Wow. I love this, especially the color.

"HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute" (hondoyota) 06/12/2019 at 10:50 • Filed to: N U T

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New G21 3 Series Touring. Sadly doesn’t look like it’s coming to the U.S., but hot damn.

Arrivederci > HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute 06/12/2019 at 10:58

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That is a nice color and we never get the wagons.

fintail > HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute 06/12/2019 at 11:01

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Looks like MB is the last vestige of the non faux-butch (no unpainted plastic cladding etc ) German wagon for the USDM.

HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute > fintail 06/12/2019 at 11:04

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What?

fintail > HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute 06/12/2019 at 11:06

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BMW - wagons gone

Audi - faux butch

Buick - faux butch Opel

MB - normal and sport

oops forgot VW, still has a non-faux butch I think

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute 06/12/2019 at 11:09

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I think the Volvo wins on style.

HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute > fintail 06/12/2019 at 11:10

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The hell is a faux butch? My brain hasn’t fully awakened yet lol

412GTI > HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute 06/12/2019 at 11:11

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Me too! I love the Sport package/M340i version. 

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > fintail 06/12/2019 at 11:20

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Not German, but Volvo still has the V60 and V90 regular wagons (Non-cross country) but those are special order only. I am thankful for that because that means a used one will be available someday sometime in t he future

Also, for extra $1000 you can make the Allroad non-faux butch to match the rest of the body on certain colors

BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 06/12/2019 at 11:21

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Nah.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute 06/12/2019 at 11:25

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Body cladding.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo 06/12/2019 at 11:26

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Ja. 

HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 06/12/2019 at 11:28

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Ah. Thanks for clearing it up, I didn't even know what that was at all

fintail > HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute 06/12/2019 at 11:31

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Yeah, cladding and maybe even a mild lift, I put it in my original post :)

fintail > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 06/12/2019 at 11:33

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I think I’ve seen maybe one each of the normal Volvos, maybe as rare as my non-sport E wagon. I bet depreciation will be even stronger, too.

Allroad makes it faux butch even without cladding IMO, I think it sits a little higher, but at least doesn’t have pretend-tough trim.

Tapas > HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute 06/12/2019 at 11:38

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That is nearly perfect.

Wish the front bumper, lights and grill were slightly less sucky.

wafflesnfalafel > HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute 06/12/2019 at 12:07

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Outback-ified

Saracen > fintail 06/12/2019 at 13:31

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Volvo V60 and V90 are both available without the Cross Country nonsense.

Saracen > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 06/12/2019 at 13:32

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The Volvo is beautiful, clean design.

I don’t know why their is so much love for the G20.  It’s not attractive.  And I’m not crazy for the G21 aside from the fact that it’s a wagon.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Saracen 06/12/2019 at 13:37

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E30 > E46 > E90 > E36 > G20 > F30

fintail > Saracen 06/12/2019 at 13:57

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Not German and quite rare (special order only at least for V90 right?) but yes.

Saracen > fintail 06/12/2019 at 14:09

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Not German, but close enough.  V60's aren’t special order as far as I know.

fintail > Saracen 06/12/2019 at 14:11

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Is Korean close enough for Japanese? Maybe French close enough for Italian? :)

I think I see even less current style non-XC wagons as I see late model E wagons, so maybe the market speaks.

superdave847 > HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute 06/12/2019 at 19:38

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That’s beautiful 

superdave847 > fintail 06/12/2019 at 19:38

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Isn’t there a Ferrari and a Jag?

fintail > superdave847 06/12/2019 at 22:00

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I see the Ferrari as a shooting brake.  Jag, still offered?  I guess so, easy to forget.  I think I’ve seen one.

for Michigan > HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute 06/14/2019 at 14:49

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I got through most of David Tracy’s article on it yesterday wondering what he was going on about. It looked pretty meh.

Then I got to the end and saw the lone picture with that color and realized why: the gray on all the other photos completely kills the surfacing. Takes a sharp looking car and makes it rather dull.

And I actually like some cars in gray—i t can be a good look—b ut not this one. This one needs a good metallic color to properly show it off.