Top 7 Ugliest BMWs ...so far
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- BMW spent decades cultivating its brand into a synonym for cool and sexy driver’s cars. Cars like the E46 M3, the Z8, and the 007-Series. Absolutely beautiful!
But at the turn of the millennium, they started experimenting with their designs and nearly ruined everything.
Hey guys I’m Stype and this is my list for the Top 7 Ugliest BMWs of the 21st century.
0:00 | Intro
0:30 | 2003 X3
2:04 | 2019 Z4
3:21 | 2018 X4
4:38 | 1993-2020 Every Compact Car
5:59 | 2022 iX
7:36 | 2001 7-Series
9:00 | Number 1
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I don’t like much the bmw design I prefer Mercedes or porsche xd
The reason why the new m3,s grill is so big is cause do you want your bmw explode
@@naledimokae3822 they could've made it the same size but different shape.
@@naledimokae3822 on china
BMW front end + alfa romeo front end = the front end of the bmw ix Or that m3 lmao.also lexus tailights 😕. I guess BMW will combine their Designs with others brands lmao.
What I like most about this channel is that the guy isn't afraid of saying his actual opinion on cars. Even if it definitely doesn't please everyone. Also his insults are quite unique 😆
Agreed
yes I agree with everything on his list actually expect the X7 and 7 series which he showed at the end- I don't think they are ugly- I think luxury cars need big grilles and that those cars look extra luxurious with their larger grilles
@@georgedowns4034 Yeah same, I mean the new 7 series isn't THAT bad. The grille is big but definitely not overdone. And as for the X7, I never really liked SUVs anyway. I could definitely settle for a more beautiful Alpina B7 tho
He's the Eminem of car channels!
@@georgedowns4034 I partially agree, as the X7 is a massive car and the massive grille is sort of befitting. But the 7 series just looks like a pig imo
"its just a bunch of random shapes"
pretty much sums up car designs these days
The Origami school of auto design!!
The Lotus Emira breaks the mould though 👍
Very true
Precisely
Bruh this bullsh*t u just font have an eye for that. If this design were that, bmw wouldn't make these anymore
8:25
Funny how the BMW designer of this car (who probably got paid a lot for it) got beaten by a random GTA 4 developer who introduced the Oracle (based on this BMW) by simply changing the original lights with nice and clean looking head/rear lights.
it's a matter of habit. Even we Germans found it very strange at first, but now it even looks good. bmw and mercedes change their designs because of the chinese because the chinese are the main consumer
@@Future183 nobody cares about chinese consumer
Why do I have to do the prison job with more than 2 people, I don’t want to
Wasn't the oracle based on the 2006-2008 7 series model year?
@@Future183 What? Seriously?! 😳 I didn't know.
In Germany, during the early oughts, BMW stood for Bangle Muss Weg (Bangle must go). He managed to really alienate a lot of people from the brand for a long time. Also, every iteration of every X model with an even number has been ugly. Same goes for every single GT series. I actually find the new M3/4 more tolerable than those hideous things.
Especially with a front number plate I really don't mind the new M3/4s, but the bangle cars I will never be able to tolerate
@@krthecarguy5150 the e60 is nice
@@VRX1995 Let's agree to disagree on that one
@@krthecarguy5150 fair enough, I was olny refering to the later LCI models tho
Things got even worse after bangle, the F and G cars have zero identity. The worst bmw has to be e65 though.
Remember your childhood crush? This is them now.
LMAO
@_ no....
The only Bmw that looks like a BMW is the M8
@@masterhybrid16 M8 is the "Mate"
@@masterhybrid16 That's true
Stypes descriptions make me crack up
And those thumbnails are funny AF
Well he isn't sponsored by any automaker, that's why he says just as it is... On side note, that first X3 was just abomination...
I’m glad you pointed out the lights stolen from a Lexus. I had a coworker tell me they had a new Beamer and I never noticed it in the parking lot. This whole time, I though someone owned the new IS350.
