Paul Tan on the Automotive Industry
Hamann’s take on the new BMW 5-Series GT still seems as much as wrong as the original. And it still looks like a puppy somehow. I dunno, maybe, just maybe this particular model will look better in the metal… maybe. That’s still some pretty wishful thinking. Can’t wait for the F10 sedan to be out. Look after the jump for a full gallery showing the car with various different Hamann wheels.
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After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history. An avid electronic gadget aficionado as well as big-time coffee lover, he's also the executive producer of the Driven motoring TV programme.
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an ugly BMW made even uglier by the hands of aftermarket tuners..
is it a hatchback? estate? coupe? SUV? make up your mind before signing off new designs please BM.
if this is the beginning of the post-bangle era, i cannot imagine how awful other new models will look like.
this car is for those who wan suv sedan lol.
wat a bulky sedan oh no it is a sedan too.
this car looks like it is fuel sucker.
somemore has weird looks.
damn ugly bmw ever made!!
the front wheels,front fender,front bumper all messed up donot match at all,n thrs so much space between tyre and fender…
I still maintain that this is not a 5-Series GT, it's actually a 7-Series hatch.
wow! did BMW launch the GT? But anyway it is just a simple add-on program, or maybe just fitted with new set of rims.
ugly Beemer i have ever seen
It looks 'cute'. Animal from Farmtown (Facebook.com).
This bmw GT looks weird becoz of the big rims and low profile tyres..
~FUGLY~
i just can't get over that weird looking rear slope of the C pillar to the boot. the panamera suffers from the same weirdness. haih……..
sucks! everything out of proportion!
"BMW better."
Oh wait, this is BMW.
where is Mr. BMW Better? haha…
ugly car just get uglier, wtf…..
target market: D-U-B-A-I
maybe ppl there will paint it orange or gold, then with 30" diamond spinners…
oh my god??? so ugly…
u're right Paul…it sure does resembles that puppy look…!! LOL
the proportions just don't seem to fit. but being a BMW there will still be takers especially if it costs a bomb just so that the neighbours can know that they can afford such an expensive(albeit ugly?) car
what's with all these new cars resembling animals? is this the latest trend in the car industry? oO
Get back Chris Bangle …. current range all looks like HOGS.
smaller sibling of x6. looks ugly..what hamann? i cant see any kit..only set of sport rims. in fact the car looks a bit high with proper skirting.
it just looks wrong.
sorry…i really can't accept the design of this 5series-GT…
This is one ugly car…..
weird, i love the design. look so masculine to me
Haha, ugly like hell….
Where is that JULIAN_LEE????
nice sport rim`s! love it!
nice car…i mean.
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rim only….xD
ugly
'where is Mr. BMW Better? haha…
ugly car just get uglier, wtf…..
target market: D-U-B-A-I
maybe ppl there will paint it orange or gold, then with 30? diamond spinners…'
Wait some time until the Japanese start copying the BMW design as they already did in the past.
I'm quite sure that the next Camry, Accord, City or Vios will have some design characteristics of the GT. Maybe you will change your mind then…
The GT is the result when a 7-series & X1 mated together. Some more the child is born with down syndrome & genetic mutation, after injected with the H1N5 Hamann virus.
LoL!
Ugly MoFo. What has happened to BMW? They should really-really consider giving this model a nose job. This one looks so wrong in every way. Well, the bum look acceptable. But would you go out with a lady with the bum of JLO but has the face of….. Let's not name names shall we. It's just UGLY. (Somehow I think the pig got better looking nose).
super hot, this is one of the most beautiful thing ever happened to BMW and mankind (im a retard)
BMX better
big gen.2 !?
We sud mod our Junk2 to match this.
BMW or Gen.2 made in Germany? Copycat
wow lan eh! this brilliant design must be inspired by some species of animal.
yeah, alot of people waiting for the sedan, as least we know it will be good.
good for limousine fleet. ugly for private ownership -.-
Very Gen.2 except bigger and UGLIER….
BMW really got lazy and just stuck on the 7 series face on to it.
As Paul said, a 7 series GT hatch. Lol
i rather buy 10 gen2 become taxi / car rental laaa. aiyoyo.
i rather buy 10 gen2 become taxi / car rental laaa .aiyoyo.
seems that BMW designers get the gene of Porsche on creating ugly weirdos these days… Hamann should have taken some crazy drugs to make themselves a freak!
clearly all the childish comments here came from non BMW owner, It's a small niche high end market that they are targeting this car at. It's meant to look masculine and expensive. Not Ah Beng bodykit type, … look at Hummer … Simply just a box with wheel .. but … only the wealthy can own it
I seem to recall when they first introduced Chris Bangle's new direction for the whole BMW line. Lots of negative response. Non traditional la, not classic BMW design la, no one will buy it la…. BMW didn't seem to care then. Same difference here. So, who's in charge of design for BMW this time around? Will he be as famous as Bangle? This here is about taking corporate risks. By BMW's calculation, they can afford it. Critics and motorheads can say all they want.
But the buyers will always consider the PROVEN tagline, 'the ultimate driving machine'. German precision engineering. Personally, I think BMW never loses out on any of their undertakings. Except for F1, of course.
weii GEN TU(ken tu) is a damn nice car, dont compare it to this shitface
BMW sure sedih to read all these feedbacks…
but it seems like BMW is realizing there are more young execs out there to buy their products. hence the reason to move away from a more conservative design to something more "exotic". well it does look like a shorter version of x6.
it just need time to be accepted by the market.
Looks like a pig
to me its a nice design..lain dari yang lain!
I LIKE IT.as long as its a BMW hehehehehe..
real ugly car…..mercedes has the handsome cls..
Better than proton.
"Better than proton."
is this a joke?
LOL
JULIAN LEE's fav ugly car…
Nice design lain dr lain?
ko buta ke ape? keta mcm space ship jer…design paling bodo continental car penah design….
yaks!!!!!
5 series owners can find other alternative now before this beast invade Malaysia….