own. I very much doubt that a lot of the owners are true car enthusiasts though. Pete Quote
Wayne370Z Posted September 19, 2013 Posted September 19, 2013 I`d have one or any other BMW for that matter. Purely so as not to get any points for speeding as, judging from our little trip down the M6 & M5 to Cornwall and back the other week, the speed limits don`t legally apply to you if you`re in a BMW ! Quote
Dblock Posted September 19, 2013 Posted September 19, 2013 I agree it's ugly but the styling looks very "american" to me. Quote
KyleR Posted September 20, 2013 Posted September 20, 2013 The 3.5 gen black lamps was a good looking car lol Certainly better than most BMWs ive ever seen! The 1 series has the face of someone who got punched on a weekend lol Theres nothing good looking about it. You could say its a bit...angry?....but besides that I wouldn't thank you for it. lol Mind you I don't like 'fussy' design which BMW are all over, too many lines, bits and bobs all over the car. I had a 1st gen coupe, the S coupe, it's melted down for scrap by now, where it belongs As for the 1 series, it looks like crap as a 5 door with standard rims, but buy the 3 door and upgrade to 18's and it looks good. I'm talking about the e81's, the new 2012(?) model isn't as nice. Quote
Tomhappyapril Posted September 20, 2013 Posted September 20, 2013 Everyone with a caravan has a 4x4 even though there still no need,seriously go to a camp site and your the odd one out without a 4x4! Quote
chubbster Posted September 27, 2013 Posted September 27, 2013 Mind you there are plenty of 1 Series owners out there.... My misses has a 1 series and i certainly wouldnt say its an ugly car... quite the opposite Mine too, compared to say... A Hyundai Coupe, it's stunning Haha - ever since my first 350z, whenever we see a Hyundai Coupe my son has taken great delight in whispering, "Oh look, there's a car like yours.", because he knows how angry it makes me. Must agree that the new BMW is fugliest. Quote
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