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Originally Posted by mjr24
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Originally Posted by jstein55
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Originally Posted by ALPINA_DREAMS
The hate is real and palpable in this thread. Mostly from those who will never own an M5 in their lives, or people with the pre-LCI who are butthurt now that their M5 looks dated.
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To most people, they probably can't tell the difference between a pre or post-LCI 5er, or hell even a G30 or F10 5er, M5 and M550, and so on, what about this LCI dates the pre-refresh greatly? The changes aren't that significant. The car as a whole has looked dated since its first day on sale and still does even post-LCI since it borrows so heavily on the F10 design which is now 10 years old, that's not to say that its a bad looking car, as its very good looking, but the design is far from fresh or new in a sense. |
That makes no sense. That's like saying the new 911 is dated because they basically built upon the previous generation and barely changed it. You don't mess with a good thing. I like the changes.....car looks good. However, there isn't an LCI short of the 7 series that significantly changed the car so much that it looks that much different than the pre LCI. |
It makes plenty of sense, the original post argued that the LCI had dated the pre-refresh car extensively due to the changes, to which I said the car in pre refresh has looked dated already since its inception, and the changes made in the LCI aren't of large significance, with both pre and post LCI cars looking dated due to their design, same could be said for the interior.
As for the 911, some people do find it dated, hence why jokes are made that its looked the same since the 70's and that they can't tell a new from old. Dated does not mean ugly, dated just means it doesn't look fresh or new, to which the current 5-series is. It could easily be confused for an F10 car from 2012.
I am not saying BMW needs to change the design, I am simply saying that it is dated.