Red BMW X1 Prototype Spotted Virtually Undisguised

Well its not the best BMW now isit? -cough erhem cough- ;) Didn't see you in college today =

Agree 100%. They look better in black. Hides all the awkward lines. 3 series, new M5, M6 all look good but 1 series (esp hatch) and this are really poor. Nothing dynamic at all.

a new law is making those mirrors bigger. i wonder if the blurred plate numbers are standard or an option.

I want some of those blurred license plates for... uuuh, educational purposes.

I think they are trying to make it look cute by fitting it with some big ears

Here's a comment made by one of the readers on BMW Blog and after looking at the various pictures, I kindof agree. But I have to see this car in flesh to make up my mind: "The mere fact that it looks even worse than the Concept means that this is going ot be hard to accept. Just want to zoom into a few spots that I think messed up the entire car: The front bumper section - it looks as if it was designed on its own. From these pictures, look how flat the front is!!!! It’s almost like the box! Look at the lower black plastic airdam - that’s is like a groaning mouth - it’s the expression that you have when you are seeing something gross. The lights are weirdly shaped and is far from being sleek and modern. The front overhang seems too long due to the flat, box shape at the front…. as a matter of fact, it looks far longer than the X5 and X3. The wheels are far too small for those huge wheel arches. I cannot see how a bigger wheel will compensate for those arches visually unless you put those concept rims on, which would be completely illogical. There isn’t a direct side view of this car, but from the concept, I found something quite uncomfortable with the proportion: the front bonnet area didn’t rise enough to meet the windshield, tehrefore the front section looks disjointed. I can see it from these angles as well. The car is chuncky in the middle and rear, but somewhat thin at the front. I can see that current 1 Series parts have been used - some of the multi-link arms at the rear (silver) and the rear wipers (also rather weak and thin considering this is a large car) - looks flimsy on the 4X4 - they could have made a larger cover or something. Roof Rails would also be a nice feature - but I guess they will charge the customers extra for that to make more money."

pardon me... smaller than an x3

Eh, BMW is smarter than to use fraction for names! But they already have a smaller "crossover/SUV/deuchemobile". It's called the Mini SUV or whatever... Technically, that's the X0.5 :p