BMW Naming Scheme

"LongbowMkII" (longbowmkii) 05/29/2015 at 10:40 • Filed to: None

0

13

Instead of lambasting them for making a grand coupe everything ( !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! ) I think BMW needs to drop the standard sedan. It would be risky, “But what about headrooom?!?!” Except that BMW already has options for those needs (X#, and “GT” body). I think anyone can agree that the 4GC and 6GC are better looking than the sedans they ultimately are derived from. I’d argue that style is more of a selling point to the BMW sedans than practicality. As I said, your average BMW family looking for utility is going to be looking at the X crossovers first anyways, or if they are blind a GT version. I see why they keep wanting to coupe everything (hint: the 6GC starts at nearly 30k more than the 5 series [although much of that has to do with no base model 6]) Nearly free margin boosters is a hard business model to argue against, but BMW can become a design and style leader overnight and be proactive in the defense of their German luxury throne.

!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!

spanfucker retire bitch > LongbowMkII 05/29/2015 at 10:45

0

It’s not that absurd of an opinion. You can already look at today’s mid-size sedans as a lot of them already do that for a mix of both style and increased aerodynamic efficiency. Just look at vehicles like the Fusion and 200 that already do that low-slung roof in the back.

Officer Jim Lahey is not a real cop > LongbowMkII 05/29/2015 at 10:45

0

But M5

LongbowMkII > Officer Jim Lahey is not a real cop 05/29/2015 at 10:47

0

But M6. Edit: there would still be an M5, but all 5 series would just have “coupe styling”

Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. > LongbowMkII 05/29/2015 at 11:35

1

Wait, so you are trying to say that the 4 and 6 series gran coupes looks better than the 3 and 5 series, and that we should just eliminate the 3 and 5 series?

Officer Jim Lahey is not a real cop > LongbowMkII 05/29/2015 at 11:43

0

The German in me prefers the more conservative, restrained styling of the sedans, especially the 550 and M5. But I agree with you on the 6 series.

Also not sure if/how this would translate to the 7 series.

LongbowMkII > Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. 05/29/2015 at 11:56

0

yeah, basically. It could still be called the 3 or 5 series since obviously the name has cachet, but I’m not going to predict what BMW would call it.

The names are made up and the rules don’t matter!

LongbowMkII > Officer Jim Lahey is not a real cop 05/29/2015 at 11:59

0

the 7 series is a thing?

I think that would be the biggest hurdle, but it could stay conservative. No one thinks of the 7 series when they think of BMW so either way I don’t think the styling wouldn’t make much of an impression on the public perception of BMW.

Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. > LongbowMkII 05/29/2015 at 12:19

1

Why not just eliminate the 2-4-6-8 nomenclature? 1-3-5-7 should just denote platform size, and the doors could be added/removed however people wanted? It makes no sense to say “odd numbers have 4 doors, even numbers have 2 doors. Except for gran coupe even numbers, those also have four.”

Making a four door version of a two door version of a four door version is incredibly inane.

Officer Jim Lahey is not a real cop > LongbowMkII 05/29/2015 at 13:12

0

Generally car enthusiasts don’t care so much about the 7, but other buyers do. And it’s huge in China.

LongbowMkII > Officer Jim Lahey is not a real cop 05/29/2015 at 13:36

1

China maybe, but compared to the S class and A8 the 7 series is far behind here.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > LongbowMkII 05/29/2015 at 21:50

0

But the Gran Coupes are ugly.

LongbowMkII > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 05/29/2015 at 23:27

0

their sedan siblings aren’t supermodels either....

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > LongbowMkII 05/29/2015 at 23:32

1

True, but I personally prefer the regular sedans to the gran coupes.