BMW 530i (2007) CAR review

Er, help me out, I’ve been staring at the picture, pen poised, for 20 minutes and I haven’t ringed a single difference

See that big air intake under the bumper? See how the ends point upwards instead of down? And see that that horizontal chrome bar running between the two foglights? What are you, blind? How could you possibly miss such fundamental styling changes?

Is that the sum total of three years' work for a team of crack designers?

Pretty much. They did change the front lamp lenses, making them clear, and tweaked the rears to incorporate the LEDs now found in other more recent BMWs. The kidney grille surround is now flush with the bumper and there’s something new about the sills that apparently makes the car look longer.