Red BMW X1 Prototype Spotted Virtually Undisguised

On sale this fall

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 fatt1 fatt1
expected more considering all the hype BMW doin for this car
June 16, 2009 7:00 pm
 fatter1 fatter1
Well its not the best BMW now isit? -cough erhem cough- ;) Didn't see you in college today =
June 17, 2009 3:15 pm
 sfero sfero
For some kind of reason I dislike recent developments of BMW. That is to say when it comes down to the design aspects.
June 16, 2009 7:09 pm
 fusion01 fusion01
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.
June 21, 2009 4:23 pm
 SebXX SebXX
OMG... these rear view mirrors look way too big.
June 16, 2009 7:17 pm
 scratchy996 scratchy996
a new law is making those mirrors bigger. i wonder if the blurred plate numbers are standard or an option.
June 16, 2009 11:08 pm
 ShinyG ShinyG
I want some of those blurred license plates for... uuuh, educational purposes.
June 17, 2009 5:48 am
 MTC MTC
I think they are trying to make it look cute by fitting it with some big ears
June 17, 2009 9:16 am
 Renegade Renegade
Nothing to see here people...move on, as for you BMW, go back to the drawing board.
June 16, 2009 7:22 pm
 TheKing TheKing
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."
June 17, 2009 7:26 am
 bavorak bavorak
I am a big fan of bmw but this car is absolutely unneccessary...I think it is very similar to X3...but it is much more ugly at front... X3, X5 and X6 is really enough in my opinion..there is no need to have another small SUV. It would be better if they develop a car to compare with R8 and 911...some kind of M1 or something like that
June 16, 2009 7:27 pm
 ovyd ovyd
IMO, it looks much better than the current X3, it's also clear that the new X3 will have larger dimensions.
June 16, 2009 7:39 pm
 wjaprep wjaprep
Ummm.... the front looks nice... well... BMW like
June 16, 2009 7:41 pm
 rsrtampa rsrtampa
Yikes. It looks like its melting. And the grill looks like a buck tooth child in need of braces. Did Bangle design this before his exodus? It looks like his work.
June 16, 2009 8:19 pm
 Paulds Paulds
Looks like a mad hippopotamus... not good enough design...
June 16, 2009 8:36 pm
 DSC_OFF DSC_OFF
Will this be available in the US?
June 16, 2009 8:50 pm
 Imasa Imasa
I'm liking those stripes.
June 16, 2009 9:42 pm
 DieselDog DieselDog
Hmmm. Much better (propertionally) than the upcoming 5GT. The color is the best I've seen (but what wouldn't be better than the metallic excrement color previously illustrated?). Since VW will not be sending the Tiguan TDI to the States (idiots!), then perhaps BMW will offer this unit with a diesel and manual transmission option. Still, it looks a bit hunch-backed and I prefer a hunkered-down look. I will bet that the 3-series touring outsells this thing in spite of all the marketing $$ pushing the X1. ((yawn)) Wake me when when it's over.
June 16, 2009 9:50 pm
 Bristol411S3 Bristol411S3
Seriously, who gives a toss...
June 16, 2009 10:36 pm
 norther norther
hey, nice WRX STI there in the background of the first picture, on the left. oh sorry, this is abou a bmw. barely have noticed it, being so damn ugly. what the heck is wrong with this brand?? 5series gt, then this... in what class, and what would be the role of an suv, smaller than an X1?
June 16, 2009 11:15 pm
 norther norther
pardon me... smaller than an x3
June 16, 2009 11:16 pm
 man1 man1
Welcome to Uglyville! Here u will find a new level of uglyness.
June 16, 2009 11:35 pm
 awhk awhk
The front end looks like a E65 being crashed into a wall or something... Tailgate seems to be stolen from a Q5. Come on BMW, anything worse coming?
June 17, 2009 1:28 am
 Airbag Airbag
Just wait for the X0.5, that's when the sh|t will really hit the fan.
June 17, 2009 2:21 am
 ShinyG ShinyG
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
June 17, 2009 6:00 am
 Sacto8780 Sacto8780
I wonder has BMW said anything about selling the X1 in the USA market? I would not be surprised that BMW may offer the X1 with the 2.0-liter turbodiesel engine and the 3.0-liter 230 bhp gasoline engine (the 128i coupe gasoline engine) as options for the US-market model, both with six-speed automatic transmissions.
June 17, 2009 2:30 am
 alessandro alessandro
That X looks lika a car in these days. We live in dark age.
June 17, 2009 5:45 am
 ShinyG ShinyG
The new BMW X1, all X, now with up to 74.5% more ugly! Be the first to buy the cheapest, most desirable deuchemobile on the market. Get it now, before Audi makes a Q3 and Merc does a MLK or whatever!
June 17, 2009 5:55 am
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