[Brookside]

Originally Posted by Wiggum

Can anyone look at this and see what I see?? It looks like they chopped on the ScionTC rear end... round fuel door with a pull out (BMW uses flush square doors), and the lines are definately Scion?? Boo on C&D!

I see what you mean...very unconvincing. Shoulder line is ill-defined (compare it to the knife-edged crease from advevo's photo)and the body is a bit porky.
The rear where the roof meets body is an awkward interpretation...
and you might be right...it looks like a Japanese template used on the photoshop.

But I'm happy to see it.
What I don't like is their blurb that says,"styling may be a turn-off" or words to that effect. Waaaay to early to make a judgement for a car that hasn't really been seen except for BMW insiders.
And I doubt that the 1-er will take a lot of sales away from the 3-er. Someone who really wants a 3-series will find a way of getting one.
Looks like they got the price right...26k base detuned 3.0 / 35k for the 3.5tt. So, working with these numbers, how does it rob sales from the 3-er?