A phrase from a motoring magazine:
"Chris Bangle's mangled angles"
Chris Bangle is one of those guys who won't have functioning eyes even after wearing glasses
Chris Bangle*
Even though there are people who actually supports his designs, incredible
@@cesarpereyra3455 I like some of his cars, and the 7 Series wasn't all his fault, but ultimately he was the chief designer and he allowed it
@@TopCarsTV you're right, I shouldn't have made fun of blind people. It probably was a revenge plot by his assistants and the poor guy didn't even know it😂
Fiat Coupe? Alfa 145? Those were rather good designs
Oh ffs that line on the 1 series is all I can see now 😭
I know same here😭😭😭
Same.... And I own one!!😭
Hahaha my thought exactly! And I liked it before!!!
100% agree with everything you said, the fact that Bangle left the car industry was the best for all concerned. I actually didn't buy the latest M3 because of that grille, I just couldn't bring myself to pay that kind of money for a car I would always have to approach from the back, which incidentally was nothing to write home to mom about either.
Unlike a lot of these types of car channels, this guy actually knows what he's talking about, along with still giving his opinion! Great channel, I subscribed. (Also while writing this comment you mentioned Frank Stephenson which is cool 👍)
THIIIIISSSSSS .... reminds me of something Doug Demuro could discuss on More Doug Demuro
Yeah
lol ye
LOL, that's just where I came from before watching this video. :-)
Ok, the guy coping his butt, and the BMW grill comes out of the copier!!!! BRILLIANT!!!!!
I thought it looked like a butt, also, but Lizzo's butt!
As a BMW owner, that new grille will never, ever rest in my garage.
This guy didnt know the 2022 BMW will look like a Citroen ! GG
The last 3 cars i guess are:
1. Bmw 7 series (current)
2. Bmw 5 series gran tourismo (2016-17)
3. Bmw x7 (2019)
The latest X7 and 7 Series look great
@@smar7931 the x7 gets a pass because the bigger grille fits on the bigger car.. now the 7 series doesnt get that excuse
X7 and 7 series are great but the 5 GT is horrible
(Edit) the new x7 and 7 series are ugly now let’s hope they don’t ruin the 5 series 8 series X5 X3 and 3 series
I would agree
My dad liked the gt thingy but i hate it
Doug DeMuro said if it wasnt for that nose on the new M3 the car would of been beautiful
Well if the New M3 had the m340i it could have been very nice.
Or just chop the grill in half, keep it angular and get rid of all those lines on the front end
I agree with both of you
you always have to agree with daddy doug
@@dirtylaundry00. i like Your profile picture it’s Phil if im not mistaking
I actually like the 2001 7-Series... it was my favorite GTA IV replica car to drive.
I'm a fan of BMW and German brands for awhile, I appreciate your commentary about the brand. Other reviewers would call out the whole brand for a few ugly models but you compare it to what BMW has done right like the 3.0 CSL Hommage, E38 7 series and E46 coupe.
Honest opinion, they need to give the new designers the Chris Bangle treatment.
BMW's were great till 2000 year any model , reliable too.
This video clip shows them after the year 2000 .
It's the first car in the world, without an oil deep stick 2007 model lol
I was at a BMW dealership for routine maintenance and there was a 4 series on the showroom floor. That grille actually makes the Lexus fly catcher grille seem attractive in comparison.
I like the fly catcher. It is unique. The new kidneys are ...idk
The Lexus Grille looks like a Hitler stache
I see cow catcher grill for Lexus - like on the old time locomotives.
You remind me of Jeremy Clarkson, when he was gonna award the ' Ugliest car of the year awards '. He actually mentioned the BMW Range of said era, especially the BMW X3.
The x3 still looked great compared to the iX
@@yes8032 ix is for me
*FALIURE*
The only thing is, although at very few times, Jeremy was sometimes very wrong, while this guy is on point. For example, the M5 E60s design. While that car had engine issues, the design was completely clean and looks great today.
