BMW 2 series GT

=XDC=FluphyBunny · 16 Feb 2015 at 23:09

Awesome, another school run lump on the road to get stuck behind when trying to get to work.

WJA96 · 17 Feb 2015 at 02:55

[TW]Fox;27641047 said:
Like the devaluation of the Mercedes brand when they started making FWD hatchbacks and bargain bucket commercial vans?

Mercedes have always been a three-pronged brand. They made good vans, good trucks and good cars. Somehow they managed to keep being a premium brand even when most of the taxis in Western Europe were Mercedes saloons.

Whether they still make good vans (the small one is a Renault) or small cars (Smart/Twingo) is open to question, but they don't seem to have any trouble shifting A and B class cars and as far as I'm aware their trucks are still very much premium vehicles.

BMW need this like they need a hole in the head. It's not the ultimate driving machine it's a Steyr-Puch built vanilla-wagon with a BMW badge on it. Competing with VAG is daft for BMW. They should stick to what they are good at and (re)create a brand (like Mini) if they want to go downmarket.

EdGey · 17 Feb 2015 at 03:28

Lol that's rank.

Jano · 17 Feb 2015 at 11:29

Saw one of these in the flesh the other day and it surprised me in that it didn't look as bad as I thought it would. It's not a pretty car in the slightest, just not as ugly as I expected.

mjt · 17 Feb 2015 at 11:37

Nice car IRL. Nice and roomy, good quality interior.
But it's a BMW C-Max and I don't want one.

Can't understand the hate personally.

[TW]Fox · 17 Feb 2015 at 11:59

Jano said:
Saw one of these in the flesh the other day and it surprised me in that it didn't look as bad as I thought it would.

Because you didn't see one, as it's not out yet. You saw the Active Tourer not the GT.

mrk · 17 Feb 2015 at 12:05

Howard said:
If they put the 35i engine in it, all is forgiven.

Negative. No engine can forgive such an ugly face and body.

Jonnycoupe · 17 Feb 2015 at 13:11

Plus it won't fit anyway. Engine is transverse.

antijoke · 17 Feb 2015 at 13:18

mrk said:
Negative. No engine can forgive such an ugly face and body.

Is that the equivilent of 'elbows too pointy' but for cars?

mrk · 17 Feb 2015 at 13:37

anticonscience said:
Is that the equivilent of 'elbows too pointy' but for cars?

Except with a valid point to serve

May as well be a disfigured Multipla

MooMoo444 · 17 Feb 2015 at 15:38

This looks awfulll, good thing I wasn't planning on buying one.

Rilot · 17 Feb 2015 at 15:54

It will sell well. I just think it's a shame that it's front wheel drive. I guess if they adapted the 1-series platform they would lose too much in interior packaging to be competitive.

tombomb · 17 Feb 2015 at 15:56

They needed something to replace the old b class i suppose

Howard · 17 Feb 2015 at 16:07

I don't really see how it's "ugly". About as exciting as wallpaper paste, perhaps. But it's not offensive to my eyes. It just looks like another MPV aside from the BMW styling cues. It's more pleasing to look at than all the recent French things.

Mind you, I don't think the F20 1 series is ugly either (although the M Sport looks infinitely better than the poverty spec versions), so perhaps my opinion is invalid.