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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    11/30/09

    In reply to Achtung Baby! AC Schnitzer BMW 123d Tuned For Cops
    Oh good, I hope this means you've found my television!
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/30/09

    In reply to Achtung Baby! AC Schnitzer BMW 123d Tuned For Cops
    I dunno, I think it's a little too bland. No one will ever notice this. Maybe they could, I don't know, put on a few dozen more lights and 6 or 7 more trim pieces? In contrasting colors?
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    11/30/09

    In reply to Achtung Baby! AC Schnitzer BMW 123d Tuned For Cops
    Jalopnik March 23rd, 2010 "German Cops Total Tuned AC Schnitzer 123d Police Car"
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    Image of Rust-MyEnemy Rust-MyEnemy
    11/30/09

    In reply to Achtung Baby! AC Schnitzer BMW 123d Tuned For Cops
    Uber-Porcupine.
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    Image of mr_dude mr_dude
    11/30/09

    In reply to Achtung Baby! AC Schnitzer BMW 123d Tuned For Cops
    6.7 seconds to 60? Is that really scooting?
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    Image of Straight6er Straight6er
    11/30/09

    @mr_dude: Its a four pot diesel, so yes.
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    Image of mr_dude mr_dude
    11/30/09

    @Straight6er: Ah. My Winnebago hauls ass! ... For a 10,000 pound vehicle.
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    Image of snapoversteer 'bout to get told snapoversteer 'bout to get told
    11/30/09

    @mr_dude: No. There's something seriously wrong with that. A 128i making fewer HP and less torque hits 60 in under 6 secs.
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    11/30/09

    @mr_dude: I just did some research, and the 123d does 6.7 in stock form, so i'm not sure where these numbers came from
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    Image of mr_dude mr_dude
    11/30/09

    @Straight6er: Tune it safe == tune it slow?
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    11/30/09

    @mr_dude: Perhaps The folks at AC Schnitzer are trying to get the police in slower cars? Step one in their scheme to take over the world...
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    11/30/09

    In reply to Achtung Baby! AC Schnitzer BMW 123d Tuned For Cops
    Looks like a rolling SEMA mobile. The Ultimate Douche Machine. Literally and figuratively. Yes, I am bitter at cops. Sometimes.

    p.s: Disclaimer, my cousin is a cop as well. Doesn't mean I like him.
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    11/30/09

    In reply to Achtung Baby! AC Schnitzer BMW 123d Tuned For Cops
    Douchebag².
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    11/30/09

    @that ain't the way to have fun, son: Two douchebags, one BMW?
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    11/30/09

    @pauljones:

    Nope...BMW x police car = ²
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    Image of Straight6er Straight6er
    11/30/09

    @that ain't the way to have fun, son: *new* BMW
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    11/30/09

    @Straight6er:

    Thanks for that. I was remiss.
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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    03/17/09

    In reply to 2012 BMW 1-Series May Go Retro, Lose Some Weight
    Huh- I thought the Pontiac Grand Am had been discontinued.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    03/17/09

    In reply to 2012 BMW 1-Series May Go Retro, Lose Some Weight
    As long as it handles like a proper BMW, I'm...


    ...oh, yeah, fuck it then.

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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    03/17/09

    In reply to 2012 BMW 1-Series May Go Retro, Lose Some Weight
    Do I detect a little of the boat-hull styling of the 1600 in that high gunwale line encircling the deck? I hope so, and I hope the sketch grows into it and takes on some more of his father's characteristics. This DUKW has a long way to go before it becomes a swan.
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    Image of ReverendDexter ReverendDexter
    03/17/09

    In reply to 2012 BMW 1-Series May Go Retro, Lose Some Weight
    Group me with the "shocked if it happens", and with the "even more shocked if it makes it to the states".


    For the last 10 years, manufacturers have been showing us awesome, then running awesome through the focus groups until it comes out mangled crap. The only exceptions to this are put at rediculous price points where very few can afford them.

