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A mid-cycle facelift is in store for the BMW 3 Series coupe. Prototypes have been out and about Germany for a while, but these are the least camouflaged examples our shooters have run across to date. Notably, it appears the E92 coupe will be getting a sassier front end.
Second photo after the jump.
Spy Photos: Next-Generation BMW 3 Series Sedan
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bankerdanny says:
12:12 PM, 12/ 4/09
Uh oh, good thing for BMW that GM killed Pontiac. That grill is perilously close to the grill on the G6. This is of course ironic as the Pontiac grill was clearly intended to reference the classic Pontiac nose as well as BMW.
bimmerjay says:
01:25 PM, 12/ 4/09
@bankerdanny,
That is not the production grill. It is blacked out.
bankerdanny says:
02:34 PM, 12/ 4/09
The blackout is part of what I'm talking about, but the ever increasing recline and the smooth integration with the hoodline is very Pontiac.
http://autos.msn.com/research/vip/overview.aspx?year=2009&make=Pontiac&model=G6&trimid=-1&ICID=Search_SingleAutosGeneric_CAN
kingkhalas says:
03:24 PM, 12/ 4/09
oh noos!
Ugly.
The current front end looks better.
bimmerjay says:
04:06 PM, 12/ 4/09
@kingkhalas,
Um, how can you tell what it actually looks like with tape covering everything that's changed? I would certainly hope that the current car, with its fascias free of masking tape, would look better than a disguised pre-production vehicle.
jayrandall says:
08:05 AM, 12/ 5/09
I love it when BMW enthusiasts knock Infiniti for its recent design updates to the FX and the new M ... then when a refreshed 3 series coupe comes out, and looks like this thing .... what is it, a 1997 Honda Prelude? Got to love it.
hondacura4 says:
10:21 AM, 12/ 5/09
"I love it when BMW enthusiasts knock Infiniti for its recent design updates to the FX and the new M ... then when a refreshed 3 series coupe comes out, and looks like this thing .... what is it, a 1997 Honda Prelude? Got to love it."
I love it when people can pass judgment on a vehicle when they cant fully see all the design details that are in place UNDER the camo. Priceless!
kkear3 says:
11:33 AM, 12/ 7/09
I thought the rd car behind the silver one was a Volvo S60. Not that it's a bad thing, but that car went out of style a few years ago.
jederino says:
02:34 PM, 12/ 8/09
Return of the jelly bean. It would be very hard to purchase this design over an A5.