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05-05-2007 | 06:09 AM
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Originally Posted by subterFUSE' post='421256' date='May 5 2007, 05:20 AM
The ONLY thing we have learned from looking at those pictures is what the F10 won't look like. 
Not bad at all
05-05-2007 | 07:12 AM
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I love it, but just as KU530 demonstrated, there are plenty of 5 buyers demanding a certain regal qualty that seperates it from the 3. As for me, the sportier looking the better. Hands down the best car in the BMW lineup is and has always been the 3. Its the purest expression of the BMW promise.... build a car as sporty and compact (1st priority) as possible while still practical (2nd priority). Somewhere in the last ten years that has been dilluted to "as well built as a Merc but more sporty" There is a huge difference between these two. The Five has always been a blend. The current product is great. Edgy but still elegant. Notice the competition has caught up thhough. Bring on the flame styling and 20 inch OEM wheels....
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05-05-2007 | 07:24 AM
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05-05-2007 | 08:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Ricracing' post='421362' date='May 5 2007, 08:24 AM
In the German AMS web site these pics have been offered as the new F10 5-series.
05-05-2007 | 08:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Hormazd' post='421374' date='May 5 2007, 06:04 PM
Then they are still playing. No speculation until 4 months before final production.
05-05-2007 | 10:01 AM
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I like this design, although I agree it's a little too much like a 3? It doesn't quite have the kind of presence I would want in a 5. I would retain the sharper lines this F10 appears to have versus the e60 but proportionally expand the dimensions a bit, a few percentages bigger. I'd like to see the most muscular look possible without steroids. Any ideas if its a one or two year delay for the F10 M5? Wouldn't mind seeing 600 horses on it.
05-05-2007 | 10:02 AM
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I like it alot but not coming from the current configuration of the 5 series. If they would have come up with that from the old e39 body then that would have been a logical progression. Although it's beautiful its too much like a 3 series and we would Iwould feel robbed
05-05-2007 | 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Ricracing' post='421362' date='May 5 2007, 11:24 AM
In the German AMS web site these pics have been offered as the new F10 5-series.
I like the latter version much more than the former.