Is the new BMW 3-Series coupe a 'Chick Car'?

BMW 335i is a handsome car...does that answer your question.

— BM3W (View Profile)

Posted on 8/7/2006 12:13:13 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1   

If a chick want to drive it, that's fine with me, but the car is all muscle. Relax jealous Lexus lovers.

— devitocoke (View Profile)

Posted on 8/7/2006 12:30:19 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

Maybe

— Carboy (View Profile)

Posted on 8/7/2006 12:34:21 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Cartrash,

A lot of people think the Boxster is a chick car and it would wipe the new 3-series off the road.

Food for thought...

001

— Agent001 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/7/2006 12:36:39 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

It most definately is more elegant in this new iteration than the previous model. Maybe it will attract a more female buyer than previous versions, but to me if the car handles and drives well, I could care less. I did wish however that the car looked a bit more sporty. Maybe they will offer an M-Package to make it appear a bit more sporting.

— atomicbri (View Profile)

Posted on 8/7/2006 12:49:49 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

Not a Chick Car...aren't most BMs driven by men anyway?

— RedCalipers (View Profile)

Posted on 8/7/2006 12:56:27 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

the 3 series was a bit of a girls car last gen (in uk where 318 and 320 cabriolets seem to be everywhere), but this doesn't look that feminine.
cartrash, 3 cars for you. clk, slk, boxster.
girls cars through and through.

— Rupert (View Profile)

Posted on 8/7/2006 1:38:53 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

I know the 3 sedan is more of a chick car, I dont know about the coupe

— skoobasam (View Profile)

Posted on 8/7/2006 1:44:43 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

001-come by my house I live in Marin county just north of San Fran and we can test the old 3 coupe Vs this new one along with the E60 as well as the current 3 sedan! and some other VERY fun cars. Let me know!

— AMG5506 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/7/2006 1:53:11 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

001-come by my house I live in Marin county just north of San Fran and we can test the old 3 coupe Vs this new one along with the E60 as well as the current 3 sedan! and some other VERY fun cars. Let me know!

— AMG5506 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/7/2006 1:57:51 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

I remember when the A4 cabriolet came out my boss was looking at getting one, in all the pictures in the brochure the car was being driven by a woman ---- he bought the 4-door instead.

— matt635 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/7/2006 2:42:31 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

Look at 001, trying to spark up more debate and hatred among posters. Isn't the new 335 quicker than a boxster anyways? Either way I think the coupe looks great, although they (at least the e46) did seem to have more female drivers. I'm guessing the majority of 328i will be sold to females, while males will purchase the 335i.

— phantom330 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/7/2006 2:45:58 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

The "softer" and more elegant a car looks, the more likely a woman will want to drive it. Look at the Mini Cooper, that car was made to drive to the limit by a man, but most purchasers are women who take it to the mall. The Miata is another car that is the perfect track car for a man, but women love it because it's "cute".

Does a car become a "chick" car just because over 50% of the drivers of that car are women? So if suddenly 9 out of 10 Viper owners were women, would that make the Viper a chick car?

Maybe we should take a poll of sororities: the top 5 most popular cars driven by sorority girls are officially "chick cars"

— quizz (View Profile)

Posted on 8/7/2006 3:40:58 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

i'll take your comment with just a pinch of irony, d3wade, as there are at least 3 examples of bimmer girlyness. the z3, x3 and the 3 series compact.
and of course the 3 series convertible with the 318 or 320 or 323.

— Rupert (View Profile)

Posted on 8/7/2006 6:15:15 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

i don't mean irony at all, i mean tongue in cheek.

— Rupert (View Profile)

Posted on 8/7/2006 6:15:45 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

I think it looks sweet better than Wixsons 330i I think the 335 is the way to go 300 HP Twin Turbo

— MRBMW (View Profile)

Posted on 8/7/2006 6:43:19 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

the gentle curviness of the headlights, rounded de-bangleized butt and de-flamed surface remind me of the last generation Acura CL. Not a pretty thought.

— 1970toyotamarc (View Profile)

Posted on 8/7/2006 7:27:43 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

The 335 won't be a chick car but the 325 will be.
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— TauronLB (View Profile)

Posted on 8/7/2006 9:44:15 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

I'll wait for the M... that's my 2 cents.

— ugofil (View Profile)

Posted on 8/7/2006 10:43:28 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

Definitely a "CHICK" car, here in Los Angeles, thats all you pretty much see. girls in 330i coupes, thats their main car. but i dont know this car looks a little bit too aggressive to be a chick car.but im sure it will be a hit with the ladies. !

— six50i (View Profile)

Posted on 8/8/2006 1:23:16 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Just because some girl will drive them doesn't make it a chick car.

I saw an old lady in a Corvette. Does that mean the Corvette is an old lady's car?

Geez...why am I wasting my time even replying to this...

— BMW530i (View Profile)

Posted on 8/8/2006 6:12:59 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

if im considered a chick then its a chick car.......

— M53R (View Profile)

Posted on 8/8/2006 9:17:43 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh,no

— Carboy (View Profile)

Posted on 8/8/2006 11:01:53 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

I don't necessarily think this is a "chick" car. I do see a lot of women drive it. Interestingly, I see a lot of 3-series in West Hollywood. Just something I noticed.

