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Heartbreaking: A new BMW X6 being damaged - 04-13-2008, 10:54 PM
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Take a look at this BMW X6, it basically breaks my heart. The car has not even been released yet and we already see a damaged one. Apparently the incident was caused by a deer during a test drive this past week. What strikes me though is that the fender seems to be made out of plastic?!
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Re: Heartbreaking: A new BMW X6 being damaged - 04-14-2008, 01:35 AM
Of course the fender is made out of plastic!

What do they expect it to be made of? Plutonium?
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Re: Heartbreaking: A new BMW X6 being damaged - 04-14-2008, 01:48 AM
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Of course the fender is made out of plastic!

What do they expect it to be made of? Plutonium?
Metal?
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Re: Heartbreaking: A new BMW X6 being damaged - 04-14-2008, 02:05 AM
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Metal?
Doesn't make sense on new cars. These bumpers go back to their original shape in a low speed collision (during parking for example) while being lighter than their metal counterparts.

I mean, a collision is a collision, but I'd rather get hit by a plastic bumper too
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Re: Heartbreaking: A new BMW X6 being damaged - 04-14-2008, 03:12 AM
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Doesn't make sense on new cars. These bumpers go back to their original shape in a low speed collision (during parking for example) while being lighter than their metal counterparts.

I mean, a collision is a collision, but I'd rather get hit by a plastic bumper too
fair enough I just figured most new vehicles still utilized metal fenders, I knew most had plastic bumpers.
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Re: Heartbreaking: A new BMW X6 being damaged - 04-14-2008, 03:15 AM
Serves the car right. Poor deer!!!
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Re: Heartbreaking: A new BMW X6 being damaged - 04-14-2008, 05:06 AM
The front fender is, on the X5, made of plastic. And this is one of the things the designer is very proud of on the X5 (like the X6): normally you have a front bumper (plastic), a shutline and then the front fender (metal or plastic like on Renault or an A-Class).

But on the X5, (and X6 it seems)...you have no shutline there because the bumper and the front fender are the same piece!
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Re: Heartbreaking: A new BMW X6 being damaged - 04-14-2008, 06:38 AM
Ι cant think of any modern car that the front bumper is made from medal...
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Re: Heartbreaking: A new BMW X6 being damaged - 04-14-2008, 06:42 AM
How did they manage to damage the car like that?? It looks like the have reversed into some thing because the damage is going forward
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Re: Heartbreaking: A new BMW X6 being damaged - 04-14-2008, 07:00 AM
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Ι cant think of any modern car that the front bumper is made from medal...
We're speaking of the fender here, so the wheel arch, not the bumper. Of course a modern bumper is always made of plastic. But the fenders usually are made of steel or alumminium, only in certain models is it plastic.

And here it's plastic, and in fact it's the same piece that is bumper and fender, a huge piece of plastic so that there is no shutline in the front area.
But it may cost more because you replace the whole in case of a problem...
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