I ain't hating on Jeremy Clarkson. That is blasphemy. I am just saying that he kind of turned a 180 at times.
First time on the channel. I couldn’t agree with you more on the new BMW designs being ugly. I honestly lose sleep over the way BMW is heading with design. For example take the 2018 BMW X3 vs the 2022 X3 and you will clearly see they went from the classy/sporty look they are known for to a strange and try hard new model. For example they took away the fog lights and gave the front some boring odd shaped bumper. Then the tail lights look like energy swords from Halo video game. Fake vents and black inserts almost like lexus. Not to mention they took away the shift lever which had digital gear selections on it and a great ergonomic parking button design to now a simple tasteless shifter that looks like it came out of a Toyota. They are cutting corners and it shows. Very disappointing to say the least👎🏻
The 2018 X3 and X1 were the best.
I think every manufacture should take this man(stype) as a one of their designer or a market statistic reader, as his taste was never wrong in my opinion
BMW has simply lost its way: churning out expensive, ugly and forgettable appliances for people who want to scream: "Please, please look at me, I own a BMW."
It worked, they surpassed merc with that strategy. But they lost the enthusiasts. Porsche managed to keep the gt and boxster/cayman cars relevant while introducing panamera and suvs for the lucrative nonenthusiast market.
it's a matter of habit. Even we Germans found it very strange at first, but now it even looks good. bmw and mercedes change their designs because of the chinese because the chinese are the main consumer
@@Future183 that's exactly it. They don't care about European opinions. Chinese have the money now. And this what the nouveau riche in Asia wants apparently..
@@dimitri1154 yes...
@@fredriksvard2603 they didnt
at first i thought "M3 are you mad, it's the car of my dreams" then i remembered the new one and i'm with you
Well, let me inform you about something: the E65 7 series was an still is the best selling 7 series, ever.
My very thought.
You have perfectly articulated everything I think about current BMWs. I cannot get my head around what they are thinking, who is making the design choices, who is signing off on it and who the fuck is buying them.
Who is buying them?
*Trump voice: CHAYNA
6:02 Calling it iAss will be more relevant than calling it iX
Sounds similar 🙂
Stypes:„Now that you’ve seen it you can’t unsee it”
Me: “You bastard” 😂
7:12 now sir Hofmeister is happy again
I personally love the x3. It looks good to me
Same, i also own 120d e87 but these americans... they love to hate other things
I love the E65 7 Series and I think that Bangle was amazing at designing BMW’s
@@mrmacedon my guy go check ur eyes pls?
The massive black plastic is annoying
@@elliot747 r u blind?
@@calx116 nah. It is quite subjective. I have to say the back looks not the worst. The front is the main offender but everything else is ok to me
Can you please do the oppesite, "the most beautifull BMW's"
They would all be older ones
BMW 's current cars are terrible
i8
E36
E30
E38
M1
M8
Z8
And arguably the F80 M3 or M2
@@DefinitelyNotEmma M850 is definitely a Monster
@@DefinitelyNotEmma so you don't mention the 3.0csl? Or the 507
Or the e28? Or even the m6?
@@marcellmedvig4166 Including current 3-series?
Man, all your comments are SO spot on! What's going on with this company!? Bring back the 90's design team, please!!! The silver lining at least is that they made me stop drooling for cars I'll never be able to afford.
Same!
Just remember.
This video came out before the BMW XM, the ugliest of them all.
The 7 series roast 😂 LMAO
Things I have in my mind (Keep in mind this is my opinions): I think the Z4 looks good, not ugly. Also, I think the only Bangle design I'm sort of ok with is e60.
E60 is aging like wine. It keeps getting better and better. Also, Bangle Z4 looks great, not pretty but good.
@@TopCarsTV e60 (especially m5) would be better if it didnt had those reliability problems.
