[Hula-Hula]

Originally Posted by coco

Damn that looks really good, proportion-wise! They need to start removing some of that camo!

I totally agree with the proportion thing.. they looked pretty akward in some spypics.. but I guess that's what BMW wants it to be.. when it'll be revealed I bet I have a new favourite BMW

[jcslp15]

I'm scared that the taillights will be like the ones in the photoshop with wide huge rear lights

[davide]

yaaaaaaaaaaaahooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[eshamas21]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH looks good... but u really cant see anything... but at least the body doesnt look deformed like it did in spypics.... now i just wanna see the tail lights... where did u get that pic from... and could u get more???

[abc]

i can't tell with that rear bra on, but it appears the rear bumper is not as protruding out, it's more flush with the overall end of the car compared to the sedan...

i've been looking on and off at the rear of the sedan and wondering for me, why it looks so bad... i realized it was the bumper...

previous to this i only felt it was the that the taillights need the clear/white portion to extend through, and the lights top halves were too curved.

[davide]

[E90-4life]

shizzzzzzzzznit! Those last few pics are siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick, wow, this car is mine!!!!

[SCA]

Hmm...if I purchase a new 3 I just may have to waiit a bit just to see what the coupe ends up looking like.

[deadfresh]

From Scott26

When the product plan originated BMW 3er Sedan and Touring and 4er Coupe and Cabrio . The designers then set about differing these models like the C-Klasse coupe if you like is the CLK - That idea intrigued the BMW board of management because A- it was different than the original platform vehicle and B - because the E63 6er Coupe and cabrio were waiting in the wings.
The idea was spawn to create something individual than the platform that originated the 3er Sedan and Touring.
Hence why BMW decided to go forth with the 4er plan unfortunately marketing determined that this might not work but the consensus within
BMW favoured the plan to introduce the coupe as the BMW 4er . The plan was put to a vote but the results although extremely close decided to go with resorting the name back to the 3er Coupe.

I think the idea would have worked if they continued to use the 4er .

Now the name has changed but the design ideas live on the new 3er Coupe is seen as individual fromn the 3er sedan and Touring .
Why ? Because it is from the beginning of idea grabbing to be individual in design - (Even the wheel designs differ greatly taking cue from the 6er with elipsoid designs) , performance , and especially dynamics the car has been developed to be more focused as a performance car than the 3er sedan.

With the Cabrio you will have the benefit of a open top cabrio and the enclosure of a coupe - The best of both worlds.

And then you are going to have the 335i BMW's first step in turbocharged petrol engines for a long while. The Coupe will be the first car to have the turbocharged 3.0 under it's hood and then the engine will roll out to the rest of the 3er models before being placed under other BMW products.

If you saw the Autozeitung magazine pictures ( Picture 1 PIcture 2 ) this is what the Coupe and Cabrio will look like. Sleeker and more individual design than the 3er Sedan.

Also remember with the upcoming E87 based Coupe and Cabrio the positioning of the new 3er Coupe and cabrio will be more clearer.
Like the upcoming X5 will make the X3 positioning more clearer.

And then this magnificent car will then form the basis of the next M3 - Which is said to be using the benchmark of the Porsche 997.
Which the E92 will be closer to than before - The M3 development team also are trying out the AM V8 as the 380 BHP car will no doubt be competition for the E92 - The engineers especially like the sound of the AM V8 and are working to emulate such a roar for the next M3.
A whole department are working on the sound.

The next M3 will expect to be fractionally more expensive than todays car however the payoff will be more power , noise, technology and of course Carbon fibre components such as the roof to offset the increase.

[Mark]

I really like the concept in that first picture, the rear im unsure off, its from the 7 series and seems too austere and non-sport

[Xens]

If that's how the tailiights look like, then I think the sedan's ones look better. It's scary though, because from the disguised photos, it looks like it MIGHT just be it.

EDIT: once the shock wears off I think I'll like it, it's very different.

[db17k]

I don't want another coupe, it'd have to look waaaaaay better for me to consider it.

[ZOA330i]

I like the tail lights. They remind me of the old CLK430 tail lights but nicer.

http://home.adelphia.net/~hooman/images/CLK%20Rear.jpg

Mark,

It looks like your sig is on par with the way it might look.

Overall, I'm still planning on the coupe.

[ZOA330i]

Could someone photoshop these wheels (CSL) on to the first pic?

http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthr...light=csl+rims

TIA

[eshamas21]

ive been waitin for the coupe but these pictures dont really make me that happy about waiting all this time.. i dunno... what does everyone else think?

[abc]

sigh, i dont think i like the headlight shape at all...too girly car... the sedan had a more angular, straight forward style. as a matter of fact i like the sedan's slight swirl on the headlight where it meets the hood... the coupe doesn't have that, just 1 curve like a mitsu eclipse.

[jcslp15]

i dont know im a little dissappointed, it looks a little to honda civic coupe type to me

[Xens]

Originally Posted by eshamas21

ive been waitin for the coupe but these pictures dont really make me that happy about waiting all this time.. i dunno... what does everyone else think?

Wait till you see it in person to decide whether you like it enough to buy it.

[abc]

Originally Posted by jcslp15

i dont know im a little dissappointed, it looks a little to honda civic coupe type to me

i definitely am not impressed w/ the front... so i like the Red pic. a lot more... the back i can accept...

i think those long, firm tail lights with a gradual bend is a lot better than those econo hatch back car looking squashed tail lights on the sedan.

[eshamas21]

Originally Posted by abc

i definitely am not impressed w/ the front... so i like the Red pic. a lot more... the back i can accept...

i think those long, firm tail lights with a gradual bend is a lot better than those econo hatch back car looking squashed tail lights on the sedan.

yea i hear u i like the coupe tail lights better then the sedans ... i dont like how the lights angle in the front... but well just have to wait and see what it actually looks like... maybe it looks better when u see it in person.

[BMW-ALPINA]

oh, i like it

[ZenDriver]

The front doesn't worry me. That shot/rendering is from a really strange angle. The only person who is going to see my E92 from the post modern, groud perspective is the guy I just backed over... which I don't do that often anymore.