Someone else please explain that comment if I'm not around to do it... :)

— alainiala (View Profile)

Posted on 8/8/2006 12:27:53 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

The 4door 3series is a definite "chick car."

I concur with six50i...In Houston, most of the ladies drive the 3series sedan while the guys drive the 7series. Back in my hometown of Atlanta, it was thought of as "girly" for a guy to get caught driving a baby bimmer (3series).

— Jay7 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/8/2006 3:09:09 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

all lexus are chick cars.
and the 3 series is a chick car also. but other bmw's arnt.

— audirevolution (View Profile)

Posted on 8/8/2006 7:01:22 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

The BMW 330i is definitely is chick for sure now, I see a lot of chick drive those nowday. The new 3 serie look very soft and chick like to me compare to the old.

As far as Lexus goes SC/RX is definitely a chick ride but the GS 300/430/450H and the IS350 is definitely a Manly man car. Compare both the new 330i and IS350 the Lexus way more sporty and aggressive.

Not sure what going on at the BMW manufactured company but their lastest design for the new 330i and M3 look very soft. One might says it the new 330i and M3 look like a chick car instead of a real man car. The last generation of the 330i and M3 look way more aggressive. Even the new Audi RS4 look way more aggressive than the new 2007 M3; at from the photo that I see floating around.

— Lexus (View Profile)

Posted on 8/9/2006 1:28:20 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

In the BMW lineup if you drive the 6 or 7 serie than it a man car but you drive a 3 serie you driving a chick bro!;. Sorry that the new trend now down here in Hungtington beach and Newport Beach California. I see more chick driving those 3 series more than the guy. Hey!..it alright it still a Bimmer....right LOL:)

Lexus

ah..ha.ha.ha.ha.

p.s, In fact my girlfriend drove one, but when we go out, I pick her up with my manly man Lexus IS350 or the GS430. Want a real man car goe the Lexus IS350, Acura TL or Audi A4. Now those car look way more manly than the new 3 series for sure...

— Lexus (View Profile)

Posted on 8/9/2006 1:42:36 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

so Lexus, you're a manly man?

oh and i just found out we don't even get the is 350 over here.

— Rupert (View Profile)

Posted on 8/9/2006 4:44:30 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

I agree with Lexus you'd be better off with a lexus like my 05 LS 430 now thats a mans car dont get me wrong I love the 7 series and the new 3 has a similiar rear tail light think of the 3 as a chicks 7

— Lexlover (View Profile)

Posted on 8/9/2006 1:14:44 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

I would say that it isn't a "chick" car. Reading the previous marketing material from Munich it stated that the target market for the 335i is males aged 45. For the 328, it was evenly split across both sexes. This is probably based on current sales of the e46 coupe.

— lewissalem (View Profile)

Posted on 8/9/2006 2:36:31 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

no

— Carboy (View Profile)

Posted on 8/9/2006 3:09:53 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

bmw expert..."BECAUSE WOMEN COULD CARE LESS ABOUT POWER "

if you mean "couldn't", that's a bit sexist....especially considering the amount of women i see in maseratis.
you've gone from "how refeshing" to "maniac" in 7 comments IMO.

— Rupert (View Profile)

Posted on 8/9/2006 5:06:08 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

I hate to get in this, but please....how you can you honestly call any Lexus a MANLY car. Are you out of your friggin mind. Every single Lexus on the market is a chick car.

— adam (View Profile)

Posted on 8/9/2006 5:49:10 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Oh wow, how convenient, you just happen to own a 550i? Hmmm, mind telling me EXACTLY where the tools are? With that kind of attitude, your car probably gets more action from the ladies than you do.

Haha, uhh, LS460h isn't on sale yet dope. There's a reason why you haven't seen an LS, coupe or convertable yet, they haven't gone to market.

Gee, another expert BMW fan who thinks reading a brochure makes them pros. You probably wear BMW knickers don't you?

— huu76 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/9/2006 8:35:50 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

The fans must be worried that the 3-coupe really is a woman's car. Why all the troops out to defend their manhood?

— huu76 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/9/2006 8:38:45 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

@ Lexus

As far as Lexus goes SC/RX is definitely a chick ride but the GS 300/430/450H and the IS350 is definitely a Manly man car. Compare both the new 330i and IS350 the Lexus way more sporty and aggressive.
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So your definition of manliness is a guy who drives an AUTOMATIC IS350? Oh oh... :p

— BMW530i (View Profile)

Posted on 8/9/2006 8:43:58 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

Being a chick car has nothing to do with performance or power. It is merely based upon looks. Or at least that's what the originator meant. He never said he drove it.

— redmarquis (View Profile)

Posted on 8/10/2006 6:58:36 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Hey Bmwexpert ever here of the GS 450h

— Lexlover (View Profile)

Posted on 8/10/2006 9:00:47 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

It is hard for a guy to find a ride these days that you dont see a chick in. In the area of Florida I live, chicks drive all the sweet rides. Long live the chicks! The scenery is first class.

— PM34231 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/10/2006 4:08:59 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

As I said before, this car looks so weak and chicky no matter how well it drives.

G35 coupe? now that's a man's car.

— dlin (View Profile)

Posted on 8/19/2006 11:33:01 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

NO!

— Carboy (View Profile)

Posted on 9/14/2006 10:29:32 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1