jhjacobs
Well-Known Member
This observation came to me after re-reading the Economic impact to our cars thread.
Even when severely Photoshopped the E9 still remains as sexy as ever. The thing I am struggling with is why? The E9 is hardly the fastest car from the era. It is not the lowest, best handling, nor most comfortable. Yet it there is clearly something about it that makes is special. Being purely analytic, it is a fairly basic boxy car and generally understated. So why the appeal? There are many here on the board and loads of people you simply meet in parking lots who say "owning an E9 has been a childhood fantasy," myself included. All E9's from the lowliest rusty beater to the hottest concourse restored coupe to the full racing Bat have the E9 appeal. It is true that it is a nearly perfectly proportioned car but in the end so is a Ford Taurus or a Camry.
After pondering this for a while I have decided this community should embark on a quest to define the essence of E9 appeal. I have come up with the three things that generally strike me:
- The C-Pillar roundel which seems akin to Marylyn Monroe's beauty mark.
- The back slanted nose seems to scream with classy aggression
- Most of us are familiar with the extreme level of morphing that the basic production E9 has undergone to become a Bat. Sure lots of cars can and have morphed but the E9 did it with amazing prowess and when a production E9 is next to a BAT the commonality is strikingly apparent.
From a driving experience there are other points to make like the windows, steering, and simple ergonomics but these are only known to people who drive them. The curb appeal question has universal application to most.
From time to time on this board you will read comments referring to E9 sexiness, E9 class, and my personal favorite comment where it was stated that seeing red brake calipers behind Alpina wheels on an E9 is like getting a glimpse of a woman's sexy red panties.
Am I all wet on this? Anyone else figured out (or even noticed) this enigma? What truly constitutes the "E9 hotness?"
Yes, this probably is not an Off-topic but I put it here nonetheless because I consider it to be truly subjective, kind of like coupe valuation.
Even when severely Photoshopped the E9 still remains as sexy as ever. The thing I am struggling with is why? The E9 is hardly the fastest car from the era. It is not the lowest, best handling, nor most comfortable. Yet it there is clearly something about it that makes is special. Being purely analytic, it is a fairly basic boxy car and generally understated. So why the appeal? There are many here on the board and loads of people you simply meet in parking lots who say "owning an E9 has been a childhood fantasy," myself included. All E9's from the lowliest rusty beater to the hottest concourse restored coupe to the full racing Bat have the E9 appeal. It is true that it is a nearly perfectly proportioned car but in the end so is a Ford Taurus or a Camry.
After pondering this for a while I have decided this community should embark on a quest to define the essence of E9 appeal. I have come up with the three things that generally strike me:
- The C-Pillar roundel which seems akin to Marylyn Monroe's beauty mark.
- The back slanted nose seems to scream with classy aggression
- Most of us are familiar with the extreme level of morphing that the basic production E9 has undergone to become a Bat. Sure lots of cars can and have morphed but the E9 did it with amazing prowess and when a production E9 is next to a BAT the commonality is strikingly apparent.
From a driving experience there are other points to make like the windows, steering, and simple ergonomics but these are only known to people who drive them. The curb appeal question has universal application to most.
From time to time on this board you will read comments referring to E9 sexiness, E9 class, and my personal favorite comment where it was stated that seeing red brake calipers behind Alpina wheels on an E9 is like getting a glimpse of a woman's sexy red panties.
Am I all wet on this? Anyone else figured out (or even noticed) this enigma? What truly constitutes the "E9 hotness?"
Yes, this probably is not an Off-topic but I put it here nonetheless because I consider it to be truly subjective, kind of like coupe valuation.
