Love the exterior. The dashboard leaves a little to be desired. Still a great concept.
Wonder if comes with a set of red screwdrivers.
Wonder if comes with a set of red screwdrivers.
A modern tribute to the e9
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Nice effort, especially given modern design constraints. Odd that it appears that the 2000cs front end seems to be the one channeled in the new design when the 2800cs front grille is generally considered to be the more successful look.
It's weird how you tend to see echoes of other cars in a design study like this. I can't shake the '89 Chrysler "Maserati" TC rear-end impression now that I've seen it.
Agreed that the blandness of the flat dash is calling for some organic revision. All in all though, it's really cool to see someone putting this out there. Imagine if they actually built something based on this. They could put out a limited edition with no rust-proofing for purists...
It's weird how you tend to see echoes of other cars in a design study like this. I can't shake the '89 Chrysler "Maserati" TC rear-end impression now that I've seen it.
Agreed that the blandness of the flat dash is calling for some organic revision. All in all though, it's really cool to see someone putting this out there. Imagine if they actually built something based on this. They could put out a limited edition with no rust-proofing for purists...
MyFemurHurts
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Or like faded jeans, they can just pre distress it and ship it with rust.
The lights don't do it for me. It's an odd mashup of the disjointed F30 3 series headlight to grill styling blunder, while trying to evoke the look of the 2000CS, which wasn't a really good looking specimen.
I like it from the other angles though.
With the constraints of safety, gas mileage, wind tunnels, and ubiquitous Camry-like designs assaulting our eyeballs everywhere, I suppose this is the best anyone could do. If I put on my rose colored glasses I see faint, really faint, echoes of our classic design.
The interior, especially the dash, screams cheap!
The interior, especially the dash, screams cheap!
So a young Chrysler 300 and a mature 2000cs got real drunk one nite......
Agree that the front end treatment needs to be revisited. Headlights out of proportion to me.
Some elements appear out of scale (c-pillar roundel).
Decent concept start.
Agree that the front end treatment needs to be revisited. Headlights out of proportion to me.
Some elements appear out of scale (c-pillar roundel).
Decent concept start.
Gernstetter
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That is why a 40k original coupe is better than a new 40k one series....rust builds character....and more rust....all new cars have no soul and look so similar, even our older colors are more interesting.....car designers have lost their way
To the detriment of new classics...there are few cars made now that will ever become collector cars, which makes our cars worth more money over time....until there is no more gasoline or sheet metal experts, can't hardly find a mechanic here in Germany that will work on my car, they are all retired or gone to the mechanic graveyard....
runner
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So BMW, how about doing something up like this to show at "Legends" this year?
Unless you already have one for Ville d'Esta, then just bring it along to Legends this August.
Unless you already have one for Ville d'Esta, then just bring it along to Legends this August.
Its ok i guess..
It's pretty nice overall, but to my eye it just looks cartoonish and blocky. Any of the more delicate and refined features of the original have been over exaggerated to force the car into having the "classic" look.
It's pretty nice overall, but to my eye it just looks cartoonish and blocky. Any of the more delicate and refined features of the original have been over exaggerated to force the car into having the "classic" look.
Agree about the belt line--but so much better than the current 4 series coupe!
And much better than the lovely i3.
Scott
And much better than the lovely i3.
Scott
John Buchtenkirch
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+1 for sure. Ford knew when you do a tribute car you do the body style most people love, that’s why when they did the mustang they chose the fastback, not the notch-back. I don’t know what they were thinking here :confused::confused:, it seems like a lot of effort put into a car that will have little showroom appeal IMO. ~ John Buchtenkirch
John, right you are about the Mustang. However Ford tripped badly with their T Bird and pulled the plug none too soon. No blame, it's really difficult to do it right.
Mario L.
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The silver E9 is the car from the recent Bimmer magazine article that we did a few years ago for a list member here . . .
Using his Alpina CS as inspiration, I have a donor rust free chassis . . . . just in case someone wants to create a vintage inspired contemporary CS Coupe
Use BMW's last naturally aspirated inline 6, 6 speed manual gearbox, a really stiff chassis, modern brakes, suspension, and the CS's lightweight, this could be real fun!
Mario L.
VSR1.com
Using his Alpina CS as inspiration, I have a donor rust free chassis . . . . just in case someone wants to create a vintage inspired contemporary CS Coupe
Use BMW's last naturally aspirated inline 6, 6 speed manual gearbox, a really stiff chassis, modern brakes, suspension, and the CS's lightweight, this could be real fun!
Mario L.
VSR1.com
okay Mario,
you've primed the pump ... what ballpark would you put the cost in ... to the nearest $10,000 ?
you've primed the pump ... what ballpark would you put the cost in ... to the nearest $10,000 ?
When I look at the Ferrari 430 I can still see the classic Dino DNA. When I look at this I see a designer that bolted E9 affectations onto a Ford.
duane_sword
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hey that's my coupe (no joke)
So the photo that shows the red modern CS in the foreground and the polaris silver E9 in the background… that is my coupe!
Infact the photo used is the one taken on the very day I picked up the coupe following restoration by Mario L and his team at VSR ( http://www.vsr1.com/index.php?mact=...&m3fd51albumid=22&m3fd51returnid=110&page=110 )
You can see the photo they photo-shopped of my coupe from this collection that I have on the CS Registry ( http://www.e9-driven.com/RegistryView.asp?RID=2725 )
So the photo that shows the red modern CS in the foreground and the polaris silver E9 in the background… that is my coupe!
Infact the photo used is the one taken on the very day I picked up the coupe following restoration by Mario L and his team at VSR ( http://www.vsr1.com/index.php?mact=...&m3fd51albumid=22&m3fd51returnid=110&page=110 )
You can see the photo they photo-shopped of my coupe from this collection that I have on the CS Registry ( http://www.e9-driven.com/RegistryView.asp?RID=2725 )
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inovermyhead
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I like the interior, very B&O cool
I really do appreciate the artists efforts because I wish BMW would build a worthy successor to the CS; however, I just don't see any of the CS in this homage other than the front kidney grill. Reminds me of a Jaguar X-Type; no soul, no charm.
Mike Goble
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Are we talking the stereo, the railroad or the suppositories?
Another option
http://jalopnik.com/which-of-these-two-bmw-redesign-concepts-does-it-better-1552348088
I like the front of the white car on the rest of the brown one...
http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/cakci2jhxogflpmzcryo.jpg
http://jalopnik.com/which-of-these-two-bmw-redesign-concepts-does-it-better-1552348088
I like the front of the white car on the rest of the brown one...
http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/cakci2jhxogflpmzcryo.jpg