3.0 CSL Hommage

Kizilsakal version is far better, the other looks a bit too rodentine...
There are so many ways to improve this design
ugh
 
Cant belive all the negitive posts on a concept car! Heaven's fobid that design should be dragged out of the 70's and somone puts a modern spin on a car that was slated for its price, shape and silly spoiler things that come as a kit in the boot and you have to undertake d.i.y. whrn you spend more than a house when purchasing the car!
And I would imagine that driving it is awfull aswell, just the mere thought of throwing away the rose tinted glasses and the hope the 40+yr old ecu and electrics dont fail but be frightening!

The cs was slated and forgotten about years ago for many many good reasons, how many are bean cans now??? Plus on the good side, if this concept car ever does go into production, our great grand chrildren just might join a forum thats dedicated to running, restoring and enjoying them with other owners around the world........where have I seen that before??
 
Mr. Bump, if this concept car does go into production I doubt that any of our grandchildren will fall instantly in love with them and say to themselves as I did in my early 20s, "Someday I will own one of these." Our coupes are a design original as the original Mustang was over 50 years ago(see my post above complementing Ford on their latest iteration and knocking their recent version of the T Bird).

If what you suggest actually happens I doubt that people will chase them down, stop us in parking lots, or stand up and applaud when they come to a stop in front of them while dining outdoors(actually happened to me while driving my coupe), turn their heads as we pass, or speak wistfully of Coupes they owned and sold or never owned but wanted to.

Where is the subtly, the grace, the flowing lines, the curves, the originality of our cars?
Sadly, missing.
 
I am certain that the designers of the Hommage were constrained by the parameters placed on them more than what they would have liked. My take on it is this : Since the essence of the e9 cannot be captured or replicated in this present timeframe, it only means that the values of well- preserved and maintained e9s will only go upwards.
IMHO, too many of today's new cars are " sterile" and suffer from the effects of CAD- CAM design and copy- catting other brands successful design cues. Sometimes, the only distinguishing feature is the emblem of the car maker. Too many models of cars look like clones of each other.
 
Good point EJ. Wind tunnels rule. A shiny, black sedan parks nearby and for a moment it could have been a 7 Series. It was a n Impala!
 
Overuse of the trendy "butress" design now on Ferrari's, NSX, and new Ford GT.
 
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Check other forums, there are loads of puzzled enthusiasts disappointed....

This is not about modern design, and is IMHO poorly executed....I wish it was just ugly...

I guess if you overthink anything it turns out for the worse.

If I overthink a cup of coffee, it usually ends up on my pants...

MF
 
It's a styling exercise. What was the brief? If it was meant as a modern homage to the E9 CSL then it has been way overstyled. BMW should let its young designers express themselves so why not break from the past and create something completely new. It seems a strange contradiction to me to try and interface old and new as in this example when so much has changed in the last 40 years. There is one E9, let it go and move on.
 
oneills said:
Mr. Bump, if this concept car does go into production I doubt that any of our grandchildren will fall instantly in love with them and say to themselves as I did in my early 20s, "Someday I will own one of these." Our coupes are a design original as the original Mustang was over 50 years ago(see my post above complementing Ford on their latest iteration and knocking their recent version of the T Bird).

If what you suggest actually happens I doubt that people will chase them down, stop us in parking lots, or stand up and applaud when they come to a stop in front of them while dining outdoors(actually happened to me while driving my coupe), turn their heads as we pass, or speak wistfully of Coupes they owned and sold or never owned but wanted to.

Where is the subtly, the grace, the flowing lines, the curves, the originality of our cars?
Sadly, missing.
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I in a way agree with you, and again in a previous post of cant replicate the original cs lines, but bmw did it with the mini, when that came out all the mini purists condemed it straight away. What I meant to write is for what it is, I personally think its superb, a modern twist on a un-copyable icon that will forever be on par with the e-type. But I suppose when the designer designed the E9, it was so good, there was never going to be any room for improvment at all, never ever! So my view is that they have tried to slot in E9-esk bits onto a 6 series which was never going to agree with a lot of fans. But you've got to give them half decent marks out of ten for a bloody good go cant you?
 
And to add, nothing bmw design in the future will ever be in par with the original cs coupe, so weve got to accept that future cars from bmw can never be measured against the cs, and thats a shame.
cant belive a company like bmw didn't realise they would shoot themselves in both feet 40 yrs on!
 
mr bump said:
I in a way agree with you, and again in a previous post of cant replicate the original cs lines, but bmw did it with the mini, when that came out all the mini purists condemed it straight away. What I meant to write is for what it is, I personally think its superb, a modern twist on a un-copyable icon that will forever be on par with the e-type. But I suppose when the designer designed the E9, it was so good, there was never going to be any room for improvment at all, never ever! So my view is that they have tried to slot in E9-esk bits onto a 6 series which was never going to agree with a lot of fans. But you've got to give them half decent marks out of ten for a bloody good go cant you?
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I think this is a very fair statement. To follow up with an iconic design that is just about universally loved by everyone is tough. As a result, it does look like their modern design language tacked on to a big coupe with some CSL bits here and there, thus is doesn't tug our heart strings.

I do think though if they sort the front out that I would buy it anyway. :-P
 
I know, a modern spin on a slanting sharknose would have been the cherry so to speak......but as euro car experts say that inner slanting fronts kill people at slow impacts, its got the front it has.

personally I would have put a modern E9/28 front on it and fitted a louder horn!!!
 
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I'm pleased that somebody is spending some creative time on an idea besides battery technology and the SUV, SAV, crossover, and the GT tagged ideas are now central to the brand. Who knows, I guess this could be sold as an 80 mile plug in the wall concept as well, but batteries are not real consistent with the L in CSL.
 
Can't beat this design, but I would definitely drive the concept car and park it beside this one in my garage.
 

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I think the car is fine on its own: it only fails as an update to a classic. The only updates to a classic that I think worked are Stephenson's Mini and Anna Nicole Smith's Monroe.
 
Doug Dolan said:
I think Fisker's Z8 was a pretty successful update to the 507.
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Good memory that man! Forgot about the z8/507. But the z8 is just one awsome piece of kit, especially in alpina form. Living in nottingham and frank sytners being my lical dealership, I was lucky enough to see a popstars z8 alpina when it was in the workshop for a rear light unit.
 
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