BMW's next-gen 1-series (2011): full details

Well personally I think the only car in the current range that is 'classic yet modern bmw' in styling is the 3 coupe. It is understated elegance from every angle and has no horrible Bangleisations at all (to my eye at least) The rear clusters are nice and look extremely wide with the taillights on, the front end should have been put on the facelifted saloon (as it was on the M3 saloon) because it is meaner, much more fluid looking and much less 'angular' than the saloons nose. Even the 6's facelifted nose still retains that aweful chrome grill topper, which thankfully disappeared from the 3 saloon at facelift time. The next 3 coupe just needs to be closer still to the current car's original design sketch (as seen on the website) to improve its appearance still further. But I imagine it will actually end up looking completely different!  

You like the 5 and the 6 Series because it shows the Bangle signature of slamming the boot down on a farmers table to create the most abusive panel beating into the automobiles rear in history! Having a double chin never looks great. Does Bungle think turning it upside down makes him look clever? Please forget ideas the 6 is "a bit lardy". Try a 6 in a light colour, exposes all the flatulent Bangle mangling and looks friggin ghastly! You have to spec' 5 or a 6 quite frankly in dark colours to hide his panel mangling

That's an interesting comment about the X6 being the least Bangled. I think you're onto something there - the surface language is not dissimilar to the 1998 3 series (sorry, don't know the E number. E46?) or the first edition X5. There is, in fairness to the X6, a cleanly defined waistline which is continuous; some would say contiguous. I'm not a fan of the X6, but it's surfacing is not ugly in the way the last 7 series is.