@@bkgnkprt would be better if it didn't have an F1 inspired V10? Careful what you're saying 😃
@@TopCarsTV the E60 is horrific when you consider it's from the same generation as the E9x 3 series - it's like someone stretched the same skin over a larger shell
@@TopCarsTV You mean the E39 is aging like wine. The E60 has not aged well since it's debut just like the E9x gen. Even though the E60 M5s came with the cool V10, I honestly would not want to be seen in one, let alone driving it since it looks just as ugly as 17 years ago.
I have watched every video on this channel, and still can't get enough!!😂
the f20/1 1 series with the M sport package looks amazing
I don't have any empathy for BMW, but damn, this Bangle guy should have been forbiddent to approach any pencil right from the day he was born 😂
the best thing to come out of the hell hole that is 9gag, I'm really glad i found ya OP,keep up the great content
My father has the X3 and he loves it. And btw the new z4 is beautiful
The brand new M3 is not ugly
@@marnuscoreyempanadaslooseb6760 what r u even replying to
X series are such a scam
Great upload, I hadn't found your channel until now and I'm glad I have. Honest and refreshing; unlike BMW lately, the iX is an abomination of flab, and the 1 series, you are right, they've never got it right, worse now than ever. Mercedes must be laughing all the way to the bank these days
Mercedes is all great either. They will get what's coming to them 2 videos from now 😉
And thx 😊
BMW new M3 be like " I am the best ".
BMW M3 GTR (NFS car) be like " Are you challenging me? "🤣
The new M3/M4 looks really nice in reallife, the front grille looks good and the back is fire!
The front looks dumb as hell like in pictures, only the rear is decent
That’s a thing of taste, but from a design perspective it hasn’t much to do with beauty, i think it is more a product of Marketing analyzing than something someone really had a inspiration for.
I know this could be said about most cars today, but this is the pinnacle for me.
@@filipepinto4361 the rear could be great but it's just not. From a side profile the bumper sits way too low giving it a less athletic and almost dragging feeling. It feels like it's balls are hanging further back than it's ass does lol
@@filipepinto4361 That is, still better than the ugly grill in the lexus like a garden net
5:32 i can’t unsee it now.. damn it
@0:42 BMW predicted Squid Game
MY UNPOPULAR OPINION:
I think the facelift really upgraded the look of the BMW 7-Series E65. The sad-looking headlights are gone and instead of them, there are more smoother looking ones. The facelift had improved the rear of the car significantly. There are not some three random rear lights, but they took the E90 3-Series rear lights and put it there. And those fit there perfectly. Overall I think this car is really nice (but the E38 was still beeter looking). The F01 generation was much worse in my opinion, even worse than the pre-facelift E65.
It's take some time like s class lots of people love older version but now everyone like s class . Some times people don't know what they actually need specially about design
Few people I know of liked the early 2000s S class still though
I walk in the show room recently
It's way different then we saw on screen
It still feels exclusive and luxury.
And the time I step inside
It's just perfect.
That's my comments of the 2021 S-class
Nice video mate👍.Exactly my thoughts on the 2021 M3
I love your review and criticisms... lots of valid
Points
You simply don’t understand BMW if you disagree with this list… perfectly done
Nice vid. Would have included the X7 and the current 7 series, instead of the last gen 1 series (that actually looks nice to me) and the z4 maybe. But for the most part I agree with what you're saying.
i love your videos please upload more videos they are legit :)
Thanks, I'll try!
The 7 series’s after the e65 looked great until they put a grille that’s bigger than the Eiffel Tower on the facelift
One of the best vids about BMW's todays style... That huge grille really is the cherry on top.
Really good channel!
Your proifile is creeped me lmao
7:57 Oh my goodness, that's perfect!
7:56
@TopCars TV can I please ask you to do a review on a particular car back from the 80s?
It's a Mazda Cosmo 929 Sport, the single door sports car.
I used to have this back in 1996 but would love to hear a professional take on its overall design cues : what design language was good and what was bad on this model 🙏🏼
Thanks and LOVE your channel!!💯
Haha I was waiting for the i3 and i8, but I totally agree with your list
I never saw the crazy all over the place lines on the M3, I just saw that horrible grille every time, so thanks for that
Yeah, i3. I've seen it in person at parking lot. I drove further to park my car somewhere else, not next to this disappointment.
