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Yes, I heard (read) about this one...

 

It does indeed look very shocking.  But if you come from USA, there are already cars that look like that.  The Dodge Charger and Dodge Challenger have that look.  This look harkens back to the 1960s where cars had this upfront design.  The Chris Bangle era of BMWs was shocking to many.  His 2002 Model Year BMW 7 series looked more like an executive spaceship than any car that had been on the road.  The interior was also too computer-heavy, as the car switched to a central computer concept.  A concept that was first pioneered by BMW and Harman International - a Korean company that owns Harman Kardon and a lot of other car stereo brands, who decided they wanted to get into the car computer and infotainment business and not just deal with the car audio business.  Back to the exterior; the super-high trunk lid was a new way of doing rear box aerodynamics.  It was also a huge radical departure from the original BMW 7 series that was a simple and athletic creature that took many proportions from Jaguar.  But if we look at the Chris design today, it's actually very pleasing and modern. 

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