German Car Zone

To bad it wasent more close to this:

Imo the X1 is a fine looking car as it is. Let's hope that Audi will also do a good job with the Q3.

X1 is a average looking car. Far from the look of a X5, but better, much better than the "abortion" X3, that one is really idiotic.

Terrible color for a concept car although otherwise the car looks the way any 1er SAV should look and about the responces to the front end; the new Euro law forces BMW to produce a verticle front end on new vehicles, it is not some new 7 series design point. Although maybe the comment that the front end looks like a 7 was pointed to some other design aspect.

Hardly. Just look at the new Mercedes E class. The front is not vertical at all. The hood pops up in case of an accident, creating the same effect as the vertical hood.
My point: there are a million solutions to this 'problem' and BMW chose this vertical shark nose effect because of design reasons. Not because they must do it because of regulations....they help though..