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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
AMcA @ Apr 20th 2008 1:41PM
Bless 'em - they got rid of that hideous, improvised looking double hump instrument binnacle. HUGE improvement.
IK47 @ Apr 20th 2008 9:25PM
I liked the "double-hump"...
I hate it when companies throw out their good ideas just because the market doesn't 'get it' yet.
like when BMW changed the location of the window controls from the center to the doors
Cross @ Apr 20th 2008 1:46PM
Man, with this pic, the radio console, with the woodgrain look, it looks like a design out of the mid to late 90's. I feel old just looking at it.
That One Person @ Apr 20th 2008 2:49PM
Funny you mention that. I was staring at it and it looks like the dash and the wood has the same texture and look as my buddy's 96 Chrysler LHS.
Ford Wannup @ Apr 20th 2008 11:24PM
Actually, look closely and there are a few, very promising things:
- driver oriented mid-dash, exactly what BMWs are supposed to have
- shifter where shifter should be
- quad gauges, instead of teeny gauges
In all, this is a tacit acknowledgment that they need to draw on genuine BMW's design DNA rather than the modernistic crap that they tried to shove down our throats during the past decade. For those who complained about retro-ugliness or how the wood grain is all wrong, dude...it's a work-in-progress concept prototype.
Matt Keller @ Apr 20th 2008 1:51PM
It's a problem when you like the interior of the Buick more than the interior of the BMW.
Torrent @ Apr 20th 2008 1:52PM
What's wrong with Buick's?
Aprime @ Apr 20th 2008 2:17PM
Buick is entry-level Luxury/American Lexus.
That's what's wrong.
Thedevil @ Apr 20th 2008 2:01PM
What's not wrong with Buick's?
Blake @ Apr 20th 2008 3:02PM
No candy for you!
HotRodzNKustoms @ Apr 20th 2008 2:04PM
That doesn't look like the interior out of a flagship sedan to me.
mike @ Apr 20th 2008 2:21PM
Man that's fugly! Kind'a like a mid-80's Buick.
JapanCarBlog.com @ Apr 20th 2008 2:24PM
Gotta love the Honda steering wheel and meter wide panel gaps.
gmcbob @ Apr 20th 2008 2:33PM
BWM's are cool, but the name is why people pay $10,000 more than their competition in pretty much every segment. In other words, the cars aren't worth the premium.
Has BMW significantly changed the way their interiors look in the past 20 years or so (other than adding navigation screens)?
Yar @ Apr 20th 2008 2:38PM
Reminds me of my old Wagoneer for some reason...
Stuka @ Apr 20th 2008 2:44PM
Woodgrain FTW!
Stuka @ Apr 20th 2008 2:45PM
Gah, it looks so early to mid 90's. Maybe its just the poor quality image that is giving it that feel. But even then, the 50 button layout for the stereo is not my cup of tea.
k.w.a @ Apr 20th 2008 3:03PM
what are you guys talking about? if anything, the interior looks like that of the new X5. Whether or not you like the X5's interior, well, that is the question.
Im excited for the new 7 series, although i hope they don't water it down completely. I think Bangle was on to something. Say what you want about the current 7 series, but you can't deny it sent all its other competitors back to the drawing board. Remember how Vanilla the S-Class and Lexus LS used to be? Look at them now. I applaud BMW for at least having the balls to take the initiative
pscs @ Apr 20th 2008 3:09PM
it looks bland. that dash looks out of position to the right of the screen where there's this huge blank slab of plastic.
basically this pre-production model's righter side of the dash does not align properly :P
swe @ Apr 20th 2008 3:11PM
i bet it would look a lot better without the wood.