Comments on: BMW X1 spotted during photo shooting

By: Giom

Giom — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:38:21 +0000

@Lance: I absolutly agree with you. The only answere I can come up with, is so that the premium cars can look better. It's like a gorgous girl with low self esteem - always hanging out with the visually challenged girls so that she can look good. But, I agree with you when you say it hurts the overall image of that model and the marque.

By: Lance

Lance — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:29:38 +0000

@Giom: Speaking of view of the car. I just have one point that I would like to make. I always don’t understand why car manufacturers bring out models with black plastic parts like door handles when they have a full body colour treatment with more expensive ranges of the same model. e.g. the 4 cylinder 3 series used to come out without the option of body parts in body colour, so did the 1 Series hatch. It doesn’t actually costs them much more to spray paint those as well and it definately make the car look far far cheaper than a car not in the premium market like a Toyota. That 1 Series hatch with body parts in black look terrible.

If they care so much about they way people perceive their cars, the image of the car, etc. Why have ugly versions of that model run around the streets??? Why not let people have a car that will look its best? I believe that some negative image of the design of the 1 Series hatch is because it had versions running around that do not look premium at all. Another example, the first X3 that came out looked terrible with those black plastic bumpers – abosolutely cheap! The current one, with a better designed and coloured bumper, looks good. But the damage has already been done, in people’s minds, the X3 is an ugly car!

By: Giom

Giom — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:15:04 +0000

I do feel sorry for car manufacturers -having to go to such extremes just to be able to show their new car in an appropriate marketing manner. They want the publics first view of the car to be just perfect. I can understand the frustration.

But it is interesting to get glimpses of the new car before the unveiling.

By: Fuxl

Fuxl — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:01:26 +0000

there is no such thing as a bmw 2.3l diesel:)

By: jkp

jkp — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:47:13 +0000

This car screams for a 4-cyl diesel. Please. It isn’t supposed to tear up the motorways (although the BMW 2.3L turbo diesel will do that just fine!)