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    12/05/09

    In reply to BMW 5 Series GT Has Some Positive Elements
    I see four positive elements; I like the wheels. As for the rest of it? Needs to go on a diet.
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    12/04/09

    In reply to BMW 5 Series GT Has Some Positive Elements
    What I find interesting is that it's the same form factor as the old Saab 9-3 hatch, with the bonus of the guppy trunk and about 1,500 pounds of pork.
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    12/04/09

    In reply to BMW 5 Series GT Has Some Positive Elements
    I'm going to say I like it.

    Yes, it's murderously ugly, profoundly expensive and to own one you would have to live with serious mocking and finger-pointing.

    But I like it.

    I Like it because it isn't an off-roader, and you don't have to suffer the compromises of carrying off-road equipment you won't use. Addionally, you won't have quite the same stigma as the "Yummy Mummies" in their X5s on the suburban school run, or any number of Escalade-steering brain-dead celebrities. Excuse the venom.

    I like it because, with a load-liner in place, you can throw crap in the back and then do 500, fast, comfortable miles.

    I like it because I'm 6'5 and there is notably more head and legroom inside than the previous E61 wagon.

    I like it mostly for the preposterous concept of something this ungainly being able to fry all comers on your favourite stretch of blacktop.

    And finally the ugliness. Which I don't like. But, as a design graduate, I can't really see how a car which does all those things and has that much interior space could really be styled much differently and kept a BMW identity. So i'm letting it off the hook even for that.

    So, in brief, I think the BMW 5GT is A Good Thing.

    From Rust-MyEnemy,

    Mercedes Sales Executive.
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    12/04/09

    @Rust-MyEnemy: you actually had me going there all the way to the end. Well Done Sir. Heart Clicky to you.
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    12/04/09

    @Bullitt417: Thanks very much! Likewise.
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    12/04/09

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    Something to look at after that eyesore.
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    12/04/09

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    What a strange creature...

    I think it looks good, though the side-view is not forgiving to her shape.
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    12/03/09

    In reply to BMW 5 Series GT Has Some Positive Elements
    I like it. It's strange and bloated and the dual-gate rear hatch doesn't really make sense, but I like it. From the preview video, it felt like it was focus grouped to death, and came back around the other side to ludicrous, which is something the market is completely lacking.
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    12/03/09

    In reply to BMW 5 Series GT Has Some Positive Elements
    I won't be impressed till it can fit Minis in there like this.
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    12/03/09

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    12/03/09

    In reply to BMW 5 Series GT Has Some Positive Elements
    Whereas the X6 in white resembles an Imperial Star trooper, a 5 GT resembles a fat turd.

    /opinions are subject to changing
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    12/03/09

    In reply to BMW 5 Series GT Has Some Positive Elements
    It's like a slammed X6. I like it.
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    12/04/09

    @weatherman: There is no part of your sentence that is redeeming. I'm sorry.
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    12/03/09

    In reply to BMW 5 Series GT Has Some Positive Elements
    Yeah, I like frameless glass, too. But on four door with quarter lights in the rear doors? Not so much. Unless they do like the '56 Chrysler hardtops and find a trick way to make the quarter window roll down too. Otherwise, it's entirely too much like the wretched, cheesy '79-'81 Chrysler R-body.

    Also, frameless glass totally sucked on the Neon, yet rocked on Subarus. Which is one of many reasons why I wont buy a Neon or a new Subaru
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    12/03/09

    In reply to BMW 5 Series GT Has Some Positive Elements
    One positive not mentioned is you can have a serious rear end collision with one and it'll look no worse than it did beforehand.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    12/03/09

    In reply to BMW 5 Series GT Has Some Positive Elements
    Half hatch? WTF? Is that the dumbest idea I can think of?

    Well, no - I can think of a lot of really dumb ideas. But the half hatch is right up there. When they included an openable window on the 4-Runner tailgate, I thought that had some merit, some utility. But this? Why the hell would you ever open the down low hatch and peer myopically into the cavernous arse of your gigantic CAR when you could just open the whole gate and stand on your hind legs like usual?
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    12/03/09

    @Elhigh: Mebbe because it's raining?

    I like the idea for some reason but can't think of anything better than that... thereby proving your point.
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    12/03/09

    @Elhigh: I dunno, I kinda like the two piece hatch. From experience, opening/closing a big, bulky hatch just to put one or two small items can be a bit of an annoyance. Especially in foul weather. Not enough of one to buy this hideous thing, but it's a clever idea nontheless.

    And, yes, the roll-down, station wagon-y rear window on my 4Runner is full of win. It's great for hauling stuff like lumber that requires an open window, but it's also great for ventilation. I can crack the window open from the dash, along with my sunroof, and pull fresh air into the cabin without the A/C and without too much wind noise.
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    12/03/09

    In reply to BMW 5 Series GT Has Some Positive Elements
    Um....

    Um....

    /goes to dictionary to look up some new words for "interesting"
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    12/03/09

    @that ain't the way to have fun, son: Fascinating
    Intriguing

    /Just off the top of my head
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    12/03/09

    @Mobius:

    Actually I was thinking more like:

    Dud. Sales Failure. WTF?

    While I commend them for attempting a five passenger, 4 1/2 door sedan/fastback/hatchback thing, it's not going to sell.

    Odd works in some markets. Not the one which costs upwards of $50K and tends to not reward creativity or utility.
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    12/03/09

    In reply to BMW 5 Series GT Has Some Positive Elements
    That open hatch looks very much like the trunk of one of the most fun cars I've owned - an early Rabbit Convertible. Sadly, the rest of the BMW suffers from the comparison.
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    12/03/09

    @Alfisted: Interesting fact: You can park an early Rabbit convertible in the back of this thing when the hatch is up.
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    12/03/09

    @BigHarv: It's a shame that they didn't actually make a GT version of a 5-series, instead of this ridonkulous crossover thingy.
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    12/03/09

    @Alfisted: That's always what I considered the 6 series to be!
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