01-30-2017, 08:22 PM | #1 |
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Hi, is this the new 5 series?
So, slightly funny story. Well, funny to me anyway.
Been following the G30 for a while. Nice car and probably my next in 2.5 years. Have also seen one in person, albeit for 2 minutes. Today I finish grocery shopping at Whole Paycheck and as I approach the front of what appears to be a new 5 series, the driver and his passenger get out of their car. I say (with an inviting smile, of course) "is that the new 5 series"? He gives me this piercing look and walks away with no response. I pass the car and oops 750i. My bad. I was thinking to let him know I might not be the last person to make that statement. Well, maybe....
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01-30-2017, 08:37 PM | #2 |
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Haha. You're disrespected the man. He's probably thinking he's paid too much of a premium for his 7-series to be confused with a 5-series, lol.
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01-30-2017, 09:00 PM | #3 |
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Maybe. I was thinking he might wonder if I'm clueless and don't know what the 5 series looks like. He's about to get a huge surprise!
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01-31-2017, 03:19 PM | #4 |
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My dealer told me there was a g30 finally for display.. I went to see and there was one in front of the main entrance... It had Mocha interior.
I went in the sowroom to ask the dealer to show me the mocha... he said it doesnt have moch it has black dakota.. i said for sure it has mocha i just saw infront.. he replied.. oh thats a 7 series... |
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01-31-2017, 10:21 PM | #5 |
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Lmaoo.
I also think the new 7er looks more like the G30 than the other way around, despite the fact the new 7er hit the roads over a year ago. It just looks like a "big" BMW instead of like a flagship. The last 7er to command that type of "respect" in my mind was the LCI E65, heck even the pre-LCI (despite its quirks) looked like nothing else but a flagship. |
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02-01-2017, 06:39 AM | #6 |
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They do look alike and it was intended to. I'm just glad it doesn't have the hockey stick on the side of the car. That guy probably doesn't even know what the new 5 series looks like as yet. But very soon he will and he will probably not be happy based on the screw face he gave you.
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02-01-2017, 08:55 PM | #7 |
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I noticed my local dealer just got their G30 demo delivered today in white (w. Msport). Might get a closer look tomorrow. Just driving by, seeing it sitting on the dealers front lawn, it sure doesn't appear to have the presence the F10 has.
Here we go: http://www.taylorbmw.com/new-Evans-2...JE5C33HG477773 Meh..interior is pretty slick, but that exterior is just awkward-looking imo. Combination of those stretched taillights, negative trunk face angle & the model badging being too high that makes me think of a new Maxima from the back (gross). Kidney grills are too large, the wheels are too small and the hockey stick 🏒 blandishments are an unnecessary design que. Will certainly take some getting used to.
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02-01-2017, 09:31 PM | #8 |
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That's funny. Same thing happened to me at the BMW dealership this week. I thought I saw a ton of new G30s, until I looked at the back, and they were all 7-series.
They did have two G30s, one regular and one M Sport. Nice cars. |
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G11 Top - G30 Below - Very similar - kidney grill height main difference
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