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

Tycoon

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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

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

YW!

Everything you've said is true.