What a dud! These designs are just ruining the brand.
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We actually do have opinions, indeed. Mine is that a dashboard that seems to consist of ipads thrown to a sticky surface by someone who managed to throw them all horizontally is ugly from all angles, and is a disaster from a design point of view, especially from a brand that claims to have good design.
I am to this day not sure how (and if) the problem of glare has been solved for a dash that has no visor over it. I would guess that BMW either used some super-duper prisms or whatever, either has its new dashboard suffering from glare big time.
I don't want to open a can of worms here, but here's a very simple proof that a modern dashboard CAN consist entierly of screens AND look good:
I am not comparing brands or anything, just using an example of how to make something modern technologically that doesn't use weird solutions for the sake of weirdness. It could go all screens if technology requires it, without having to look like one big flat 2x6 wood plank from Home Depot.
Needless to say that on top of looking decently good the middle of the dash also DOES tilt towards the driver, which is something that - THE IRONY - BMW was one of the very first brands to bring in its design language (and which was both useful AND good looking).
It is ok to get outdone by others, but outdouing them all for a time then leave THEM all the good design tricks is simply sad. BMW used to have the best dashboards. Only the MK4 Supra and some Euro supercars could match them.
I can't believe that the fumes from Bangle's dashboard experiments with the Z8's dashboard have still not vented out from BMW's design offices. Twenty+ years should have been enough
So - sorry, but yes, the new dash is a disaster in that new design language.
I believe the main issue is not with the grille itself, but the fact that it is protruding way above the headlights this time (it was overlapping maybe an inch on most previous models). And it purposedly shows as part of the hood now, rather than "starting" a bit under it.
Car fascias are anthropomorphic no matter what we think of them. Some cars are "smiling" (some Renault Twingo models and overall some small city cars for example), angry (most sports car and most good-looking BMWs ), they usually convey an expression.
The new grille is like a human with the nose starting not between the two eyes, but an inch above them.
Car fascias are anthropomorphic no matter what we think of them. Some cars are "smiling" (some Renault Twingo models and overall some small city cars for example), angry (most sports car and most good-looking BMWs
), they usually convey an expression.The new grille is like a human with the nose starting not between the two eyes, but an inch above them.
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