The Car Enthusiast - Road Test: 2008 BMW 635d Sport - Page 3

Tycoon · 05-15-2008, 04:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Osnabrueck

With these 5-spoke wheels there's soo much negative space, which compromises the rest of the car's lines.

I agree with Osna. This is the $h!t:

Osnabrueck · 05-15-2008, 04:47 AM

Thanks for posting that pic.

The 6er's design called for your eyes focus on the wheels first, and had the intended effect of making the car seem like a solid soap-bar'ish shape from the nose to the rear belt-line taper. The new 5-spoke wheels, handsome as they are, cause you to fixate on the nose of the car, and keeps your eye from following the skirt-line of the car from the front spoiler back to the exhaust tips because the wheels break-up that line. So instead, the headlights and grille grab too much of your eyes' focus and the car seems less uniform than it should.

Tycoon · 05-15-2008, 04:49 AM

YW!

Everything you've said is true.

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