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Apart from the front, I love everything about this car, awesome!

This looks more like the F01, not the X6!

Hey, I like this car !

What a hideous exterior design, Hey guys you were supposed to draw a BMW, not a batmobile.

The front is too much 'muscle car' like. Love the rest

Tomorrow, BMW will take wraps off the Concept CS at the Shanghai auto show—a car that is a very thinly veiled representation of a model soon headed for production.

The CS is envisioned as a range-topping four-door with coupe styling, sharing underpinnings with the next-generation 7 Series. The exterior dimensions are impressive—and large. The low-slung body stretches 200.8-inches long and a huge 78 inches wide, but is a scant 53.5-inches high. For comparison, the current 7 Series is smaller than this beast: 198.4-inches long, 58.7-inches high and 74.9-inches wide. Even with its increased length and width, the seating capacity in the CS—and the production four-door coupe it will spawn—drops to four.

Our sources in Shanghai report the CS seeks to bridge the gap between the 7 Series and Rolls-Royce, as well as fend off the upcoming Porsche Panamera and Aston Martin Rapide, as well as provide an answer to high-end version of the Mercedes-Benz CLS—the car that started all the four-door coupe craze. Equally important, it foreshadows the direction of BMW design.

The styling of the concept is a natural progression of the initially derided and now much copied “flamed surfacing” treatment initiated by American designer Chris Bangle. This car continues to carry concave body panels, but adds ever-sharpening creases at its flanks and rear; note the exaggerated hip line that helps to show both length and stance for the car. From behind the edginess—and futuristic look—of this design is apparent. The Concept CS’s style shows a kind of toughness buyers of the production car can only hope it will emulate. Huge 21-inch wheels hint at the performance potential and exaggerated rear fenders remind you of BMW’s rear-drive philosophy.

BMW will no doubt offer an M variant. Power for the highest performance model should be a 6.0-liter V12, which will essentially add two cylinders to the 5.0-liter V10 in the M5; the likelihood is that everything that wears an M badge will use a configuration of that engine. As example, the next M3 cuts off a pair of cylinders to have a 4.0-liter V8.

Source = Autoweek

It look's like a hodgepodge between a Charger and the Rapide. Very un-BMW...

So ... Next design revolution has arrived.


CS = Coupe Sedan !!!

It's showcasing new 8er / 9er: top-range BMW 4dr coupe positioned between 7er & upcoming RR Silver Seraph (baby RR).

Do you like new generation kidney grille?

Used to it ... F01 7er is getting it. And other models as well.

That is a really badly designed front end.... the rest looks quite cool... its reminds me of the AM Rapide... especially the bonnet etc...