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    03/17/09

    @ReverendDexter: and that, Virginia, is why focus groups must die.
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    03/17/09

    In reply to 2012 BMW 1-Series May Go Retro, Lose Some Weight
    Personally, I'd love to have a 135i, but that's because I already have a 2002 in the garage.
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    Image of Cognitive Friction Cognitive Friction
    03/17/09

    In reply to 2012 BMW 1-Series May Go Retro, Lose Some Weight
    2002 tii and 135i were in the closet making babies and I saw one of the babies and the baby looked at me
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    03/17/09

    @Cognitive Friction: Fortunately I work at an office products distributor, paper towels and screen wipes are cheap and abundant.
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    03/17/09

    In reply to 2012 BMW 1-Series May Go Retro, Lose Some Weight
    You know what they say about not saying something only empowers said thing? Just say it: SS! Quit this Esse esse thing.
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    Image of SlowMo (actually, there's no E on my R) SlowMo (actually, there's no E on my R)
    03/17/09

    In reply to 2012 BMW 1-Series May Go Retro, Lose Some Weight
    I hope the front end doesn't look anything like the front end in that drawing, that's far worse than anything Bangle dreamed-up. I can't tell what the hell is going on with those headlights, and just because they're round doesn't make them retro. As for 'eye-brow' turn signals? WtF? Quick name a eye-brow-turn-signal wearin' auto?

    ... wait for it...

    Aztek!

    YUK!
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    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    03/17/09

    @SlowMo: Apparently Bangle wanted to make sure that he was the best designer, he only hired designers worse than him and they are the only ones left.
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    Image of tenbeers tenbeers
    03/17/09

    @SlowMo: But...but...


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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    03/17/09

    @SlowMo: Er...


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    Image of Clay Davis Clay Davis
    03/17/09

    @SlowMo: I hope it looks exactly like that. The Bangle hating needs to stop, because current Bimmers are way better than the boxes on wheels that we used to have. The eyebrows might be the headlights, with giant fogs.


    And taking retro cues doesn't mean remaking the old car. If that car was in showrooms I'd buy it yesterday.


    Also, just because something was ruined by bean counters and non-designers on one car doesn't mean it'll fail on everything else.


    I'd love to see the design you'd come up with, and no you can't just use the old car.

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    Image of SlowMo (actually, there's no E on my R) SlowMo (actually, there's no E on my R)
    03/17/09

    @Clay Davis: I actually like a lot of the Bangle cars

    /ducks


    I just know that many of the commenters around here love to pile the hate on anything he is/was associated with so to say that something is worse than Bangle is a great insult in the Jalopnoverse.

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    Image of Syrax Syrax
    03/17/09

    @SlowMo: I like the E90. And the E66.
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    Image of ConnorW ConnorW
    03/17/09

    @Clay Davis: "Because current Bimmers are way better than the boxes on wheels that we used to have"


    Are you trolling? By boxes on wheels you aren't referring to the E46, E39, E38, E36, E34, E30, E28, E24, E21, E12, E9, are you? Try and imagine yourself 50 years from now looking back at the BMW time line, how do you explain the era when Bangle took over?


    BMW's teutonic design language was conservative, clean, coldly precise, etc. and that's why I loved them. I don't hate Bangle's designs, I actually like some of them, I just hate that he had to use BMW as the platform to launch them into the world. I liked BMW just the way it was, Mercedes would have been a much better fit for Bangle.

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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    03/17/09

    @SlowMo: I hated the Bangle designs before I came to Jalopnik, and now that I'm here, I continue to admit that I like the 3-series and I wouldn't mind a 5er estate and I loooove the Z4.


    It isn't really a rallying thing, it's more like... Bangle styles vehicles controversially. A lot of people are vocal about hating them, but last I checked they're still selling BMWs all over the place, so.

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    Image of Syrax Syrax
    03/17/09

    @ConnorW: But at the time, E38 and E39 was considered too conservative. After Bangle they went from a small - yes, small - manufacturer to a world player.

    "I liked BMW just the way it was, Mercedes would have been a much better fit for Bangle."

    That's my main problem with Bangle. At that time, BMW couldn't afford to do risky designs. Mercedes could. But because of those designs they're where they are today.
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    03/18/09

    @ConnorW:

    Are you trolling? By boxes on wheels you aren't referring to the E46, E39, E38, E36, E34, E30, E28, E24, E21, E12, E9, are you? Try and imagine yourself 50 years from now looking back at the BMW time line, how do you explain the era when Bangle took over?


    The E46, E38, E39 were styled after Bangle took over.

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    Image of ConnorW ConnorW
    03/18/09

    @MR42HH: It was my understanding that these designs were already in development when Bangle took over, and it wasn't until the next generation that he could steer the design from ground up.
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    03/18/09

    @ConnorW: His first full BMW was the E53 - X5.
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