Looks fine but I don't understand the market for a car like this. Who would get this over a 3 series or a 5 series?

 

The title should be "For 42K, you can get yourself an ugly front BMW."

 

i dont think its ugly... but sure isnt as pretty as A5/S5 when it just came out... and yeah, interior has too much plastics... not to mention that blind spot warning which is the cheapest solution i have ever seen.

 

On the "Luxury Line" of the US 3-series, the "line badge delete" option is standard--you can elect for the "Luxury" plate, but it's not there unless you specifically order it that way. Presumably this will be the case on the 4-series as well.

The badge delete option isn't standard on the sport line (meaning by default it has the "sport" tag on the fender), but is a zero-cost option, and one that I'd definitely take--assuming I wouldn't be getting the M-sport (which of course I would), which doesn't even permit a line badge on the front fender.

I agree with the sentiment though--the line designation badges are beyond stupid, and have no place on a car in this segment.

 

I dont find this to be ugly but I am disappointed. Cant believe I like the sedan more than the coupe (which i dont find that attractive either) and historically I always found the 3 coupe model to be much sexier.

 

what does 4 have to do with dying?

the 3 series is the 4 door sedan and the coupe is now the 4 series. the 5 series is bigger, etc.

 

Umm.. you are aware the 4 series is basically a 3 series coupe (just changing the nomenclature). And 3 serious coupe is highly popular so no doubt the 4 series would be also.

 

Doesn't look like anything special. Main problem is the lackluster frontend styling. It's too flat-faced and pugnosed to be sexy or pretty. Did it come from the factory pre-crashed? Same problem with the 3.

 

It's not the number itself, but the phonetic equivalent is the Chinese word for death.

 

I would bet a lot of money that they are making a 4 series sedan as well

 

They'll still call it a coupe though . A 4 GranCoupe is certainly in the pipeline though- I'll join in on that bet.

 

The front is hideous. Looks like a goofy bucktoothed dog. The 4GS kills this thing. Who signs off on these things? I don't like the F01 7's much either, the interior looks to stripped down, and the athletic look blows the prestige. I prefer the E66.

 

Now why exactly did you even bring the 4GS into this? They're not even competitors. This is a 3-series coupe people, it's just called 4-series now.

 

Because the BMW folks started the comparo. The IS is sexier than this car as well.

 

It looks like a 3-Series coupe. Eh...