Oh look, BMW ruined the X5 ...

Kinja'd!!! "m2m, apex detective" (m2m)
09/21/2013 at 08:31 • Filed to: BMW, X5, ruined

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Just saw this god-awful rear end of the revised/new BMW X5. How did they convince themselves to think this is an improvement over the old design?

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DISCUSSION (7)


Kinja'd!!! KnowsAboutCars > m2m, apex detective
09/21/2013 at 08:50

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I don't think it looks bad, not better than the old one but not significantly worse either.

I'm not a fan of that black plastic skirts though.


Kinja'd!!! Sun-Tzubaru - With Zoom-Zoom > m2m, apex detective
09/21/2013 at 09:02

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Obligatory 'BMW should never have made the X-Series to begin with! Brand dilution! Model Bloat!' et cetera


Kinja'd!!! m2m, apex detective > Sun-Tzubaru - With Zoom-Zoom
09/21/2013 at 09:24

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Not really, they've built the car before, so it's can't be considered further brand dilution if you ask me.

That said, this monstrosity now weighs (that's the 30d version) 2145 kg, which is some 30 kg more than the respective RR Sport.


Kinja'd!!! PS9 > m2m, apex detective
09/21/2013 at 10:00

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These are the same people who were convinced that a 5 series hot hatch would be awesome. So..yeah.


Kinja'd!!! exizeo - still loving fourza > KnowsAboutCars
09/21/2013 at 10:13

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They aren't all black plastic.

The M Sport looks completely different. Painted bits, revised lower back end, etc. The OP was doing apples to oranges by comparing E70 M Sport to F15 M Sport.


Kinja'd!!! m2m, apex detective > PS9
09/21/2013 at 12:04

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It actually took me a moment to figure out what car you meant.


Kinja'd!!! Armen Borrell > m2m, apex detective
09/21/2013 at 17:07

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looks like they copied the taillights from the "new" civic