BMW 335i (2007) Convertible CAR review

That can’t be a coupe-cabrio! Where’s the huge backside, the stupid wedgy profile and enormously overlong windscreen?

It certainly is a CC - BMW’s first ever in fact – although you’re right, it doesn’t look anywhere near as frumpy as a Peugeot 307 CC or Focus CC.

How has BMW managed that?

The steel top folds into three sections (two parts roof, one part rear screen) that stack on top of each other, rather than the two plus fiddly side bits of most of the BMW’s rivals. The advantages of the triple-decker are that it stores more easily, leaving a flatter rear deck so the front screen doesn’t sweep right back over the driver’s head. Most other CCs have huge windscreens to keep the length of the roof section short, so that it takes up less room when folded. The problem is they look awful and the driver misses out on the full drop-top experience because the header rail is so close to their head. But roof-down, the BMW looks great; roof-up, it could easily pass for a proper coupe. The design team even managed to include BM's Hoffmeister kink in the rear side window.