@@tigerxra8515 That is dedication, I like it
I expected the i3 and the E85 Z4.
7:36 I disagree, I think it looks handsome and subtle, and its design was the base for all the generations that came after it. Call me crazy but I think many iconic designs came out of the Bangle era of BMW, especially the E63 M6 V10.
I own a 6 Series coupé (E63), love it, and it's really the design that drew me in ... The front end of the 7 Series (E65) is not okay though, but BMW fixed it with the facelift.
The E65 is one of my favourite 7 series generations
I too agree there is nothing ugly in it how the guy over exaggerated. The car looks cool.
You’re spot on! That’s a reason I subscribed:-) I’ll forgive BMW little bit on Z4 from your pick but all other ones are just crap. I’m most disappointed in the new M3 front. It’s not a Bimmer it’s a Beaver. Great funny video 👍
Great Video 👍
But the E65 Facelift is beautiful, I think the shape it’s self is a own interpretation of a big luxury sedan, I really like it, but yes the lights especially in the bag are wrong at the 2001 Modell.
What do you thing about the 2006 version?
The '06 model is much much better. If it came out like that from the start I don't think anyone would complain about it.
Looks like Stype finally got his TH-cam password 😂😂
Edit: Thanks for the heat bro 😎
Love your videos
For me it's BMW i3. I refuse to recognise it as BMW
8:52 CANT BELIEVE THEY LET THAT DUDE DESIGN FOR SO LONG
Hey how about next video for "Top 7 most safest car"???
No no . About ugly Audi or any other cars😏
@@harishankarj6704 alternating between content is always new and attractive...
Or dangerous cars
@@ayushkumarsinha5787 ok but why ugly BWM .I need ugly Audi then
There arent many, or any ugly Audis. The worst they get is just boring.
Underrated channel. Imma subscribe. But i have to say that the line of the rear of the X4 is a fastback design, not a coupe design 😉🙂
Spot on!
I mean cmon - BMWs were such beautiful and cool cars. Now a "designer" comes up with something "new" and the board approves ugly.
The change from E38 to E65 caused an unpredictable crash of sale numbers.
No, they broke sales records and became the number one premium car maker. Bangle gave them a boost, which started to wear off towards the end of the Bangle era and the end of the model generation cycles, then they got a new boost with the new generations in the early 10s.
oh my GOD..that thumbnail....Now i cannot unsee this each time i have the chance to see the legendary front grill of BMW! :D
They got that image from that South Park episode.
2019 - nice car with a small grill:)
2020-2021 - nice big grill with a nice BMW 😐
I personally think the only way to get the new M4 without having a completely terrible design, is to buy or wrap it in pitch black. That way it's much harder to spot the grille in the first place. Hell, it almost looks pretty in that color.
My thought exactly.
Also wish it was smaller
It's funny that the M3 and M4 now have a lot of hype😂
Why not get something that looks good in any color to begin with?
This body kit you showed us looks really great
What do you think of the, 2023 X5M, 2023 3.0 CSL and the 2023 7 Series?
I guess the last three are:
2019 BMW 7 series
BMW 4 series gran coupe or something IDK
2019 BMW X7
Great video anyways
BMW 4/6 series GRAND TOURISMO is the second one
I hate those models, they call them the "GT", but they are pathetic and will never rival any fastback.
Porsche Panamera has to be the best one
@@maybe_methembe true
6:42 its not a BMW its A Space Car!💫
Nailed it! Although i have kind of use to new grill in M4 if it has a splitter
At risk of sounding like a complete fan-boy, I really really like G80/2
but I really do appreciate a lot of the points you make through the video. Brutal.
🤘
The new M3/M4 looks fantastic, I love it
Okay Stevie Wonder
Said no one ever
Plz comments do not bully the mentally disturbed
Sorry chief, but that's - 7375828475729382 social credits for you.
