BMW puts illuminated kidney grilles on the new X6

Y@SH · 5th July 2019, 11:11

Oh god! what is this! Where are the classy old BMW's?

Plus we should stop calling the Grill as kidney grill, it used to be a kidney grill, they've just made it bigger every year and now its time to call it the lung grill.

naikameya · 5th July 2019, 12:31

Since I am not close buying a BMW I am not so worried about their sudden takeoff towards hideousness. I just hope they don't make it too bright that it becomes another nuisance causing glare in my rearview mirror.

quattroa4 · 5th July 2019, 13:51

One of the epic memes!!!!!

Asish_VK · 5th July 2019, 17:02

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Originally Posted by quattroa4

One of the epic memes!!!!!

You beat me in posting this

Weirdly I like the 2025 design though

giri1.8 · 5th July 2019, 22:26

Looks like BMW wants to impress buyers who spend 50K on ugly chrome bits to spoil their new car

BMW might take the cake for most expensive stock car to make it to our Weird &Wacky mod job thread.

Dhruv29 · 5th July 2019, 22:43

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Originally Posted by GTO

There are many trends that start from one manufacturer, others copy it, and it then flows down to the after-market. I sincerely hope this isn't one of them. In our bling-loving country, imagine seeing Innovas & Dzires with neon grilles

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The after-market companies have already beaten BMW in launching it. I have seen lots of Creta with illuminated grill and integrated sequential indicators.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9isxc9oad3U

R2D2 · 6th July 2019, 09:31

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Originally Posted by jailbird_fynix

This is how you illuminate the grill. Subtle yet classy.

M-B's designers are way ahead of those idiots at BMW. Oversized AND illuminated grilles. YUCK!! Even Chinese companies won't make attempt to make their cars look as hideous (I'm also looking at you Toyota, with your predator grilles).

Sorry, but I really think BMW (and Audi) has lost its way, design-wise that is. I really don't like their new designs while M-B has me looking multiple times, every time. They are such eye catchers!

RavSam · 6th July 2019, 12:39

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Originally Posted by Dhruv29

The after-market companies have already beaten BMW in launching it. I have seen lots of Creta with illuminated grill and integrated sequential indicators.

Before watching the video I thought I would hate it but I can't help but say that Creta grille looks elegant in a blue hue. Sequential is too much but that grille design and that light blue color really looks cool to me.

bigron · 6th July 2019, 14:03

If that hideous industrial size cheese grater grill was not bad enough, now BMW wants to give it a LED outline just in case people miss its ugly less.
Stop doing it BMW. Things have gotten out of hand with this new design theme. And oh, cull the X6 from your line. It has no place in the current market.

NAVREVV · 6th July 2019, 22:57

Holy crap! The new BMW X6 kidney grille seems as if it’s ready to swallow someone in one go! What a hideous design.

mayankk · 6th July 2019, 23:55

They could have asked me. I did it ages ago and didn't like it one bit!!

Rathore_13 · 7th July 2019, 07:51

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Originally Posted by racer_ash

Looks like the day is not far when BMW overtakes the Koreans and Chinese in bling. What next? Mood lighting for the Kidney?

Mood lighting for the kidney!!! Brilliant idea! Some people are already executing it. The Chinese have a LED kid out for it already

. It has changeable modes via a remote kit.

kiku007 · 8th July 2019, 04:56

What the shareholders asked for?
1. Grow the marketshare/profits.
2. Electrify the lineup.

Whey they got?
1. Growing grill.
2. Electrified grill.

After all, someone has to take the fall for the above.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michael.../#530815434848

benbsb29 · 8th July 2019, 06:30

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Originally Posted by racer_ash

Looks like the day is not far when BMW overtakes the Koreans and Chinese in bling. What next? Mood lighting for the Kidney?

Copyright that suggestion, quick! This will soon end up as a reality, seeing how things are progressing.

Doc_nikhil · 12th July 2019, 08:43

Guys, guys, come on. Don’t be rude to BMW. Me thinks they did this out of concern for the pisspoor chaps who steal the grill. Imagine you steal a grill of this size. Cover it with some tarpaulin and we could use it as a roof. heck it’s bigger than many apartments in Mumbai. Why not give them lighting then. I’m sure that’s what the guys at BMW were thinking. But in all seriousness, the grill was hideous enough to look at in the rear view mirror in the day. Now there is no escaping it even at night. Whatever the guys on the design team were smoking, please let us know so all can stay away from that shiz.

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bigron Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: NSEW Posts: 1,309 Thanked: 2,710 Times	Re: BMW puts illuminated kidney grilles on the new X6 If that hideous industrial size cheese grater grill was not bad enough, now BMW wants to give it a LED outline just in case people miss its ugly less. Stop doing it BMW. Things have gotten out of hand with this new design theme. And oh, cull the X6 from your line. It has no place in the current market.
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Doc_nikhil BHPian Join Date: May 2014 Location: Coimbatore Posts: 151 Thanked: 492 Times	Re: BMW puts illuminated kidney grilles on the new X6 Guys, guys, come on. Don’t be rude to BMW. Me thinks they did this out of concern for the pisspoor chaps who steal the grill. Imagine you steal a grill of this size. Cover it with some tarpaulin and we could use it as a roof. heck it’s bigger than many apartments in Mumbai. Why not give them lighting then. I’m sure that’s what the guys at BMW were thinking. But in all seriousness, the grill was hideous enough to look at in the rear view mirror in the day. Now there is no escaping it even at night. Whatever the guys on the design team were smoking, please let us know so all can stay away from that shiz.
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