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    BMW 5-Series GT: First Press Photos Reveal Seriously Big Butt

    2011 BMW 5-Series GT Is Like The 5-Series GT Concept
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    Image of skierpage skierpage
    05/21/09

    In reply to BMW 5-Series GT: First Press Photos Reveal Seriously Big Butt
    BMW's own description of this car from the concept video:


    "A sedan isn't roomy enough.

    A station wagon could be the best solution... (contemptuously) noeeeuuuuww that has too much utility character.

    Maybe we could build it higher. It's just more impressive."


    Aggghhh!

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    05/21/09

    @skierpage: "A station wagon could be the best solution... nah, we're a bunch of smug cunts. And hatchbacks definitely don't have any sort of economy-car stigma."
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    05/21/09

    In reply to BMW 5-Series GT: First Press Photos Reveal Seriously Big Butt
    "The Sebring called. It wants..."
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    Image of stevezilla stevezilla
    05/21/09

    In reply to BMW 5-Series GT: First Press Photos Reveal Seriously Big Butt
    "coupe-like" roof-line...


    you keep using that word.

    I don't think it means what you think it means.

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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    05/21/09

    @stevezilla:

    I've always heard that a coupe' makes you look younger...

    But I just don't think it's right for me.

    What Would Jesus Do?
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    05/21/09

    @DoctorNine:

    pfft..

    no preview

    what malarky
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    Image of OldeEnglishD OldeEnglishD
    05/21/09

    In reply to BMW 5-Series GT: First Press Photos Reveal Seriously Big Butt
    "Oh my God Becky, Look at that butt! She looks like a rappers girlfriend..."
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    Image of xenon33 xenon33
    05/21/09

    In reply to BMW 5-Series GT: First Press Photos Reveal Seriously Big Butt
    Another overpriced niche vehicle in search of a customer. BMW would be better off spending money on engine/drive train upgrades.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    05/21/09

    @xenon33: Or a usable replacement for iFuckAround, uDrive.
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    Image of cchannel BLT cchannel BLT
    05/21/09

    In reply to BMW 5-Series GT: First Press Photos Reveal Seriously Big Butt
    Hatchbacks always make practical sense though trying to sell them outside the UK is a pain in the butt.
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    Image of BigHarv BigHarv
    05/21/09

    @cchannel: Trying to sell them in the US can be a little harder; all of Europe and Japan seems to be just fine with them.
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    05/21/09

    @BigHarv: I'm thinking that most of the world, apart from the Americas is hatch friendly.
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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    05/21/09

    In reply to BMW 5-Series GT: First Press Photos Reveal Seriously Big Butt
    This new BMW puts the 'eh in M'eh.
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    Image of SirNotAppearing SirNotAppearing
    05/21/09

    In reply to BMW 5-Series GT: First Press Photos Reveal Seriously Big Butt
    I suspect you may have gotten your photo from automobile-magazine.fr
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    Image of Ash78, cube farmer Ash78, cube farmer
    05/21/09

    In reply to BMW 5-Series GT: First Press Photos Reveal Seriously Big Butt
    I saw a 5-series yesterday that made me turn my head due to a couple of unusual things:


    1. It was a Touring (wagon), which eliminates the awkward rear end.
    2. It was Not black. Not silver. And not white. It was a deep green (a la British Racing).


    It was like a whole new car. Stunning vehicle.

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    05/21/09

    @Ash78: There's one like that around here. Amazing car.


    It's an E39, though.

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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    05/21/09

    In reply to BMW 5-Series GT: First Press Photos Reveal Seriously Big Butt
    Sorry, but to me 'hatchbacks' are always associated with smaller, lower end cars--I am from an era when sedans and wagons ruled, and when there was a balance between the front and rear of the car instead of a swollen bubble. I miss trunk lids/boot decks/whatever you prefer to call them.
    So I'm picturing this with a trunk--jeez, people, how hard was it to get things out of a trunk? Was it that difficult? Would you really rather have to stoop under the hatch and founder around? What the hell are you hauling these days?
    /end rant. Sorry. I need more coffee. Or brefass scotch.
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    Image of BigHarv BigHarv
    05/21/09

    @Novaload Misses Murilee: So I was the only one that loved the Mazda 6 hatch?
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    05/21/09

    @BigHarv: My brother got himself the 6 hatch, for exactly the same reasons as Joshman Anthony Noghès stated.
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    Image of Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
    05/21/09

    In reply to BMW 5-Series GT: First Press Photos Reveal Seriously Big Butt
    Hello BMW Venza.
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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    05/21/09

    In reply to BMW 5-Series GT: First Press Photos Reveal Seriously Big Butt
    Hmmm, large five-door body? Check.


    Six Cylinder Engine? Check.


    Rear-wheel drive, and IRS? Check.


    Ungainly styling and questionable positioning within the current product lineup? Check.


    What we have here appears to be a. . . Merkur Scorpio


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    Image of damnelantra™ damnelantra™
    05/21/09

    @Graverobber: how dare you soil merkurs good name!
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    Image of cgarison cgarison
    05/21/09

    @damnelantra™: Merkur? Good name? Mercury - the "y" just means that somebody in Dearborn did not have a better idea.
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    05/21/09

    @cgarison: you must be new.
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    05/21/09

    @Graverobber: Well said.
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    Image of Motor_Yakuza Motor_Yakuza
    05/21/09

    In reply to BMW 5-Series GT: First Press Photos Reveal Seriously Big Butt
    Send this thing in the middle of the ocean.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    05/21/09

    @Motor_Yakuza: Where it will be adopted by a school of beluga whales and a cute little Pixar piece of drek will be made about it and marketed as a "movie."
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    Image of mikedrawcar mikedrawcar
    05/21/09

    In reply to BMW 5-Series GT: First Press Photos Reveal Seriously Big Butt
    Interestingly, I found a video of the design process:
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    Image of I would like cars for $500 Alex I would like cars for $500 Alex
    05/21/09

    In reply to BMW 5-Series GT: First Press Photos Reveal Seriously Big Butt
    After considering this vehicle. I think I'll PAS.
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    Image of Syrax Syrax
    05/21/09

    @I would like cars for $500 Alex: After all, it's just another Progressive Offroad Sedan.
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