Yup, that comment was so down controversial that even China had to step in and pull you down
@@abdullahimughal how about I do, anyway
He’s BACK!
I'm back babeh!
Nah he's front.
Not Chris bangal
Completely agree with all the cars mentioned here except the facelift 1 series which my mom owned and it actually grew on me. Great vid anyway!
Literally the only Chris Bangle design I like is the M5 of the time. Maybe is the fact is has a V10 but yeah. I love that car so much. I want one one day
The Z4 doesn't deserve to be on this list. And the new M3/M4 looks good when compared to the standard 4 Series coupé.
You are right
Sorry for this
Compared to old z4
New z4 Deserve to ugly 😢
Fr🗿
He said the z4 isn't that ugly, the problem is the concept car was so similar but 100x better
4:55 That kinda looks like an Altezza😂
yeah it has something lmao
It reminds me of a Vauxhall Astra for some reason.....
Wasn't there an MG with similar headlights?
Looks like a 1990's European-spec Honda Civic.
They destroyed the Cadillac grill, the Mercedes grill, the Rolls Royce grill, the Bentley grill and the Jaguar grill. Now they're working on the BMW grill.
Absolutely brilliant! Everything I would want to say and more!!
It's so sad to see what BMW does with his cars. Even I could have designed them better.
Btw, you should upload more videos. They are amazing.
@@V1ll11 I mean like the front.
5:50 you forgot that also changed the layout from RWD to FWD. Another letdown in my opinion
Yeah if I wanted to buy a fwd BMW I would have bought a Mini, which have the same engines and aren't mini nowadays.
@@kornaros96 well the hatchbacks mini coopers and ones are not really big,even the 5 door ones
That would explain why the fuel cap is on the driver's side like a Honda.
I got a question i know its not a bmw but I wonder about what is your opinion on 1997 Mitsuoka Galue Nissan
It's all wrong. It's like when people started putting big single-frame Audi fronts on older Golfs.
The Mitsuoka looks like it was made from two different cars from very different times.
BMW disigner: what car do you want
Customer: i want new super badass futuristic bmw ix 2022
BMW disigner: **gives origami**
Personally i love the 2001 7-Series due to the tail lights i just think theyre weird for a beamer but i do like it and the front too
The rear has character but the front end is 😢. The LCI/facelift version is nice though ...
Am I the only one who find the z4 gorgeous?
And the new m3 , regardless of the front which is not so bad but the rest of the car is beautiful , perfectly proportioned and muscular
For me too, the z4 is beautiful but everyone his opinion 🤷♂️.
Yeah same
The x4 looks like the mk1 Porsche Panamera at the side with that Heinz Doofenshmirtz hunchback
I had an internship at a BMW dealer during the time the E65 came out.
People bought any e38 the dealership could get, regardless of engine, color, trim etc. at the asking price, during my time there exactly 1 (one) order for a E65 came in and my favorite about that order is, that it was as a winter beater so the e38 doesn't need to drive on salted roads. xD
I don't think BMW has a clue how many of their most loyal customers they lost while chasing after the random undecided customer that could just as well buy a Tesla or some other garbage.
9:13 you forgot the PT Cruiser
That's not a BMW
But the other cars you were comparing weren’t either
@@SlimothyJimothy621 ah, yes... Sorry. I for confused a little 🙂
I actually find the 1-series E87 one of the prettiest BMWs of the new century. I guess its a matter of opinion. I agree for the rest though.
Same - like the E87
Thats my man. Seriously these werent only the best compact cars but also the best looking ones.
The E87 1 Series is ugly as sin though ...
What do you think about the new 7 series and i7
I expected them to be ugly, and they are. However, with a proper color combo and the right bodykit, they can look somewhat menacing.
These new BMWs make the Pontiac Aztek look a Jaguar E-Type.
i LOVE the new m3. ya maybe the grill is a little big but the back and the side is so nice. I love the m3
Ikr