[kevinlevrone]

I so much hate the headlights merging into the front grille...it's just a bad design element that keeps appearing and ruining all the cars in BMW's lineup. Thankfully in the newest 3-series spy pics this stupid detail seems to be gone.

[firedown31]

Originally Posted by SROC5

Holy chromoly kidney grills Batman!

Seriously, BMW needs to back off making these damn kidney grills massive and chrome, kind of tacky, works great on a GMC Denali, not here- lol. Hopefully that's not the plan.

Thx for sharing the render!

Seriously, too much chrome! Thank you aftermarket options.

[KSERGEI-BY]

Thats a cool render. I really like it. Maybe even starting to like bmw's design again with this.
I think it looks quate modern .. somehow a mix between 3er and 7er.

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Originally Posted by firedown31

Seriously, too much chrome! Thank you aftermarket options.

"crome removal" options will be avliable for sure.

[m_alnimah]

Originally Posted by Dackelone

Nice work! BMW must hate us for undressing their "zebras"!! lol

+1

[michal12]

Quality of this render is

Many thanks!

[Paul-Bracq-BMW]

Originally Posted by SROC5

Holy chromoly kidney grills Batman!

Seriously, BMW needs to back off making these damn kidney grills massive and chrome, kind of tacky, works great on a GMC Denali, not here- lol. Hopefully that's not the plan.

Thx for sharing the render!

Agree, so here's the grill in black and, to complete the M-transformation, some nice M4 rims...

[Paul-Bracq-BMW]

Originally Posted by michal12

Quality of this render is

Many thanks!

Thanks! I'm a bit of a perfectionist so I try to make my renders as realistic as possible...

[ozziewizzle]

Good job with the render. It's a good look being revealed there...... pretty aggressive to my liking

[dhirm5]

Really nice render; surprised I'm the first to mention this, but that beaded fog light in the "air intakes" is .

BMW - _please_ leave the ugly beaded lights to Mercedes and Acura.

[hinckley]

Gosh, I feel so left behind with BMW's styling direction. I'm probably just too old, but we used to use terms like svelte and elegant to describe BMWs. To my (old, I guess) eye, everything BMW is now something more bulbous and SUV-like. I consider myself young at heart and very open to new things, but not everything new is better.

btw, I left BMW five years ago after driving their cars since 1984. I recently went thru another car buying process and tried very hard to get back into the brand, but I just couldn't get there. I ended up ordering a Jaguar XF-S. It's a brave, new world.

The best of the past and the present, imo . . .

[Nomana]

Still driving my e39 (since released) along with f32. The looks and build quality of recent models cant compare to oldies.

New 5er render looks good but not a appealing one to me. I dont know what to say, beautiful girl yet no charisma.

[Paul-Bracq-BMW]

Ok, now here are some light modifications that, IMO, would make a big difference.

My goal is to lightly change the shape of the bonnet and fender in order to slim down the headlight and kidneys, this slimming has the effect of stretching the car horizontally, therefore making it look wider. Slim lights give the car a more aggressive and sportier look. I've also changed the black part between the kidney grills to body colour.

Before and after, with animated gif.

[TodmordenLad]

Looking even better, both aggressive and elegant - and a lot better looking than an F10. Let's hope it drives better too!

[Speedbird85]

I like it a lot!

[JRobUSC]

Originally Posted by dhirm5

Really nice render; surprised I'm the first to mention this, but that beaded fog light in the "air intakes" is .

BMW - _please_ leave the ugly beaded lights to Mercedes and Acura.

The 6-Series has had those foglights since the 2012 model came out in 2011, and the new 7-Series has them as well.

As for the rendering, I hope the car does look like that. I personally think the current 5-Series is one of the handsomest cars on the road. Those renderings look like a beautiful evolution of the F10.

[remmib]

Great job on the render. Will be very interesting to see how close it is the the final product.

[lemetier]

Originally Posted by Paul-Bracq-BMW

Ok, now here are some light modifications that, IMO, would make a big difference.

My goal is to lightly change the shape of the bonnet and fender in order to slim down the headlight and kidneys, this slimming has the effect of stretching the car horizontally, therefore making it look wider. Slim lights give the car a more aggressive and sportier look. I've also changed the black part between the kidney grills to body colour.

Before and after, with animated gif.

The contouring of the actual kidney trim is different. If you look very close at the spy shots, the camouflage is giving the illusion of vertical volume. There is a fairly sharp contour and most of the trim is forwards the horizontal plane. The grills are forward canted at the top in relation to the bottom. Also there is a significant bumper contour missing that completely changes the visual mass. Between the license plate and the individual kidney sculpting, there is a very strong sculpting of the entire center area (mix the G11/12 M Sport front with the F8x M3/4 front). For the headlights, slim the upper trim area from the bottom rather than the top. There is a bit more distance between that and the DRL shapes

On the side, yes there is something above the air breather, but it's not an additional one. The fender has a deep contour as you've made which connects down to the air breather. This particular mule seems to have the small ///M badge applied and the camo pieces on top just happen to line up in a way that it appears there is something more substantial underneath.

Looking very good though and almost there

[Pentium]

wow, good job man, like your work very much

[r3dbimmer89]

Originally Posted by scoobysaurus

Nice work but this design looks dated already. The last 3 generations of the 5 series saw big changes in terms of design but this one looks like an LCI at best

BMW usually does revolutionary changes every other chassis. Most models are evolutionary changes.

The E28 was an evolution of the E12.
The E60 was a revolutionary change from the E39 and E34.
The G30 is an evolution of the F10.

[AKRAPOVICOWNS]

Great job man. As you pointed out, it's probably missing a few details, but thats gonna be very close to the real deal.

[cipher5]

Must resist upgrading F10...

[newoldbeemer]

Originally Posted by cipher5

Must resist upgrading F10...

I'm gonna wait for this to come out and F10 550i CPO price to drop like a brick. Good times!