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I can't speak for Michael, but I also drive a BMW but like some Mercedes and Audis as well because they are well built drivers cars.

I don't know if any of you guys have seen sneak prerview pictures of the new Mercedes S Class in Autocar, but the best thing I could say about it was that it made the BMW 7 series look attractive

BMW and Mercedes have to move the art of car design forward and can't just keep on milking the existing shapes like some manufacturers (dare I mention Jaguar?). Both BMW and Mercedes have been in the past accused of being ultra conservative and now that they are trying to be more adventurous, I think they deserve some praise that, but I do wish they'd hire better designers

Having said that I do like some of Chris Bangle's designs such as Z4 and the 7 Series, yes I am on medication and will wash my mouth out (or should that be my typing finger ) with soap. I think they look good in black but very plain in other colours. I reckin I could improve the 7 Series' looks with very little work.

<blockquote data-quote="Dev" data-source="post: 530018" data-attributes="member: 1023">I can't speak for Michael, but I also drive a BMW but like some Mercedes and Audis as well because they are well built drivers cars.I don't know if any of you guys have seen sneak prerview pictures of the new Mercedes S Class in Autocar, but the best thing I could say about it was that it made the BMW 7 series look attractive<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> BMW and Mercedes have to move the art of car design forward and can't just keep on milking the existing shapes like some manufacturers (dare I mention Jaguar?). Both BMW and Mercedes have been in the past accused of being ultra conservative and now that they are trying to be more adventurous, I think they deserve some praise that, but I do wish they'd hire better designers<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> Having said that I do like some of Chris Bangle's designs such as Z4&nbsp; and the 7 Series, yes I am on medication and will wash my mouth out (or should that be my typing finger <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />) with soap. I think they look good in black but very plain in other colours. I reckin I could improve the 7 Series' looks with very little work.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dev, post: 530018, member: 1023"] I can't speak for Michael, but I also drive a BMW but like some Mercedes and Audis as well because they are well built drivers cars. I don't know if any of you guys have seen sneak prerview pictures of the new Mercedes S Class in Autocar, but the best thing I could say about it was that it made the BMW 7 series look attractive:D BMW and Mercedes have to move the art of car design forward and can't just keep on milking the existing shapes like some manufacturers (dare I mention Jaguar?). Both BMW and Mercedes have been in the past accused of being ultra conservative and now that they are trying to be more adventurous, I think they deserve some praise that, but I do wish they'd hire better designers:D Having said that I do like some of Chris Bangle's designs such as Z4 and the 7 Series, yes I am on medication and will wash my mouth out (or should that be my typing finger :D) with soap. I think they look good in black but very plain in other colours. I reckin I could improve the 7 Series' looks with very little work. [/QUOTE]

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