PARIS MOTOR SHOW: Spies Scoop The Competition With First Show Car Photos in Paris

I've never seen an X6 without tinted windows. They should be a mandatory "option".

— Agent004 (View Profile)

Posted on 10/1/2008 2:32:09 PM | | Votes: -3   

Unfortunately I'm gonna have to beat this dead horse as well. These photos confirm that the 7 looks too much like the LS. Ok, I'm done hitting the poor horse.

— E36er (View Profile)

Posted on 10/1/2008 1:48:40 PM | | Votes: 0   

Some may say the Lexus copy the 7, I forget the actual model number but the rear pays hommage to the 1990 7 series

— Jaybrn (View Profile)

Posted on 10/1/2008 2:37:18 PM | | Votes: 4   

Jaybrn, I think it's only because of the swooped up LEDs in the rears just like the LS's, although for quite some time the 3 and 5 series had ones that went straight across. Now add in the exhaust (which I'm not sure if BMW ever implemented either in shape or INTO the bumper)and the similiarities can't be ignored.

— StarSearch (View Profile)

Posted on 10/1/2008 4:31:03 PM | | Votes: 1   

I only see the exhaust being a similarity. The lights are different enough that you shouldn't confuse them, at least by these pictures

— M35MT (View Profile)

Posted on 10/1/2008 6:56:14 PM | | Votes: 2   

M35MT

check the last generation X5 4.8is, and the new Xs..

— M53R (View Profile)

Posted on 10/2/2008 3:50:37 AM | | Votes: 1   

Any Lexus = Turd on Wheels

— QuantumMatrix (View Profile)

Posted on 10/1/2008 3:12:27 PM | | Votes: 3   

You're pretty critical of BMWs, aren't you?

— S4cabriofoxone (View Profile)

Posted on 10/1/2008 10:53:23 PM | | Votes: 2   

Not really - I have a 328i hardtop/cabriolet that I like very much (aside from the meager trunk room when the top is down) and an S550.

I sadly miss the days of the older BMW's - the E30 3-series was I think the high point of the marque, followed by the design leadership of the late 80's early 90's 5/7 series. I think the current x5 is pretty great - though I think the x6 is pretty pointless.

I also think the addition of run-flat tires across the board has diminished the driving experience - though on paper, the cars may deliver better performance numbers they just clomp over bumps now, shaking the car's structure.

I've never before seen the new 750's IP from the passenger side, and I have to say, it seems, in my opinion to loom across the dashboard with all the grace of a brick wall. Perhaps it was the camera angle.

— nybimmer (View Profile)

Posted on 10/1/2008 11:16:19 PM | | Votes: 0